Motivations for early high-profile FRIB experiments
B. A. Brown, A. Gade, S. R. Stroberg, Jutta Escher, K. Fossez, Pablo Giuliani, C. R. Hoffman, W. Nazarewicz, Chien-Yeah Seng, Agnieszka Sorensen, Nicole Vassh, D. Bazin, K. W. Brown, M. A. Caprio, H. L. Crawford, Paweł Danielewicz, C. Drischler, R. F. García Ruíz, Kyle Godbey, R. Grzywacz, L. Hlophe, Jeremy W. Holt, H. Iwasaki, Dean Lee, S. M. Lenzi, S. N. Liddick, R. S. Lubna, A. O. Macchiavelli, G. Martı́nez-Pinedo, Anna E. McCoy, Alexis Mercenne, K. Minamisono, B. Monteagudo, P. Navrátil, R. Ringle, Grigor H Sargsyan, H. Schatz, M. Spieker, Alexander Volya, R. G. T. Zegers, Vladimir Zelevinsky, Xilin Zhang
Abstract
Abstract This white paper is the result of a collaboration by many of those that attended a workshop at the facility for rare isotope beams (FRIB), organized by the FRIB Theory Alliance (FRIB-TA), on ‘Theoretical Justifications and Motivations for Early High-Profile FRIB Experiments’. It covers a wide range of topics related to the science that will be explored at FRIB. After a brief introduction, the sections address: section 2: Overview of theoretical methods, section 3: Experimental capabilities, section 4: Structure, section 5: Near-threshold Physics, section 6: Reaction mechanisms, section 7: Nuclear equations of state, section 8: Nuclear astrophysics, section 9: Fundamental symmetries, and section 10: Experimental design and uncertainty quantification.