Another FRIB impact: Is tomography of heavy ions experimentally possible?

Abstract:  The electromagnetic probe is one of the cleanest tools to probe the nuclear matter due to its point-like nature. It has enabled some key understandings of the nuclei charge distributions, spin-dependent observables and opened a path to 3D nucleons femtography. Nuclei structures are best studied with heavy ion facilities that have unraveled and provided fundamental insights of new isotopes, with the shell model at its core for spectroscopy guidance. While many advances and discoveries have occurred, they also brought new challenges in this fascinating world of nuclear physics: we are still trying to understand how big the proton is, how far can we go on both the proton and neutron driplines, are neutron stars actually strange stars and how nucleon pairs interact inside nuclei to name a few. This talk will highlight some shortcomings of the Born approximation in electron scattering along with their relations to heavy ion studies with facilities like FRIB and the possibility to enable a 3D tomography of the nuclear matter. Another key factor in the advancement of nuclear physics is rooted in its diverse pool of scientists and engineers, an aspect that will also be highlighted.