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The 2018-2020 picture for Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy is a 34-PI network with 10 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (42% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), Nuclear and High Energy Physics as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Nuclear physics research studies as the leading topic (6% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are Richard R. Lunt (16.7 weighted works; Perovskite Materials and Applications, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research); Thomas W. Hamann (16.2 weighted works; Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion). The strongest pairings are G. Mark Voit and Megan Donahue (5 shared works, weight 2.8); H. Hergert and J. M. Yao (4 shared works, weight 2.6). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 2.4, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, led by Richard R. Lunt, Thomas W. Hamann, Pengpeng Zhang; group 2 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 0.2, around Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Radiation, led by M. Thoennessen, B. M. Sherrill, P. Guèye.