News and Announcements

The Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science encourages members of the nuclear theory community to submit applications for the open position of Program Manager in Theoretical Nuclear Physics.

The announcement for a Program Manager in Theoretical Nuclear Physics opened January 2, 2025, and will close on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

This position is part of the Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, Physics Research Division. As a Physicist, you will serve as a Program Manager for research in many experimental and theoretical fields, including heavy ion physics, medium energy nuclear physics, nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries, and theoretical nuclear physics.

Apply at USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/826395000

Professors Dick Furnstahl (The Ohio State University; pictured right) and Baha Balantekin (University of Wisconsin-Madison; pictured left) have been awarded the 2025 APS Herman Feshbach and Hans A. Bethe Prizes, respectively!  

The Herman Feshbach Prize  serves to recognize and encourage outstanding research in theoretical nuclear physics.

The Hans A. Bethe Prize serves to recognize outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, or closely related fields.

"Quantum Few- and Many-Body Systems in Universal Regimes" (INT-24-3) is off to a great start! Visit the webpage for more information about topics covered. 

Richland, WA - REU students visited the LIGO Hanford Observatory this summer under the expert guidance of INT Senior Fellow, Vincenzo Cirigliano. The visit offered an inside look at gravitational wave research. Highlights included laser systems and vacuum chambers. 

For more information on visits to LIGO, please visit https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/

Despite the summer rain, the INT welcomed 14 visitors to begin the INT program "Heavy Ion Physics in the EIC era." Slides from program talks can be accessed on the program webpage.