NICER, the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, is an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station. Its primary mission has been to measure neutron star masses and radii, quantities that enable us to investigate the nature of the ultradense nuclear matter in the star’s cores. NICER exploits relativistic effects on X-rays emitted from the hot magnetic polar caps of millisecond...
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a new generation fragmentation facility which produces radioactive ion beams across the nuclear chart. FRIB began its experimental program in mid 2022. During this time several experiments have taken place together with detector developments and beam improvements. In this talk I will provide an update on the status of FRIB and present some first...
A precise understanding of the interactions between an atomic nucleus and its bound electrons enables the exploration of physical phenomena across a wide range of energy scales. Atoms and molecules containing nuclei with specific combinations of protons and neutrons can be artificially created to enhance and probe particular aspects of nucleon–nucleon and electron–nucleon interactions....
Muon colliders provide a unique route to deliver the highest parton energy collisions that enable discovery searches and precision measurements to extend our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics. All this at a single collider and on a feasible timescale, whenever the full R&D plan could be accpmplished. Muons as heavy leptons can be accelerated in rings up to very high energies,...
