Benefits of NP

The Office of Nuclear Physics funds a community of scientists to do basic nuclear physics research that seeks to uncover the fundamental nature of matter. As a consequence of this basic research, many ideas and instruments (funded through various sources) have found their way into many different areas in public life as well as in other government programs. A list of some of these 'Spin-Offs' is given below.

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Atom Trap Trace Analysis Awake Animal Imaging Beryllium-7 Implantation in Plastics for Prosthesis Wear Studies Biomedical Instrumentation and Imaging Boron-Nitride (BN) Nanotubes (BNNT) Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructure Cyclotrons to Make Neutrons and Radioactive Targets Diamond Amplified Photocathode Electron Cooling Simulation Software Energy Recovered Light Source Technology Energy Recovery Linac Energy Recovery Linac Cavity Era of Nuclear Energy Free Electron Laser Program Global Nuclear Energy Initiative Heavy Ions for Testing Microelectronic Components High Performance Computing High Power Superconducting Continuous Wave Linacs for Protons and Heavy-Ions High Purity Germanium Detectors Improved Design of Nuclear Reactor Control System Ion Sources for High Energy Ion Implantation Land Mine Detection Low Energy Ion Implantation in Semiconductor Manufacturing Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cavity for an energy recovery linac Muon Radiography NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) Neutron Detectors Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections Database Nuclear Resonance Flourescence Nuclear Wallet Cards Precise Measurement of Strontium-82 Radioactivity in the Sr-Rb PET Generator Proton Radiography Protons and Neutrons for Testing QCD on a Chip Radioisotopes for Medical Diagnostics Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays Superconducting Laser Photocathode RF TAMU Accelerators For Radiation Tolerance Yale Education for First Responders