Theoretical Nuclear Physics

The Theoretical Nuclear Physics subprogram provides the formal mathematical aspects of physics needed to explain the fundamental nature of the world around us, the universe. Theory research support the interpretation of a wide range of data obtained from all the other Nuclear Physics (NP) subprograms and to advance new ideas and hypotheses that stimulate experimental investigations. This subprogram supports several national laboratory theory groups, university nuclear theory research as well as community theory efforts through Topical Collaborations, the Facility for Rare Isotopes and Beams Theory Alliance (FRIB TA) at Michigan State University and the Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT) at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, where nuclear theorists from across the Nation collaborate to focus on key frontier areas in nuclear physics.