1. Nuclear Physics Research with Polarized Photons and Protons I.Development of new semiconductor photo-detectors for applications in nuclear/particle physics, medical imaging, and homeland security. † a.“Large area” photo-detectors, ~1 cm 2, with integrated waveform digitization (ADC), for direct replacement of photomultiplier tubes. Purely digital detectors. b.Photo-detectors with good sensitivity at the ~1 ° K level, for use in polarized proton targets, future applications in dark matter searches Worlds largest solid-state photomultiplier, 51,000 pixels, 30  m x 30  m Faculty: R. Miskimen (miskimen@physics.umass.edu) Postdoc: A. Teymurazyan Grad. students: C. Harris, P. Martel, D. VonMaluski Undergraduates: R. Rines Engineer: D. Lydon (Astro.) † In collaboration with Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. PRIMEX lead-tungstate calorimeter

2. II. Nuclear physics with polarized photons and protons at the Mainz Microtron, Germany Mainz is a city of ~200,000, located on the Rhine, best wine region in Germany, the beer is also good Polarized Compton scattering to study the “long distance” spin- structure of the proton Polarized threshold  0 photo- production as a test of low-energy QCD. Polarized proton target Crystal Ball detector

3. Research support is available for students who want to 1.work in a lab 2.learn about detectors and electronics 3. enjoy good German wine and beer