8–13 Sept 2025
Integrated Innovation Building (IIB), RIKEN Kobe Campus
Asia/Tokyo timezone
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FRIB’s Experimental Roadmap to the Nuclear Equation of State

12 Sept 2025, 11:20
30m
Auditorium (8F) (Integrated Innovation Building (IIB), RIKEN Kobe Campus)

Auditorium (8F)

Integrated Innovation Building (IIB), RIKEN Kobe Campus

Minatojima-minamimachi 6-7-1, Kobe, Japan
9. Future experiments and facilities NuSym Scientific Session

Speaker

Zbigniew Chajecki (Western Michigan University)

Description

The equation of state (EoS) of nuclear matter, particularly its symmetry energy component, remains a central question in nuclear physics and astrophysics. While recent astrophysical observations have provided valuable constraints, experimental input from terrestrial laboratories is essential to disentangle model dependencies and explore the high-density regime. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) offers a unique opportunity to address this challenge by enabling experiments with neutron-rich radioactive beams that were previously inaccessible. This talk will provide an overview of the current status and future outlook for EoS-related research at FRIB. Emphasis will be placed on the upcoming experiment designed to probe the density dependence of the symmetry energy using heavy-ion collisions. It will also highlight long-term plans for the EOS research at FRIB and efforts to upgrade and integrate key detector systems. These developments position FRIB to play a key role in constraining the nuclear EOS over the next decade.

Presentation Style Invited Speaker

Author

Zbigniew Chajecki (Western Michigan University)

Presentation materials