The University of Iowa was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "EAGER: IMPRESS-U: TWO-BODY CURRENTS IN RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON AND NEUTRINO SCATTERING OFF FEW-NUCLEON TARGETS". The project brings together researchers from the University of Iowa, Jagiellonian University (Poland), Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (Ukraine), Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine), and Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan) to investigate the precise understanding of how neutrinos interact with nuclei, which has implications for physics beyond the Standard Model. The key goal is to construct a two-nucleon-neutrino current to use in relativistic neutrino-nucleus scattering calculations, with comparisons to experimental data on both electron and neutrino scattering from deuterons. The project supports graduate students in Poland and Ukraine, as well as a postdoctoral researcher in neutrino physics, while also sustaining the physics infrastructure in Ukraine. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.
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