Nuclear and Subatomic Physics at Michigan covers a broad range of topics in traditional and in emerging interdisciplinary Nuclear Science. Fundamental research areas include the origin of the elements, the structure of hadrons and the nature of dark matter. Applications include homeland security, medical diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy.
Particular research projects focus on
- Precision measurements that test fundamental symmetries
- Measurements of fundamental processes that produced the elements in the Big Bang
- Measurements of the structure of atoms with rare-isotope nuclei to understand why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe
- Measurements that determine the abundance of anti-up and anti-down quarks in
the proton - Direct detection of the dark matter in the universe.
