This project provides support for travel and living expenses for Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Department of Physics, Quaid-I-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, Pakistan to participate in a research project with Dr. John W. Negele at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. The project will be in the area of Nuclear Chromodynamics, the role of quarks and gluons in determining the structure and properties of atomic nuclei. The MIT physics group has taken the lead in attacking the challenging task of unravelling the quarks structure of nuclei. The efforts are concentrated on development of nucleon models, calculation of elastic scattering form factors, direct excitation of quark and color degrees of freedom, direct measurements of quark momentum in very high energy deeply inelastic electron scattering, and creation of abnormal states of hadron matter to detect their momentary existance. The QAU group is also deeply interested in this approach. Scope: The MIT - QAU collaboration has started, and there already exists one paper in the area of Nuclear Chromodynamics written by Hoodbhoy and R.L. Jaffee of MIT. Further work at QAU resulted in more publications. It is likely that this collaboration will benefit both teams and lead to significant results in addition to building a viable scientific research capability in theoretical nuclear physics in Pakistan, as envisioned in the Science in Developing Countries Program.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Office of International and Integrative Activities (IIA)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
8811939
Program Officer
Osman Shinaishin
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1988-05-01
Budget End
1991-10-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
$19,169
Indirect Cost
Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Cambridge
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02139