The Nuclear Physics Center serves as China's national leading team in fundamental nuclear physics research. Relying on the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) and other domestic and international heavy-ion accelerator facilities, the Center conducts experimental and theoretical studies on nuclear structure, nuclear reaction mechanisms, and nuclear processes in astrophysical environments.

The Center also undertakes the mission of building experimental measurement systems for the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), refining key scientific objectives, establishing collaborations, and carrying out the first batch of scientific experiments.

Looking ahead, the Center's research will be mainly based on HIAF and will focus on three major nuclear physics research terminals: the low-energy experimental terminals (including the multinucleon transfer reaction spectrometer and the gas-filled recoil separator), the HIgh-Rigidity radioactive Ion Beam Line (HIRIBL), and the storage-ring spectrometer (SRing). Frontier studies will be carried out on exotic nuclear structure, decay and reaction mechanisms, as well as high-precision nuclear mass measurements.

The Nuclear Physics Center consists of six research groups: Radioactive Beam Physics, Superheavy Nuclei and Nuclear Structure, Storage Ring Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Reactions, and Nuclear Astrophysics. The Center currently has about 90 staff members and around 100 graduate students. Its talent team includes nearly 30 distinguished researchers supported through national and institutional talent programs, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Excellent Young Scientists Fund, and PIFI.

1. Synthesis of superheavy elements and new nuclides, and exploration of the limits of nuclear existence

2. High-precision measurements of nuclear masses, lifetimes, and reaction cross sections based on storage rings

3. Atomic Mass Evaluation (AME) and matter radius evaluation

4. Studies of exotic nuclear structure and decay, and unstable nuclear dynamics

5. Multinucleon transfer reaction studies

6. Studies of nuclear reaction processes and mechanisms in heavy-ion-driven inertial confinement fusion

7. Theoretical studies in nuclear physics, including nuclear structure and reactions, nuclear astrophysics, heavy-ion nuclear reactions, hadron structure and spectroscopy, quantum computing, etc.

8. Nuclear astrophysics research, including direct and indirect measurements of key nuclear reaction cross sections and stellar model calculations

9. Development of advanced detector systems

Contact: XU Xinxing

Tel: +86-931-4969167

Email: xinxing@impcas.ac.cn