Abstract
The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University is the premier intermediate-energy heavy-ion research facility on the North American continent. Funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) and by Michigan State University, the NSCL serves a large national and international user community. Research done at the NSCL is primarily devoted to basic experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, accelerator physics, associated instrumenta- tion R&D (research and development), and applications to meet specific so- cietal needs. In addition, about 5–10% of the beam time is allocated to support cross-disciplinary research, including atomic physics, condensed matter physics, space science, wear analysis, and medical applications of nuclear and accelerator physics tech- nology.