November 27, 2012

Dear Members of the NSAC Subcommittee on the Implementation of the Long Range Plan:

We the undersigned 824 members of the FRIB Users Organization are writing to express the importance of the timely completion of the FRIB project. FRIB is a central component of our future research plans and will enable forefront research and discovery into the nature of atomic nuclei, the origin of elements in WKHFRVPRVWHVWVRIQDWXUH¶VIXQGDPHQWDOODZVDQGVRFLHWDO applications of isotopes. The exciting science case for FRIB and the other rationale for its completion are summarized in the document "FRIB: Opening New Frontiers in Nuclear Science" that we submitted to you in September.

The field of nuclear science now encompasses a broad and exciting scientific landscape. Within this landscape, the study of nuclei remains a vital component of the field. Major discoveries are on the horizon into the interactions that govern the properties of nuclei and in the understanding of nuclear processes that drive astrophysical environments. It is likely that other unexpected discoveries will accompany the vast new view of nuclear systems with extreme neutron-to-proton ratios made available by the next generation of rare isotope facilities.

The 2007 Long Range Plan outlined the steps needed to achieve a vibrant future for nuclear physics in the U.S. The plan envisions a program where QCD phenomena, nuclei, and fundamental symmetries are studied. It also describes the set of capabilities required to achieve this vision. Specifically, the LRP recognized that a new capability, FRIB, was needed in the area of and nuclear DVWURSK\VLFVDQGFDOOHGWKLVQHHG³PRVWDFXWH´)5,%LVWKH second priority of the 2007 Long Range Plan (the first for new construction) and the first recommendation of the 2012 National Research Council study of Nuclear Physics. The scientific case for FRIB is now even stronger than in 2007 and the need more acute.

Our user community is strongly committed to building an exciting future research program at FRIB. This will be a unique facility with powerful capabilities to produce a wide range of rare isotopes as beams at a variety of energies ranging from thermal to reaccelerated to fast. It will not only facilitate advances in the structure of nuclei and their cosmic origin, but also in the fields of energy, medical diagnostics and therapy, materials science, and homeland security. We strongly urge you to articulate the nuclear science FRPPXQLW\¶VFRPPLWPHQWDQGYLVLRQRIWKH/RQJ Range Plan in your report and include nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics as a fundamental component of the U.S. nuclear science program by making FRIB a priority.

Sincerely, The following undersigned Members of the FRIB Users Organization*

*We are signing of our own accord and not on behalf of the institutions for which we are employed.

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Brittany Abromeit Lagy Baby Con Beausang Michigan State University Florida State University University of Richmond Faisal Abu-Nimeh Sonia Bacca Fred Becchetti National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory TRIUMF University of Michigan Dieter Ackermann Andrew Bacher Saul Beceiro Novo GSI Darmstadt Indiana University, Bloomington National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Anatoli Afanasjev Birger Back Michigan State University Mississippi State University Argonne National Laboratory Ana Becerril Larry Ahle Vincent Bader Instituto de Estr uctur a de l a Mater i a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory David Becker Sunghoon Ahn Michigan State Uni ver si ty Oakland University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Coral Baglin John Becker Tan Ahn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Jessica Baker Shadi Bedoor Navin Alahari Florida State University Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty GANIL Dimiter Balabanski Timothy Beers Nicolas Alamanos INRNE, Bulgaria Kitt Peak National Observatory IRFU Baha Balantekin Joseph Belarge Martin Alcorta University of Wisconsin Florida State University Argonne National Laboratory Gordon Ball Frank Bello Alejandro Algora TRIUMF University of Oslo IFIC Adriana Banu Carla Benatti James Allmond James Madison University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dan Bardayan Michigan State University Daniel Alt Oak Ridge National Laboratory Michael Bentley National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Robert Bark University of York Héctor Alvarez Pol iThemba Labs Georg Berg University of Notre Dame University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Brent Barker Ken Amos National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Christian Bernards University of Mel bour ne Michigan State University Yal e Uni ver si ty Raman Anantaraman Jonathan Barney Monique Bernas National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Inst. de Phys. Nucleaire Michigan State University Brad Barquest Lee Bernstein John Anderson National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Michigan State University Argonne National Laboratory Jill Berryman Ani Aprahamian Bruce Barrett National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Notre Dame University of Arizona Peter Bertone Almudena Arcones Elizabetlh Barrett Argonne National Laboratory TU Darmstadt and GSI Hunter College George Bertsch Naftali Auerbach Zoran Basrak Institute for Nuclear Theory Ruder Boskovic Institute, Croatia Tel Aviv University Carlos Bertulani Thomas Aumann Jon Batchelder Texas A& M University at Commerce TU Darmstadt Oak Ridge Associated Universities Jonathan Billowes Kalle Auranen Wolfgang Bauer University of Manchester University of Jyväskylä Michigan State University Carrol Bingham Sam Austin Travis Baugher University of Tennessee Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Eva Birnbaum Michigan State University Thomas Baumann Los Alamos National Laboratory Melina Avila National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Bertram Blank Florida State University Michigan State University CEN Bordeaux-Gradignan Mikhail Avilov Gerhard Baur Klaus Blaum National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Basel Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik Michigan State University Manuel Bautista Michael Block Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty Juha Aysto GSI Darmstadt Helsinki Institute of Physics Daniel Bazin Yorick Blumenfeld Yassid Ayyad Michigan State University IPN Orsay RCNP Osaka Didier Beaumel Scott Bogner IPN Orsay Michigan State University

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Georg Bollen Mark Caprio Partha Chowdhury Michigan State University University of Notre Dame University of Massachusetts Lowell Angela Bonaccorso Anne Caraley Greg Christian INFN, Sez. di Pi sa, Ital y S.U.N.Y. Oswego TRIUMF Aldo Bonasera Nelson Carlin Timothy Chupp LNS-INFN, University of São Paulo University of Michigan Texas A&M University Mariano Carmona-Gallardo Andrii Chyzh Catalin Borcea IEM-CSIC, Madrid Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory IFIN-HH, Romani a Michael Carpenter Jolie Cizewski Cristina Bordeanu Argonne National Laboratory Rutger s Uni ver si ty NIPNE-HH, Romania Fiore Carpino Jason Clark Thomas Borden Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty Argonne National Laboratory Michigan State University Bryan Carr Rod Clark Ivan Borzov Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory IPPE, JINR Lucia Cartegni Ryan Clement William Brantley University of Lisbon Idaho National Laboratory Furman Ken Carter Arthur Cole Thomas Braunroth Oak Ridge Associated Universities Kalamazoo College University of Köln Enrique Casarejos Philippe Collon Nathan Brewer University of Vigo, Spain University of Notre Dame Vanderbilt University Robert Casperson Maria Colonna José Antonio Briz Monago Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory INFN-LNS Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Madrid Javier Castelo Torras Chris Compton Rafal Broda Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona Michigan State University Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland Richard Casten Zachary Constan Maxime Brodeur Yal e University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory David Caussyn Kortney Cooper Edward Brown Florida State University Michigan State University Michigan State University Joakim Cederkall Paul Cottle James Brown Lund University Florida St at e U ni ver si t y Wabash Col l ege Joseph Cerny Manoel Couder Alex Brown University of California, Berkeley University of Notre Dame Michigan State University Zbigniew Chajecki Daniel Coupland Justin Browne National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Michigan State University Alison Bruce David Chamulak Aaron Couture University of Brighton, UK Los Alamos National Laboratory Thomas Burgess Robert Charity Heather Crawford Oak Ridge National Laboratory Washington University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Juan Burgos Marielle Chartier Gerard Crawley Michigan State University University of Liverpool University of South Carolina Jason Burke Richard Chasman Jose R Crespo Lopez-Urrutia Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Scott Bustabad Rajdeep Chatterjee Benjamin Crider Michigan State University IIT-Roor kee University of Kentucky Peter Butler Abdou Chbihi Mario Cromaz University of Liverpool GANIL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Alexander Bürger Alan Chen Richard Cyburt University of Oslo McMaster University Michigan State University Christoph Caesar Christopher Chiara Pawel Danielewicz TU Darmstadt University of Maryland National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory R.Burcu Cakirli Surya Chintalapudi Michigan State University Istanbul University, Turkey UGC-DAE CSR Jiban Jyoti Das Christopher Campbell Kelly Chipps National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Colorado School of Mines Michigan State University Pierre Capel Shailendra Chouhan Mahananda Dasgupta Universite Libre de Bruxelles Michigan State University Australian National University

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Cary Davids Jerzy Dudek Lidia Ferreira Argonne National Laboratory University of St r asbour g, F r ance Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Barry Davids Thomas Duguet Rafael Ferrer-Garcia TRIUMF CEA/Saclay, France KU Leuven Paul Davies Dominique Durand Joseph Finck University of York LPC Caen Central Michigan University Giacomo de Angelis Juergen Eberth Richard Firestone INFN LNL University of Cologne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Francois de Oliveira Andreas Ekström Charles Folden GANIL Oslo University Texas A& M University Piotr Decowski Mohamed El-Houssieny Christian Forssén Smi t h Col l ege Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty Chalmers University of Technology Catherine Deibel Charlotte Elster Ron Fox Louisiana State University Ohio University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Pierre Delahaye Joachim Enders Luis Fraile GANIL, France TU Darmstadt, Germany Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Vitali Denisov Jonathan Engel Nathan Frank Inst. for Nuclear Research, Kiev University of North Carolina Augustana College Pierre Descouvemont Jonathan Engle Christoph Fransen Universite Libre de Bruxelles Argonne National Laboratory University of Cologne, Germany Romualdo deSouza Tomas Eriksen Stefan Frauendorf Indiana University University of Oslo University Notre Dame Alfred Dewald David Ernst Anna Frebel University of Cologne Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paul DeYoung Henning Esbensen Sean Freeman Hope College Argonne National Laboratory The University of Manchester, UK Massimo Di Toro Jutta Escher Martin Freer LNS-INFN, Italy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of Birmingham, UK Willem Dickhoff José M. Espino William Friedman Washington University University of Seville, Spain University of Wisconsin-Madison Christian Diget Alfredo Estrade Adam Fritsch University of York University of Edinburgh National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Jens Dilling Amand Faessler Michigan State University TRIUMF University of Tuebingen Carla Frohlich Iris Dillmann Paul Fallon North Carolina State University GSI Darmstadt Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Chris Fryer Jacek Dobaczewski Michael Famiano Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Warsaw Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty Nadja Frömmgen Marc Doleans Dongliang Fang University of Mainz Oak Ridge National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Yoshitaka Fujita Alexander Dombos Fabio Farinon RCNP, Osaka University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Mamoru Fujiwara Michigan State University Enrico Farnea Gifu University Zsolt Dombradi INFN Sezione di Padova, Italy Brian Fulton ATOMKI, Hungary James Fast University of York Carlos Domingo Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richard Furnstahl Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Michael Fauerbach Ohio State University César Domingo-Pardo Florida Gulf Coast University Hans Fynbo IFIC, Spain Benjamin Fenker Aarhus University, Denmark Henry Doster Texas A& M University Tony Gabriel National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Sandrina Fernandes University of Tennessee Jerry Draayer Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Alexandra Gade Louisiana State University Beatriz Fernandez-Dominguez National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory George Dracoulis University of Santiago de Compostela Michigan State University Australian National University Juan Pablo Fernández-García Daniel Galaviz Redondo Joaquin Drut University of Seville CFNUL, Lisbon UNC-CH Sydney Gales CNRS, France

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Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri Paulo Gomes Robert Haring-Kaye Oak Ridge National Laboratory Universidade Federal Fluminense Ohio Wesleyan University Aaron Galonsky David González Caamaño Daryl Hartley Michigan State University University of Santiago de Compostela United States Naval Academy, Annapoli s Yogendra Gambhir Andrea Gottardo Michael Hass IIT Bombay INFN The Weizmann Institute Stefano Gandolfi Tuomas Grahn Marc Hausmann Argonne National Laboratory University of Jyväskylä Michigan State University Alejandro Garcia Fabiana Gramegna Wick Haxton University of Washington LNL- INFN, Italy Universi ty of Cal i for ni a, Berkeley Maria Jose Garcia Borge Paul Greenlees Adam Hayes ISOLDE, CERN University of Jyväskylä University of Rochester Umesh Garg Walter Greiner Paul Henri Heenen University of Notre Dame Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studi es Universite Libre de Bruxelles Adam Garnsworthy Stéphane Grévy Alexander Heger TRIUMF CENBG, France Monash University Paul Garrett Henry Griffin Lawrence Heilbronn University of Guelph University of Michigan University of Tennessee Eduardo Garrido Geoff Grinyer Andreas Heinz IEM-CSIC GANIL Chalmers University of Technology Amanda Gehring Robert Grzywacz Jack Henderson National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Tennessee Univer si ty of Yor k Michigan State University Carol Guess Walter Henning Adrian Gelberg University of Massachusetts Lowell Argonne National Laboratory Inst.Nucl.Phys.Koeln Mike Guidry Thomas Henry C. Konrad Gelbke University of Tennessee University of Yor k Michigan State University Valdir Guimaraes Heiko Hergert William Gelletly Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil Ohio State University University of Surrey Greg Hackman Bent Herskind Elizabeth George TRIUMF Niels Bohr Institute Wi ttenber g Uni ver si ty Baharak Hadinia University of Copenhagen Georgi Georgiev University of Guelph Savajols Herve CSNSM/IN2P3/CNRS France Gaute Hagen GANIL, France Dali Georgobiani Oak Ridge National Laboratory Kris Heyde Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Kouichi Hagino University of Ghent Michigan State University Tohoku University Renato Higa Christopher Geppert Robert Haight University of Sao Paulo Helmholtz Institute Mainz Los Alamos National Laboratory Roger Hilton Juergen Gerl Melvyn Halbert Technical University Munich GSI University of Tennessee, Knoxville David Hinde Alexandros Gezerlis Dean Halderson Australian National University Technische Universitaet Darmstadt Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty Jerry Hinnefeld Tilak Ghosh Ikuko Hamamoto Indiana University South Bend VECC RI KEN Ni shi na Center George Hitt Stephen Gillespie Joseph Hamilton Khalifa University University of York Vanderbilt University William Hix Tom Ginter Michael Hammen Oak Ridge National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Mainz Morten Hjorth-Jensen Michigan State University Hans Werner Hammer Michigan State University Thomas Glasmacher University of Bonn University of Oslo Michigan State University Christine V. Hampton Calem Hoffman Jennifer Glick Argonne National Laboratory Industry Michigan State University Muhsin N. Harakeh Sigurd Hofmann Daniel Gogny K.V.I. GSI Darmstadt Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory John Hardy Jason Holt Vladilen Goldberg Texas A& M University University of Tennessee Texas A& M University Jun Hong National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

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Mihai Horoi Djalma Junior Toshiyuki Kubo Central Michigan University Universidade Federal Fluminense RI KEN Ni shi na Center Charles Horowitz Nasser Kalantar Anthony Kuchera Indiana University KVI, Groningen Florida State University Sankha Hota Rituparna Kanungo Loro Kujjo University of Massachusetts Lowell Sai nt M ar y¶s Uni ver si ty Michigan State University Meredith Howard Paul J. Karol Gerfried Kumbartzki Rutger s Uni ver si ty Carnegie Mellon University Rutger s Uni ver si ty Wen Chien Hsi Yoav Kashiv Wiktor Kurcewicz Procure Treatment Centers University of Notre Dame University of Warsaw Sylvie Hudan Benjamin Kay Jay Kusler Indiana University University of York Michigan State University Guillaume Hupin Laurens Keek Sean Kuvin Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Michigan State University Florida State University Mahir Hussein Michael Kelly Elaine Kwan University Sao Paulo Argonne National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Mark Huyse Oliver Kester Anna Kwiatkowski KU Leuven, GSI Darmstadt TRIUMF Jae-Kwang Hwang Elias Khan Marco La Cognata Vanderbilt University Institut de Physique Nucleaire Orsay Instituto Nazionale di Fisi ca Nucl ear e Sergey Ilyushkin Micha Kilburn Denis Lacroix Colorado School of Mines University of Notre Dame GANIL Tadaaki Isobe Kritsada Kittimanapun Alison Laird RI KEN National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of York, UK Hironori Iwasaki Andrew Klose Christoph Langer National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Katrina Koehler Alain Lapierre Emily Jackson Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Zach Kohley Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Richard Jacobson National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Ann-Cecilie Larsen Michigan State University Michigan State University University of Oslo, Norway Robert Janssens Noemie Koller Nicole Larson Argonne National Laboratory Rutger s University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Liyuan Jia Filip Kondev Michigan State University Michigan St at e U ni ver si t y Argonne National Laboratory Daniel Lascar Micah Johnson Sergey Kondrashev Northwestern University Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Marcello Lattuada Timothy Johnson Joonas Konki Universita di Catania and INFN-LNS Brookhaven National Lab University of Jyväskylä Torben Lauritsen Ronald Johnson Antonios Kontos Argonne National Laboratory University of Surrey, UK National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Arnaud Le Fevre Ari Jokinen Agnieszka Korgul GSI Darmstadt University of Jyvaskyla University of Warsaw Hye Young Lee Jan Jolie Kirk Korista Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Cologne Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty I-Yang Lee Rostislav Jolos Markus Kortelainen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna University of Jyvaskyla Jenny Lee Kate Jones Yevgen Koshchiy RI KEN, Japan University of Tennessee Florida State University Daniela Leitner Michael Jones Raymond Kozub Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Tennessee Technological University Matthaeus Leitner Michigan State University Susanne Kreim Michigan State University Björn Jonson CERN Antoine Lemasson Chalmers University Andreas Krieger National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Ninad Joshi University of Mainz Roy Lemmon National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Reiner Kruecken STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK Carola Jost TRIUMF Silvia Lenzi University of Tennessee University of British Columbia University of Padua

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Alinka Lepine-Szily Kita Macario Ulf-G. Meissner University of Sao Paulo Universidade Federal Fluminense University of Bonn Philip Levy Augusto Macchiavelli Dan Melconian TRIUMF Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Texas A& M University Marek Lewitowicz Guillaume Machicoane Alberto Mengoni GANIL National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory ENEA, Bologna Bao-An Li Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Edana Merchan Texas A& M University, Commerce Ruprecht Machleidt University of Massachusetts Lowell Felix Liang University of Idaho Bradley Meyer Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research Adam Maj Clemson University Sean Liddick IFJ PAN Krakow Nicolas Michel Michigan State University Juan Manfredi University of Tennessee David Lincoln National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Krzysztof Miernik National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Oak Ridge National Laboratory Laura Linhardt Brett Manning Bogdan Mihaila Rutger s Uni ver si ty Louisiana State University Los Alamos National Laboratory Matej Lipoglavsek Paul Mantica David Miller Jozef Stefan Institute Michigan State University TRIUMF Samuel Lipschutz Tommaso Marchi Kei Minamisono National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory INFN - LNL and Padua University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Tomislav Marketin Michigan State University C.J. (Kim) Lister TU Darmstadt Mihail Mirea University of Massachusetts, Lowell Richard Marks Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Elena Litvinova Nuclear Engineering Michigan State University Scott Marley Joe Mitchell Shaohua Liu University of Notre Dame Florida State University UNIRIB/Oak Ridge Associated Universities Felix Marti AJ Mitchell Jeremy Lloyd National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Michigan State University Central Michigan University Wolfgang Mittig Charles Loelius Grant Mathews National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University University of Notre Dame Michigan State University Wolfgang Lorenzon Milan Matos Michal Mocko University of Michigan Oak Ridge National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Walter Loveland Masayuki Matsuo Prajwal Mohanmurthy Niigata University Mississippi State University Oregon State University Radomira Lozeva James Matta Hervé Molique IPHC, CNRS University of Notre Dame IPHC and University of Strasbourg, FRANCE Jesus Lubian Chiara Mazzocchi Peter Moller Universidade Federal Fluminense University of War saw Los Alamos National Laboratory Eric Lunderberg Sean McDaniel Fernando Montes MITRE Corporation National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University David Lunney Alan McIntosh Changbum Moon CNRS, France Texas A& M University Hoseo University, Korea Bryan Luther Gail McLaughlin Iain Moore Concordia College North Carolina State University University of Jyvaskyla Yuri Lutostansky Dennis McNabb Katharine Moran Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Kurchatov Institute Thomas Luu Rhiannon Meharchand Antonio Moro Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Seville, Spain William Lynch Michael Mehlman David Morrissey Michigan State University Texas A& M Univer si ty Michigan State University Kara Lynch Krista Meierbachtol Chris Morse Los Alamos National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory CERN and The University of Manchester Michigan State University Wenchao Ma Roberto Meigikos dos Anjos Colin Morton Mississippi State University Federal Fluminense University, Brazil TRIUMF Ruimei Ma Zachary Meisel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Shea Mosby Michigan State University Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Magdalena Mostazo Samuel Novario Junchen Pei University Santiago de Compostel a National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Peking University Peter Mueller Michigan State University Frederique Pellemoine Argonne National Laboratory Filomena Nunes Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Akram Mukhamedzhanov Michigan State University Michigan State University Texas A& M University Barna Nyako Georgios Perdikakis Matthew Mumpower Hungarian Academy of Sci ence Central Michigan University University of Notre Dame Wilfried Nörtershäuser Jorge Pereira Tetsuya Murakami Technical University Darmstadt National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Kyoto University Volker Oberacker Erin Peters Alexander Murphy Vanderbilt University University of Kentucky University of Edinburgh Yuri Oganessian William Peters Edmund Myers Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Russia Oak Ridge Associated Universities Florida State University Kazuyuki Ogata Alexandrina Petrovici Enrique Nacher RCNP, Osaka University IFIN-HH IEM, CSIC, Spain Yongseok Oh Marek Pfutzner Vaishali Naik Kyungpook National University, Korea University of Warsaw VECC Kolkata India Akira Ono Larry Phair Takashi Nakamura Tohoku University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology Erich Ormand Daniel Phillips Takashi Nakatsukasa Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Ohio University RI KEN Ni shi na Center Takaharu Otsuka Jorge Piekarewicz Hai Ah Nam University of Tokyo Florida State University Oak Ridge National Laboratory Thomas W. O´Donnell Benjamin Pietras Farheen Naqvi The New School University of NYC Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Yal e Uni ver si ty Nils Paar Nathalie Pillet Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic University of Zagreb CEA, DAM, DIF National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Elizabeth Padilla-Rodal Rosario Gianluca Pizzone Michigan State University Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares INFN LNS, Italy Petr Navratil Angelo Pagano Lucas Platter TRIUMF INFN Argonne National Laboratory Tapan Nayak Robert Page Marek Ploszajczak Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre University of Liverpool GANIL, France Thomas Neff Steven Pain Zsolt Podolyak GSI Darmstadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory University of Surrey Caroline Nesaraja Gregory Pang Dorin Poenaru Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory IFIN-HH Bucharest Gerda Neyens Thomas Papenbrock Emanuel Pollacco KU Leuven University of Tennessee IRFU/SPhN CEA Saclay Ngoc Nguyen Richard Pardo Giovanni Pollarolo National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory University of Torino, Italy Adam Nichols Anuj Parikh Laura Popielarski University of York Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Michigan State University Thomas Nilsson Peter Parker Mauricio Portillo Chalmers University of Technology, Yal e University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Chiara Nociforo Alex Parsons Francesco Porto GSI Michigan State University Universita di Catania, INFN,LNS George Noid Michael Paul Eduard Pozdeyev Michigan State University Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Shumpei Noji Nancy Paul Vikram Singh Prasher National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Notre Dame University of Massachusetts Lowell Kenneth Nollett Stanley Paulauskas Scott Pratt Ohio Universi ty The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Michigan State University Eric Norman Matthew Pearson Boris Pritychenko University of California, Berkeley TRIUMF Brookhaven National Laboratory Meiring Nortier Graham Peaslee Christopher Prokop Argonne National Laboratory Hope College National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University

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Wendell Jay Pruitt Mark Riley Maitreyee Saha Sarkar Oak Ridge National Laboratory Florida State University SI NP, I ndi a Yuan Qiu Peter Ring Kenji Saito University of Massachusetts Lowell Technical University Munich National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Sofia Quaglioni Ryan Ringle Michigan State University Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Hideyuki Sakai Stephen Quinn Arnau Rios Huguet RI KEN Ni shina Center National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Surrey Hiroyoshi Sakurai Riccardo Raabe Juho Rissanen University of Tokyo RI KEN KU Leuven Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory David Radford Luis Robledo Francesca Sammarruca Oak Ridge National Laboratory Universidad Autonoma Madrid University of Idaho Adriana R Raduta Xavier Roca-Maza David Sanderson IFIN-HH, Romania University of Milan National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Mustafa Rajabali Tomas Rodriguez Mikael Sandzelius TRIUMF Technische Universität Darmstadt University of Jyväskylä Akunuri Ramayya Jose Luis Rodriguez-Sanchez Alisher Sanetullaev Vanderbilt University University of Santiago de Compostela TRIUMF Jorgen Randrup Grigory Rogachev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Florida State University Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez Florida State University Sushil Rathi Warren Rogers Fred Sarazin Maharishi Markandeshwar University, India Westmont Col l ege Colorado School of Mines Andrew Ratkiewicz Andrew Rogers Christina Sarosiek Rutger s Uni ver si ty Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Hope College Thomas Rauscher John Rohrer University of Basel, Switzerland Argonne National Laboratory Pedro Sarriguren IEM, CSIC, Spain Amlan Ray Maite Romero-Expósito Masaki Sasano Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, India Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona RI KEN Ni shi na Center Francesco Recchia Reginald Ronningen Guy Savard National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Michigan State University Argonne National Laboratory Elio Rosato University of Chicago Sanjay Reddy University of Naples - INFN University of Washington Hendrik Schatz TJ Ross Michigan State University Matthew Redshaw University of Richmond Heiko Scheit Central Michigan University Robert Roth TU Darmstadt Patrick Regan TU Darmstadt Karl-Heinz Schmidt University of Surrey, UK Wolfram Rother GSI Darmstadt, Germany Ernst Rehm Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Argonne National Laboratory Reaktorsicherheit W. Udo Schroeder University of Rochester Sarah Reimann Jimmy Rotureau Peter Schuck University of Oslo Chalmers University IPN Orsay Peter Reiter Amit Roy Nicolas Schunck University of Cologne, Germany Inter-University Accelerator Centre Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Igor Remec Berta Rubio Oak Ridge National Laboratory IFIC-CSIC Valencia Stefan Schwarz National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Daniel Renaud Chris Ruiz Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory TRIUMF Achim Schwenk Roy Rene Paolo Russotto Technische Universitaet Darmstadt Laval University INFN-Catania Italy Nicholas Scielzo Walter Reviol Krzysztof Rykaczewski Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Washington University Oak Ridge National Laboratory Michael Scott Achim Richter António Carlos Sá Fonseca Michigan State University TU Darmstadt University of Lisbon Richard Scotten Werner Richter Hiroyuki Sagawa Ohio Wesleyan University iThemba LABS, University of Aizu Nathal Severijns Lewis Riley Irina Sagert University Leuven, Belgium Ursinus College Michigan State University

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Gregory Severin Krzysztof Starosta Michael Syphers Technical University of Denmark Simon Fraser University Michigan State University Dariusz Seweryniak Sumner Starrfield Anthony Szedlak Argonne National Laboratory Arizona State University Michigan State University Vasily Shaginyan Tracy Steinbach Samuel Tabor Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Indiana University Florida State University Rebecca Shane Andrew W. Steiner Jose L. Tain National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Washi ngton IFIC-Val enci a Gavriil Shchedrin Mathias Steiner Patrick Talou Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Bradley Sherrill Sharon Stephenson Wanpeng Tan Michigan State University Gettysburg College University of Notre Dame Dinesh Shetty Ionel Stetcu Xiaodong Tang Grand Valley State University Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Notre Dame Praveen Shidling Jeffry Stetson Suwat Tangwancharoen Texas A& M University Michigan St at e University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Aimee Shore Jeremy Stevens Michigan State University Michigan State University Michigan State University Oleg Tarasov Rachel Showalter Peter Stoll National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Industry Michigan State University Michigan St at e U ni ver si t y Andreas Stolz Wayne Taylor Los Alamos National Laboratory Radhey Shyam Michigan State University Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Jirina Stone Olof Tengblad Arnold Sierk University of Tennessee IEM-CSIC, Spain Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Oxford Pamela Teubig Angelo Signoracci Nancy Stoyer University of Lisbon CEA/Saclay Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Peter G. Thirolf Anna Simon Mark Stoyer Ludwig Maximilians University Munich National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Michael Thoennessen Edward Simpson Dan Stracener Michigan State University University of Surrey Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ian Thompson Wojtek Skulski Sabrina Strauss Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SkuTek I nstrumentation University of Notre Dame Masayo Thoren Duane Smalley Frank Strieder Univer si ty of Osl o Colorado School of Mines Ruhr -Universität Bochum Frank Timmes Karl Smith Ragnar Stroberg Arizona State University University of Notre Dame National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Natalia Timofeyuk Michael Smith Michigan State University University of Surrey, UK Oak Ridge National Laboratory Andrew Stuchbery Luke Titus Jenna Smith The Australian National University Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Scott Suchyta Jan Toke Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Rochester Alvin Smucker Michigan State University Jeromy Tompkins Michigan State University Chris Sullivan Michigan State University Jesse Snyder Michigan State University Jeffrey Tostevin National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Chandana Sumithrarachchi University of Surrey, UK Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Fredrik Tovesson Michigan State University Olivier Sorlin Los Alamos National Laboratory GANIL Neil Summers Livius Trache George Souliotis Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Texas A& M University Texas A& M University Rebecca Surman Wolfgang Trautmann Lakshmi Soundara-Pandian Union College GSI Darmstadt Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Takeshi Suzuki Eric Traynor Sai t ama U ni ver si t y Jean-Marc Sparenberg Hope College Université libre de Bruxelles Toshio Suzuki Vandana Tripathi Artemis Spyrou Nihon University Florida State University Michigan State University Carl Svensson Betty Tsang University of Guelph Michigan State University

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Victor Tselyaev Mark Wallace Chris Wrede St. Petersburg State Uni versity Los Alamos National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Gry Tveten William Walters Michigan State University University of Oslo University of Maryland Ching-Yen Wu Stefan Typel Enhong Wang Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory GSI Darmstadt Vanderbilt University Alan Wuosmaa Md Tofiz Uddin Zhimin Wang Wester n Mi chi gan Uni ver si ty National Institute of Cancer Research and TRIUMF Ramon Wyss Hospital Michiharu Wasa KTH Jose Udias RI KEN Yoshishige Yamazaki Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Jie Wei Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Tomohiro Uesaka Michigan State University Ricardo Yanez RI KEN Ni shi na Center Vivian Wei Oregon St at e U ni ver si t y Claudio Ugalde IBM Denke Yang University of Chicago Dirk Weisshaar Kent University John Ullmann National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Steven Yates Los Alamos National Lab Leo Weissman University of Kentucky Sait Umar Soreq Nuclear Research Center Sherry Yennello Vanderbilt University Volker Werner Texas A& M University Neelam Upadhyay Yal e Uni ver si ty Richard York Michigan State University Tomasz Werner Michigan State University Adrian Valverde University of Warsaw Mike Youngs Michigan State University Alex Westerberg National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Karl van Bibber Central Michigan University Michigan State University University of California, Berkeley Kenneth Whitmore Valeriy Zagrebaev Piet Van Duppen National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory JINR Dubna KU Leuven Michigan State University Peter Zavodszky Piet Van Isacker Ingo Wiedenhoever GE Global Research GANIL, France Florida State University Remco Zegers Ubirajara van Kolck Andreas Wiens National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University of Arizona Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Michigan State University Gianni Vannini Elizabeth Williams Vladimir Zelevinsky Università di Bologna, Italy The Australian National University Michigan State University James Vary Scott Williams Al Zeller Michigan State University Iowa State University Michigan State University Giuseppe Verde Kathrin Wimmer Edward Zganjar INFN, Sezione di Catania Central Michigan University Louisiana State University Kai Vetter John Stuart Winfield Yingxun Zhang University of California, Berkeley GSI Darmstadt, Germany China Institute of Atomic Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Jeff Winger Qiang Zhao Michigan State University Vic Viola Mississippi State University Indiana University Jack Winkelbauer Shaofei Zhu Alexander Volya National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Florida State University Daniel Winklehner Mikhail Zhukov Peter von Brentano National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Chalmers Universi ty of Technol ogy, Sweden Universitated zu Koeln Michigan State University Malgorzata Zielinska-Pfabe Peter von Neumann-Cosel Robert Wiringa Smi t h Col l ege TU Darmstadt Argonne National Laboratory Andreas Zilges Philip Voss Andrew Wisniowiecki University of Cologne, Germany Simon Fraser University Michigan State University Paul Voytas Hermann Wolter Wi ttenber g Uni ver si ty University of Munich, Germany Dario Vretenar John Wood University of Zagreb Georgia Tech University Robert Wadsworth Stan Woosley University of York, UK University of California, Santa Cruz Philip Walker University of Surrey, UK

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