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Appendix D: Acronyms
Pages 253-260

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From page 253...
... APS American Physical Society ARIEL Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory ATLAS Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System ATTA atom trap trace analysis AURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy AVF azimuthal varying field BaBar B and B-bar experiment 253
From page 254...
... CBM Compressed Baryonic Matter CEBAF Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility CERN Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Organization for Nuclear Research) CEU Conference Experience for Undergraduates CGC color glass condensate CI configuration interaction CKM Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa CLEO Short for "Cleopatra" (a general-purpose particle detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring CMS Compact Muon Solenoid CNEA Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (National Atomic Energy Commission)
From page 255...
... Theory Institute for Physics with Exotic Nuclei GANIL Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator) GlueX gluon experiment at JLAB GRETA Gamma Ray Energy Tracking Array GRETINA Gamma Ray Energy Tracking In-Beam Nuclear Array GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GSI Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Heavy Ion Research Center, now the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH)
From page 256...
... ISOL Isotope Separator Online ISOLDE Isotope Separator Online Detector ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor IUPAP International Union for Pure and Applied Physics JILA Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics JINA Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics JINR Joint Institute for Nuclear Research JLAB Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility J-PARC Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPS Japanese Physical Society JSC Jülich Supercomputing Center JUGENE Jülich Blue Gene JUSEIPEN Japan-U.S. Experimental Institute for Physics with Exotic Nuclei JUSTIPEN Japan-U.S.
From page 257...
... MERCOSUR Mercado Común del Sur (Common Southern Market) MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MoNA Modular Neutron Array MOX mixed oxide fuel MRI magnetic resonance image/imaging MSU Michigan State University MTAS Modular Total Absorption Spectrometer N neutron number NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NESR new ESR NFS Neutron for Science NIF National Ignition Facility NIH National Insitutes of Health NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NORDITA Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, aka Nordic Institute for Theoretical and Atomic Physics NPAC nuclear, particle, astrophysics and cosmology NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NRC National Research Council NSAC Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
From page 258...
... 258 Nuclear Physics NSCL National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSF National Science Foundation NSM New Standard Model NuPECC Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee NuSTAR Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORRUBA Oak Ridge–Rutgers University Barrel Array PANDA Antiproton Annihilation at Darmstadt PET positron emission tomography PHENIX Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction Experiment PI principal investigator PMT photomultiplier tube POPA Panel on Public Affairs PPC p-type point contact PREX Lead Radius Experiment PSI Paul Scherrer Institut PV parity violating QCD quantum chromodynamics QCDOC QCD on a chip QED quantum electrodynamics QGP quark-gluon plasma Qs gluon momentum scale below which saturation is thought to arise RBRC RIKEN-BNL Research Center RCNP Research Center for Nuclear Physics REX-ISOLDE Radioactive Beam Experiment at ISOLDE RHIC Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider RIB radioactive ion beam RIBF Radioactive Ion Beam Facility RIBRAS Radioactive Ion Beams in Brasil RIKEN Rikagaku Kenkyujo (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) RISAC Rare Isotope Science Assessment Committee
From page 259...
... SPIRAL2 new version of SPIRAL (in planning stages) SRF superconducting radiofrequency SSAA Stewardship Science Academic Alliance SSRF Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility STAR Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC STScI Space Telescope Science Institute SURF Sanford Underground Research Facility TAMU Texas A&M University TANDAR Tandem Accelerator TPC time projection chamber TRIUMF Tri-University Meson Facility TWINSOL twin dual superconducting solenoid magnets UNILAC Universal Linear Accelerator USAF U.S.


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