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PhD theses:

• Characterization of the An ti-Compton Shield for COMPEX Germanium Detectors and Proton-gamma Spectroscopy in the Upper fp Shell (Yuliia Hrabar, 12/2019 -)
• Spectroscopy along Decay Chains of Element 114, Flerovium (Anton Såmark-Roth, 12/2016 - 06/2021)
• Reactions with Radioactive Beams and Development of Scintillator-based Detector Systems (Alexander Knyazev, 04/2016 -10/2020) 
• Quantum-state Selective Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy (Christian Lorenz, 04/2015 - 01/2019)
• Nuclear Structure Studies Near 208 Pb and γ-ray Imaging Techniques (Natasa Lalovic, 04/2013 - 06/2017)
• Element 115 (Ulrika Forsberg, 01/2011 - 05/2016)
• Comprehensive Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of  62Zn and Studies of Nilsson Parameters in the Mass A=60 Region (Jnaneswari Gellanki, 01/2009 - 09/2013) 
• Probing Single-particle and Collective States in Atomic Nuclei with Coulomb Excitation (Douglas DiJulio, 7/2008 - 02/2013) 
• Isotope-selective Spectroscopy: Fast Timing R&D and fp-Shell Mirror Isomers   (Robert Hoischen, 11/2006 - 03/2011) 
• Effective Charges in Nuclei in the Vicinity of 100Sn (Andreas Ekström, 11/2005 - 02/2010) 
• Nuclear Structure and Exotic Decays; Doubly-Magic 56Ni and Semi-Magic 58Ni   (Emma Johansson, 05/2004 - 01/2009) 
• A Trilogy of Mass A=61: Superdeformed Structures, Exotic Decay, and Isospin Symmetry   (Lise-Lotte Andersson, 06/2004 - 09/2008) 
• Effective Charges Near 56Ni and Production of Anti-Nuclei Studied with Heavy-Ion Reactions (Rickard du Rietz, 03/2003 - 03/2005) 
• Spectroscopic Studies of Isomers Produced in Relativistic Projectile Fragmentation and In-Flight Fission (Milena N. Mineva, 12/1998 - 09/2004) 
• Isospin Symmetry Breaking in the Mass A=35 and A=51 Mirror Nuclei (Jörgen Ekman, 04/2000 - 06/2004) 
• The Nucleus 59Cu: Complex Structure, Shape Evolution, Exotic Decay Modes (Corina Andreoiu, 05/1998 - 09/2002) 
• Rigidity of the Doubly-Magic 100Sn Core (Matej Lipoglavšek, - 05/1997) 

Licentiate theses:    

• Development and Performance of the CALIFA Detector Modules for the R3B Experiment (Alexander Knyazev)
• Comprehensive Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Studies of 62Zn  (3.7 MB) (Jnaneswari Gellanki) 
• Coulomb Excitation of 170Er and Simulations for the CALIFA Calorimeter at the Future FAIR Facility (Douglas Di Julio) 
• Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Deficient Sn Isotopes  (4.0 MB) (Andreas Ekström)  
• The Mirror Nuclei 61Ga and 61Zn  (1.5 MB) (Lise-Lotte Andersson)  
• 56 Ni, a Doubly Magic Nucleus?  (1.5 MB) (Emma Johansson)  
• Isospin Symmetry Breaking in the A=51 Mirror Nuclei  (0.6 MB) (Jörgen Ekman)  
• Spectroscopic Studies of Isomers Produced in Relativistic Projectile Fragmentation and In-Flight Fission   (0.7 MB) (Milena N. Mineva)
• Superdeformation and Prompt Proton Decays in 59Cu  (0.9 MB) (Corina Andreoiu)

Masters theses:

• Nuclear Structure near the Proton Drip-line: A Search for Excited States in 62Ge (Dalia Farghaly, VT2022) 
• Development and simulation of an active target detector with GEM foil readout (Elisabeth Rickert, 2016 - 2017) 
• The Channeling Effect in Ultra-thin dE-E Monolithic Silicon Telescopes (Fredrik Parnefjord Gustafsson, 09/2016 - 01/2017) 
• Extraction of Energy and Time from Pile-up Pulses with Fast Sampling ADC Analysis Techniques (Anton Roth, 01/2016 - 06/2016) 
• XXX (Jacob Snäll, XX/2015 - XX/2016) 
• Techniques for Discovering and Identifying New Elements  (3.9 MB) (Johan Jeppsson, 04/2011 - 01/2012)  
• Semi-automatic Level Scheme Solver for Nuclear Spectroscopy (Kaj Jansson, 09/2010 - 03/2011)  
• Light Collection in CsI Crystals for the R3B Project (Tusiime Swaleh, 07/2010 - 02/2011)  
• Pulse Shape Analysis for Heavy Element Spectroscopy  (2.5 MB) (Ulrika Forsberg, 05/2010 - 10/2010) 
• Development and Testing of a New Detector System; the Lund Silicon Array LuSiA (Karin Mattsson, 09/2008 - 03/2009)  
• Isomer Studies in the f7/2 Shell   (2.9 MB) (Pedro Montuenga, 01/2007 - 06/2007)
• An Isomer Study of the Nucleus 54Ni - Preparations, Simulations, and First Results  (1.4 MB) (Robert Hoischen, 09/2005 - 06/2006)  
• Low Energy Coulomb Excitation of 110Sn Using REX-ISOLDE (Andreas Ekström, 09/2004 - 02/2005)
• In Quest of Excited States in 61Ga  (0.8 MB) (Lise-Lotte Andersson, 08/2003 - 01/2004)  
• The Quest for Excited States in 62Ge  (0.7 MB) (Emma Johansson, 08/2003 - 01/2004)  
• Polarization Measurements of Gamma Rays in Mass A~60 Nuclei  (1.5 MB) (Olga Izotova, 10/2002 - 04/2003)  
• Excited States in 103Sn  (0.3 MB) (Lars Berglund, 8/1999 - 2/2000)   
• Excited States in the 39K and 39Ca Mirror Pair  (0.8 MB) (Thomas Andersson, 9/1998 - 2/1999)   
• Two Phonon Gamma-Gamma Vibrational States in 166Er (Pär Sargren, 1/1998 - 6/1998)

Bachelor theses:

• Digitised charged-particle discrimination in CsI detector signals (Linus Persson, VT2022)
• Characterization of a Bismuth germanate Anti-Compton Scattering Shield for use with a Germanium COMPEX detector module (Samuel Dawes, VT2022)
• Dead layer determination for the new implantation detector of the LUNDIUM decay station (EleftheriaKosta, HT2021)
• Assessment of the Capability for Vetoing Beta-Decay Events in the Lundium Decay Station (Tanvir Sayed, HT2021)
• Characterization of Double Sided Silicon Strip Detectors from LYCCA modules for FAIR (Dalia Farghaly, VT2019)
• Simulation of Anti-Compton Shield Augmentation to the Lundium Decay Station Using Geant4 (Daesung Cho, VT2019)
• Commissioning of the ΔE-E LYCCA detector array (Alexander Huusko, VT2017)
• Compton Imaging with Scintillators in a Virtual Geant4 Space (Tim Almqvist, 09/2014 - 01/2015)   
• Characterisation of LYCCA ΔE-E-Telescopes (Ann Sophie Barann, 01/2013 - 04/2013) 

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System Analysis with Improved Thermo-Mechanical Fuel Rod Models for Modeling Current and Advanced LWR Materials in Accident Scenarios , Ian Edward Porter

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Evolution of Microstructure of Haynes 230 and Inconel 617 Under Mechanical Testing At High Temperatures , Kyle Hrutkay

The Study of Alternate, Solid-Phase Fluorinating Agents for Use in Reactive Gas Recycle of Used Nuclear Fuel , Dillon Inabinett

Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interactions of Ceramic Claddings Fuels Under Light Water Reactor Conditions , Bo-Shiuan Li

Predicting the Crack Response for a Pipe with a Complex Crack , Robert George Lukess

Modified Sodium Diuranate Process For the Recovery of Uranium From Uranium Hexafluoride Transport Cylinder Wash Solution , Austin Dean Meredith

Fabrication and Characterization of Surrogate Fuel Particles Using the Spark Erosion Method , Kathryn Elizabeth Metzger

Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods to Improve Thermal Hydraulic Code Analysis , Dennis Shannon Sentell, Jr.

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Neutronic Characteristics of Using Zirconium Diboride and Gadolinium in a Westinghouse 17 X 17 Fuel Assembly , Charlie Sironen

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Thermodynamic and Thermochemical Investigation of Advanced Triso Coated Particle Fuels , Seung Min Lee

The Deposition Characteristics of Zrc On Uo2 Kernels Produced For Advanced Triso Fuels In Gen-Iv Reactors , Ian Edward Porter

Fuel Cycle Modeling Improvements and Multi-Tiered Recycling With A Sodium-Cooled Heterogeneous Innovative Burner Reactor , Carey McIlwaine Read Jr.

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Characterization of Radiation Fields and Dose Assessment From Fuels Manufacturing For Advanced Fuel Cycles , Benjamin James Hawkins

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Characterization of Uranium Carbide Microspheres In An Inert Zirconium Carbide Matrix For Gas Fast Reactors , Jerome J. Geathers

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Contemporary Research Topics in Nuclear Physics

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• Michel Vallières 1 ,
• Michael W. Guidry 2 ,
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Nuclear Effective Field Theories: Reverberations of the Early Days

Introduction

• nuclear physics

Table of contents (35 chapters)

Front matter, high spin phenomena, quasiparticle motion in rotating nuclei.

• S. Frauendorf

Nuclear Spectroscopy at Very High and Very Low Rotational Frequencies

• J. D. Garrett

Dynamic Deformation Theory: Recent Results for Spectra and for Cross-Sections

• Krishna Kumar
• J. H. Hamilton, C. F. Maguire

Interpretation of the 21-ns Isomer in 190 Hg as ( v i 13/2 ) 2 from a g-Factor Measurement

• S. A. Hjorth, I. Y. Lee, J. R. Beene, C. Roulet, D. R. Haenni, Noah R. Johnson et al.

High Spin Studies by Multiple Coulomb Excitation

• Eckart Grosse

Heavy-Ions Reactions

On the transition from the coherent to the statistical phase in deep inelastic collisions.

• U. Smilansky, S. Mukamel, D. H. E. Gross, K. Mohring

Excitation of Shape-Vibrational Modes in Nuclei by Relativistic Heavy Ions

• J. O. Rasmussen, J. S. Blair, X. J. Qiu

Nuclear Charge and Matter Distributions

• P. E. Hodgson

A Study of the Reaction Mechanism for 12C Plus 209Bi at E(C) = 61.1-73 MeV

• Jin Gen-Ming, Xie Yuan-Xiang, Zhu Yong-Tai, Shen Wen-Qing, Yu Ju-Sheng, Sun Xi-Jun et al.

Transfer Reactions

Inelastic scattering and transfer reactions using very heavy ions.

• M. W. Guidry, R. E. Neese, T. L. Nichols

Probing Transitional Regions with Nuclear Transfer Reactions

• Jan S. Vaagen

Nuclear Reactions Near the Coulomb Barrier

• J. S. Lilley

Heavy Ion Reaction Mechanisms

• C. F. Maguire, J. H. Hamilton

Heavy-Ion Induced Transfer Reaction to High-J Orbital States

• J. Barrette

Microscopic Theories of Nuclear Structure

Perturbation theory for a system of fermions in a deformed basis.

• Daniel R. Bes

The Boson Fermion-Hybrid Representation and the Nuclear Field Theory

• Cheng-Li Wu, M. W. Guidry, Jin-Quan Chen, Da Hsuan Feng

Microscopic Calculations of the Fission Barrier of Some Actinide Nuclei with Skyrme-Type Interaction Using a Two-Step Iterative Method

• A. K. Dutta, Michael Vallières, R. K. Bhaduri, I. Easson, M. Kohno

Linear Response RPA Calculations to Spherical Open-Shell Nuclei

• A. Moalem, J. Bar-Touv

Editors and Affiliations

Da Hsuan Feng, Michel Vallières

Michael W. Guidry, Lee L. Riedinger

Bibliographic Information

Book Title : Contemporary Research Topics in Nuclear Physics

Editors : Da Hsuan Feng, Michel Vallières, Michael W. Guidry, Lee L. Riedinger

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1134-8

Publisher : Springer New York, NY

eBook Packages : Springer Book Archive

Copyright Information : Plenum Press, New York 1982

Softcover ISBN : 978-1-4684-1136-2 Published: 22 March 2012

eBook ISBN : 978-1-4684-1134-8 Published: 06 December 2012

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : X, 592

Topics : Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

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Ab Initio Computations Of Structural Properties In Solids By Auxiliary Field Quantum Monte Carlo , Siyuan Chen

Constraining Of The Minerνa Medium Energy Neutrino Flux Using Neutrino-Electron Scattering , Luis Zazueta

Experimental Studies Of Neutral Particles And The Isotope Effect In The Edge Of Tokamak Plasmas , Ryan Chaban

From The Hubbard Model To Coulomb Interactions: Quantum Monte Carlo Computations In Strongly Correlated Systems , Zhi-Yu Xiao

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Broadband Infrared Microspectroscopy and Nanospectroscopy of Local Material Properties: Experiment and Modeling , Patrick McArdle

Edge Fueling And Neutral Density Studies Of The Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Using The Solps-Iter Code , Richard M. Reksoatmodjo

Electronic Transport In Topological Superconducting Heterostructures , Joseph Jude Cuozzo

Inclusive and Inelastic Scattering in Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions , Amy Filkins

Investigation Of Stripes, Spin Density Waves And Superconductivity In The Ground State Of The Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model , Hao Xu

Partial Wave Analysis Of Strange Mesons Decaying To K + Π − Π + In The Reaction Γp → K + Π + Π − Λ(1520) And The Commissioning Of The Gluex Dirc Detector , Andrew Hurley

Partial Wave Analysis of the ωπ− Final State Photoproduced at GlueX , Amy Schertz

Quantum Sensing For Low-Light Imaging , Savannah Cuozzo

Radiative Width of K*(892) from Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics , Archana Radhakrishnan

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

AC & DC Zeeman Interferometric Sensing With Ultracold Trapped Atoms On A Chip , Shuangli Du

Calculation Of Gluon Pdf In The Nucleon Using Pseudo-Pdf Formalism With Wilson Flow Technique In LQCD , Md Tanjib Atique Khan

Dihadron Beam Spin Asymmetries On An Unpolarized Hydrogen Target With Clas12 , Timothy Barton Hayward

Excited J-- Resonances In Meson-Meson Scattering From Lattice Qcd , Christopher Johnson

Forward & Off-Forward Parton Distributions From Lattice Qcd , Colin Paul Egerer

Light-Matter Interactions In Quasi-Two-Dimensional Geometries , David James Lahneman

Proton Spin Structure from Simultaneous Monte Carlo Global QCD Analysis , Yiyu Zhou

Radiofrequency Ac Zeeman Trapping For Neutral Atoms , Andrew Peter Rotunno

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

A First-Principles Study of the Nature of the Insulating Gap in VO2 , Christopher Hendriks

Competing And Cooperating Orders In The Three-Band Hubbard Model: A Comprehensive Quantum Monte Carlo And Generalized Hartree-Fock Study , Adam Chiciak

Development Of Quantum Information Tools Based On Multi-Photon Raman Processes In Rb Vapor , Nikunjkumar Prajapati

Experiments And Theory On Dynamical Hamiltononian Monodromy , Matthew Perry Nerem

Growth Engineering And Characterization Of Vanadium Dioxide Films For Ultraviolet Detection , Jason Andrew Creeden

Insulator To Metal Transition Dynamics Of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films , Scott Madaras

Quantitative Analysis Of EKG And Blood Pressure Waveforms , Denise Erin McKaig

Study Of Scalar Extensions For Physics Beyond The Standard Model , Marco Antonio Merchand Medina

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Beyond the Standard Model: Flavor Symmetry, Nonperturbative Unification, Quantum Gravity, and Dark Matter , Shikha Chaurasia

Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Van Der Waals Systems , Yohanes Satrio Gani

Extraction and Parametrization of Isobaric Trinucleon Elastic Cross Sections and Form Factors , Scott Kevin Barcus

Interfacial Forces of 2D Materials at the Oil–Water Interface , William Winsor Dickinson

Scattering a Bose-Einstein Condensate Off a Modulated Barrier , Andrew James Pyle

Topics in Proton Structure: BSM Answers to its Radius Puzzle and Lattice Subtleties within its Momentum Distribution , Michael Chaim Freid

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

A Measurement of Nuclear Effects in Deep Inelastic Scattering in Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions , Anne Norrick

Applications of Lattice Qcd to Hadronic Cp Violation , David Brantley

Charge Dynamics in the Metallic and Superconducting States of the Electron-Doped 122-Type Iron Arsenides , Zhen Xing

Dynamics of Systems With Hamiltonian Monodromy , Daniel Salmon

Exotic Phases in Attractive Fermions: Charge Order, Pairing, and Topological Signatures , Peter Rosenberg

Extensions of the Standard Model Higgs Sector , Richard Keith Thrasher

First Measurements of the Parity-Violating and Beam-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetries in Elastic Electron-Aluminum Scattering , Kurtis David Bartlett

Lattice Qcd for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: Short Range Operator Contributions , Henry Jose Monge Camacho

Probe of Electroweak Interference Effects in Non-Resonant Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering , James Franklyn Dowd

Proton Spin Structure from Monte Carlo Global Qcd Analyses , Jacob Ethier

Searching for A Dark Photon in the Hps Experiment , Sebouh Jacob Paul

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

A global normal form for two-dimensional mode conversion , David Gregory Johnston

Computational Methods of Lattice Boltzmann Mhd , Christopher Robert Flint

Computational Studies of Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter , Hao Shi

Determination of the Kinematics of the Qweak Experiment and Investigation of an Atomic Hydrogen Møller Polarimeter , Valerie Marie Gray

Disconnected Diagrams in Lattice Qcd , Arjun Singh Gambhir

Formulating Schwinger-Dyson Equations for Qed Propagators in Minkowski Space , Shaoyang Jia

Highly-Correlated Electron Behavior in Niobium and Niobium Compound Thin Films , Melissa R. Beebe

Infrared Spectroscopy and Nano-Imaging of La0.67Sr0.33Mno3 Films , Peng Xu

Investigation of Local Structures in Cation-Ordered Microwave Dielectric a Solid-State Nmr and First Principle Calculation Study , Rony Gustam Kalfarisi

Measurement of the Elastic Ep Cross Section at Q2 = 0.66, 1.10, 1.51 and 1.65 Gev2 , YANG WANG

Modeling The Gross-Pitaevskii Equation using The Quantum Lattice Gas Method , Armen M. Oganesov

Optical Control of Multi-Photon Coherent Interactions in Rubidium Atoms , Gleb Vladimirovich Romanov

Plasmonic Approaches and Photoemission: Ag-Based Photocathodes , Zhaozhu Li

Quantum and Classical Manifestation of Hamiltonian Monodromy , Chen Chen

Shining Light on The Phase Transitions of Vanadium Dioxide , Tyler J. Huffman

Superconducting Thin Films for The Enhancement of Superconducting Radio Frequency Accelerator Cavities , Matthew Burton

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Ac Zeeman Force with Ultracold Atoms , Charles Fancher

A Measurement of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry in Aluminum and its Contribution to A Measurement of the Proton's Weak Charge , Joshua Allen Magee

An improved measurement of the Muon Neutrino charged current Quasi-Elastic cross-section on Hydrocarbon at Minerva , Dun Zhang

Applications of High Energy Theory to Superconductivity and Cosmic Inflation , Zhen Wang

A Precision Measurement of the Weak Charge of Proton at Low Q^2: Kinematics and Tracking , Siyuan Yang

Compton Scattering Polarimetry for The Determination of the Proton’S Weak Charge Through Measurements of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry of 1H(E,e')P , Juan Carlos Cornejo

Disorder Effects in Dirac Heterostructures , Martin Alexander Rodriguez-Vega

Electron Neutrino Appearance in the Nova Experiment , Ji Liu

Experimental Apparatus for Quantum Pumping with a Bose-Einstein Condensate. , Megan K. Ivory

Investigating Proton Spin Structure: A Measurement of G_2^p at Low Q^2 , Melissa Ann Cummings

Neutrino Flux Prediction for The Numi Beamline , Leonidas Aliaga Soplin

Quantitative Analysis of Periodic Breathing and Very Long Apnea in Preterm Infants. , Mary A. Mohr

Resolution Limits of Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry with Pulsed Source , Guangzhi Qu

Solving Problems of the Standard Model through Scale Invariance, Dark Matter, Inflation and Flavor Symmetry , Raymundo Alberto Ramos

Study of Spatial Structure of Squeezed Vacuum Field , Mi Zhang

Study of Variations of the Dynamics of the Metal-Insulator Transition of Thin Films of Vanadium Dioxide with An Ultra-Fast Laser , Elizabeth Lee Radue

Thin Film Approaches to The Srf Cavity Problem: Fabrication and Characterization of Superconducting Thin Films , Douglas Beringer

Turbulent Particle Transport in H-Mode Plasmas on Diii-D , Xin Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Ballistic atom pumps , Tommy Byrd

Determination of the Proton's Weak Charge via Parity Violating e-p Scattering. , Joshua Russell Hoskins

Electronic properties of chiral two-dimensional materials , Christopher Lawrence Charles Triola

Heavy flavor interactions and spectroscopy from lattice quantum chromodynamics , Zachary S. Brown

Some properties of meson excited states from lattice QCD , Ekaterina V. Mastropas

Sterile Neutrino Search with MINOS. , Alena V. Devan

Ultracold rubidium and potassium system for atom chip-based microwave and RF potentials , Austin R. Ziltz

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Enhancement of MS Signal Processing for Improved Cancer Biomarker Discovery , Qian Si

Whispering-gallery mode resonators for nonlinear and quantum optical applications , Matthew Thomas Simons

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Applications of Holographic Dualities , Dylan Judd Albrecht

A search for a new gauge boson , Eric Lyle Jensen

Experimental Generation and Manipulation of Quantum Squeezed Vacuum via Polarization Self-Rotation in Rb Vapor , Travis Scott Horrom

Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model , Benjamin Carl Rislow

Magnetic Order and Dimensional Crossover in Optical Lattices with Repulsive Interaction , Jie Xu

Multi-meson systems from Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics , Zhifeng Shi

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Dark matter in the heavens and at colliders: Models and constraints , Reinard Primulando

Measurement of Single and Double Spin Asymmetries in p(e, e' pi(+/-,0))X Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering , Sucheta Shrikant Jawalkar

NMR study of paramagnetic nano-checkerboard superlattices , Christopher andrew Maher

Parity-violating asymmetry in the nucleon to delta transition: A Study of Inelastic Electron Scattering in the G0 Experiment , Carissa Lee Capuano

Studies of polarized and unpolarized helium -3 in the presence of alkali vapor , Kelly Anita Kluttz

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Alhomaidhi, Sultan Mohammad A. "Search for Maximum Nuclear Compression in a Model of Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1448216380.

Chen, Jiunn-Wei. "Effective field theory for nuclear physics /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9795.

Persram, Declan. "Delta production in nucleon-nucleon scattering and pion production in nucleus-nucleus collisions." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23931.

Ramanan, Sunethra. "Investigations of the renormalization group approach to the nucleon-nucleon interaction." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1173106852.

Bemmerer, Daniel. "Precise nuclear physics for the Sun." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-95439.

Bemmerer, Daniel. "Precise nuclear physics for the sun." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-97364.

Konig, Sebastian, Harald W. Griesshammer, H. W. Hammer, and Kolck U. van. "Nuclear Physics Around the Unitarity Limit." AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624335.

Medinaceli, Villegas Eduardo <1976&gt. "Astroparticle physics with nuclear track detectors." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/850/1/Tesi_Medinaceli_Eduardo.pdf.

Medinaceli, Villegas Eduardo <1976&gt. "Astroparticle physics with nuclear track detectors." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/850/.

Alsalmi, Sheren. "Measurement of the Nuclear Dependence of F_2 and R=Sigma_L/Sigma_T in The Nucleon Resonance Region." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155655860740778.

Shi, Junhui. "Nuclear spin optical rotation in organic liquids." Thesis, Princeton University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3604505.

Nuclear spin induced optical rotation (NSOR) is a novel technique for the detection of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) via optical rotation instead of conventional pick-up coil. Originating from hyperfine interactions between nuclei and orbital electrons, NSOR provides a new method to reveal nuclear chemical environments in different molecules. Previous experiments of NSOR detection have poor signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which limits the application of NSOR in chemistry. In this work, based on a continuous-wave NMR scheme at a low magnetic field (5 G), we employ a multi-pass cavity and a 405 nm laser to improve the sensitivity of NSOR. By performing precision measurements of NSOR detection in a range of pure liquid organic chemicals, we demonstrate the capability of NSOR to distinguish 1H signals in different chemicals, in agreement with the first-principles quantum mechanical calculations. The NSOR of 19F is also measured at low fields with high SNR, showing that heavy nuclei have higher optical rotation signals than light nuclei.

In addition, in order to obtain NSOR at different chemical sites in the same molecule via chemical shift, we make efforts to develop a novel scheme based on liquid-core hollow fiber for the detection of NSOR under high magnetic fields. By coiling a long liquid-core fiber densely for many loops around a small rod combined with RF coils, it is possible to measure optical rotation signals inside a narrow-bore superconducting magnet. Manufactured by filling liquids into capillary tubings, those liquid-core fibers perform like multimode step-index fibers, and thereby exhibit linear birefringence and depolarization, significantly reducing the light polarization for the measurement of optical rotation. According to our attempts, it is possible to suppress the linear birefringence by filling chiral liquids in hollow fibers, and approach near single-mode operation by means of launching light beam into the fiber core under the mode match condition. Although some issues of hollow fibers obstruct the final measurement of high-frequency NSOR, our work on the liquid-core fiber provides the basis for future fiber-based NSOR experiments under high magnetic fields.

Seely, Jason (Charles Jason). "Precise measurement of the nuclear dependence of structure functions in light nuclei." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39559.

Minkov, Ivaylo. "Theoretical studies of X-ray induced nuclear dynamics." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296.

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Gyromagnetic phenomena have been of interest since the dawn of modern electromagnetic theory. While rotation-induced magnetization in electronic systems has been known for over 100 years, the phenomenon remains largely unexplored in nuclear degrees of freedom. This thesis explores the influence of external angular momentum on nuclear polarization, utilizing optical fields endowed with orbital angular momentum (OAM). To that end, I employ novel holographic methods to project light fields with programmable OAM content into fluid samples. To quantify the OAM in such fields, I introduce new techniques of holographic video microscopy to characterize optical forces. These optical manipulation and detection schemes are combined with standard NMR spectroscopy to reveal the effects of optical forces on the nuclear hyperpolatization of both absorbing and non-absorbing samples. These experiments provide evidence of a non-resonant coupling between the orbital angular momentum of light and nuclear spins.

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Abstract: CryoCsI, the proposed prototype, is a cryogenic undoped CsI scintillating detector, which has a much lower energy threshold potentially down to 0.5 keV$_{nr}$ compared to the doped CsI. This enhanced sensitivity of CryoCsI allows for the observation of more Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering events. Precise measurements of CEvNS can not only validate the predictions of the Standard Model but also explore new physics. In conjunction with other COHERENT detectors, CryoCsI has the potential to achieve world-leading sensitivities in a broad range of physics topics within and beyond the SM. The sensitivities of CryoCsI to hidden-sector dark matter, non-standard neutrino interactions, and neutron radius are explored. This thesis delves into the construction of CryoCsI and efforts to enhance its light yield from 20 to $50 \pm 2$ photoelectrons per keV electron-equivalent (keV$_{ee}$). It will address challenges with cryogenic SiPMs, including inferior energy resolution, optical cross-talk, and potential limitations on detecting rare events. Understanding the light yield of scintillating detectors for nuclear recoils is crucial, as explored through alpha-particle and neutron quenching factor measurements. A QF of approximately 15\% was measured using a neutron beam at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab. Proposed solutions to challenges like the overshoot effect observed in PMTs will be discussed. Additionally, the thesis will explore design considerations for minimizing background noise and optimizing the CsI crystal's shape through optical simulations.

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WashU theorists help advance nuclear physics research at DOE facility

Physicists Saori Pastore and Maria Piarulli in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis are part of an influential group of scientists shaping the theoretical framework behind exciting new experiments at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) , a $730 million U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science research facility.

After years of planning and construction, researchers are now using the one-of-a-kind FRIB to better understand nuclei, the collection of protons and neutrons found at the heart of atoms. Recently, scientists working at the FRIB made a groundbreaking observation of five never-before-seen isotopes , highlighting the facility’s cutting-edge capabilities and the potential for new discoveries in nuclear physics.

Nuclear theory — the kind of work that Pastore and Piarulli do at WashU — underpins much of the high-end research now taking place at the FRIB. This research has applications in medicine, national security and other industrial applications. 

Theory helps explain and predict the relationships between subatomic particles that are beginning to be observed in new experiments.

“The first experiments at the FRIB studied the beta-decay of highly unstable nuclei, like magnesium-38, produced from the breakup of calcium-48,” Piarulli said. The most stable isotope of magnesium-24 has equal numbers of neutrons and protons, but the highly unstable magnesium-38 has 14 more neutrons than protons, she noted. 

A related experimental effort run by WashU professors Robert Charity and Lee Sobotka , both in the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences, focuses on nuclei with far more protons than neutrons.

“Watching how these exotic nuclei decay away — and measuring the products that are produced — provides information critical to understand how the atomic nucleus changes, from stability to the limits of its existence,” Piarulli said.

Pastore and Piarulli, both associate professors of physics and faculty fellows in WashU’s McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences , lead a research group that focuses on Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods for nuclear physics. Some of their recent work has included high-precision calculations of beta decays in elements with lighter nuclei — that is, those with an atomic number less than 10. “Our calculations provide valuable insights into the nuclear models used to describe these decays, and we can leverage this information to make meaningful extrapolations to larger systems,” Piarulli said.

Mark Alford and Willem Dickhoff , both professors of physics in Arts & Sciences, are theoreticians who also study nuclear systems. Through the combined efforts of its theoretical and experimental groups, WashU has been intimately involved in shaping the FRIB scientific mission.

For the past few years, Pastore and Piarulli have participated in the FRIB Theory Alliance , a coalition that brings together scientists from universities and national laboratories to share knowledge, expertise and resources to help advance nuclear physics work at the FRIB. 

The coalition has almost 300 members, including 120 faculty and more than 115 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows worldwide.

“We are developing and studying many exciting things related to the FRIB Theory Alliance, including development and optimization of nuclear theory using statistical methods, studies of electroweak properties, and calculations of the equation of state of strongly interacting matter with uncertainty quantification, to name a few,” said Pastore, associate chair of the Department of Physics and past director of the FRIB Theory Alliance executive board.

Through their affiliation to the FRIB Theory Alliance, Pastore and Piarulli have expanded their outreach nationally to help attract high-profile young scientists to careers in nuclear theory through the FRIB Theory Fellow Program. In 2022, they recruited Anna McCoy , a FRIB Theory Fellow, who will soon transition to her next position at Argonne National Laboratory as an assistant physicist. 

The FRIB Theory Alliance also provides great opportunities for graduate students like  Jason Bub ,  Graham Chambers-Wall  and  Garrett King  at Washington University and others.

These students have opportunities to connect with other researchers, fostering collaborations that could be beneficial for their future careers, Pastore said. 

“Working in a cutting-edge field can offer unique learning experiences for graduate students and the chance to develop advanced research skills,” she said. 

“Moving forward, we want to keep collaborating with experimentalists at FRIB,” Piarulli said. “We can produce more work along the lines of our study in Physical Review C . That project was a joint endeavor with experimentalists and researchers at Michigan State University, and the experimental results were consistent with our QMC calculations. 

“These calculations are of paramount importance, as they provide a deeper understanding of nuclear forces,” she said.

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Molecular transport in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is an important aspect affecting many of their applications, such as adsorption/separation, drug delivery and catalysis. Yet probing the fundamental diffusion mechanisms in MOFs is challenging, and the interplay between the MOF's features (such as pore structure and linker dynamics) and molecular transport remains mostly unexplored. Here, the pulsed-field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG NMR) technique is used to probe the diffusion of several probe molecules, i.e., water, xylenes and 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene (TIPB), within the UiO-66 MOF and its derivatives (UiO-66NH2 and UiO-66Br). Exploiting differences in the size of probe molecules we were able to probe diffusion rate selectively in different pore environments of the MOFs. In particular, when relatively small molecules, such as water and small hydrocarbons, were used as probes, the PFG NMR diffusion plots are non-linear with two distinctive diffusion regions, suggesting a faster diffusion in the inter-crystalline space and a slower diffusion in the intra-crystalline space, the latter occurring inside the framework of the MOFs. Conversely, experiments with a larger probe molecule, TIPB, with a kinetic diameter of 0.95 nm, which makes it unable to access the framework windows of the MOF’s crystals, yields linear PFG NMR diffusion plots, which indicates diffusion occurring in a single environment, in particular in the inter-crystalline space. Analysis of the apparent tortuosity values of the systems under investigation suggests the significant role of linker functionalisation in influencing the molecular diffusion of the probe molecules, which affects both intra-molecular interactions and pore accessibility within the MOF crystals. The findings of this work provide new fundamental physico-chemical insights into molecular transport within MOFs and their functionalised derivatives, which can aid and rationalise design and applications of these materials.

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Nuh Gedik recipient of 2024 National Brown Investigator Award

Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years.

The Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech today announced the 2024 class of Brown Investigators. The cohort, the first selected through the newly formed Brown Institute for Basic Sciences, comprises eight distinguished mid-career faculty working on fundamental challenges in the physical sciences, particularly those with potential long-term practical applications in chemistry and physics. Each investigator will receive up to $2 million over five years.

The Brown Institute for basic Sciences at Caltech was established in 2023 through a  $400-million gift  to the Institute from entrepreneur, philanthropist, and alumnus Ross M. Brown (BS ’56, MS ’57).

Caltech and Brown share a common purpose: advancing fundamental science discoveries with the potential to seed breakthroughs that benefit society.

“My hope is the support provided by the Brown Investigator Awards will help to spark and encourage the researchers’ creativity and enable them to pursue riskier innovative ideas that extend beyond their existing research efforts and align with new or developing passions,” Brown says. “By supporting mid-career faculty, we can provide funding at a time when they are poised and prepared to make profound contributions to their fields.”

The 2024 investigators are:

James Analytis,   Charles Kittel Chair in Condensed Matter Physics, UC Berkeley , to develop new methods using focused ion beams to change the chemical composition of two-dimensional materials with nanometer resolution, potentially giving rise to new electronic states, including superconductivity.

Gordana Dukovic, professor of chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder , to develop methods for chemical structure determination of biomolecules bound to inorganic nanoparticles—materials that could be useful for the conversion of solar energy directly into new chemical bonds.

Robert Knowles, professor of chemistry, Princeton University , whose research will explore a novel hypothesis for the evolution of homochirality—the presence in nature of only one of two mirror-image forms of biomolecules.

Nuh Gedik , Donner Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , to develop a new kind of microscopy that images electrons photo-emitted from a surface while also measuring their energy and momentum.

Kerri A. Pratt ,  professor of chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, and program in applied physics, University of Michigan , for research to discover the chemical compounds and chemical mechanisms that define the composition of the atmosphere with a focus on the Arctic, which is warming faster than elsewhere on Earth.

Wei Xiong,   professor of chemistry and biochemistry   and   Kent Wilson Faculty Scholar, UC San Diego , for research on chemical reaction dynamics in the presence of light concentrated by nanophotonic structures.

Norman Yao, professor of physics, Harvard University , to develop a way to use a thin layer of microscopic sensors embedded into the surface of a diamond anvil to image the microscopic behavior of materials at high pressure.

Andrea Young, professor of physics, UC Santa Barbara , who will use novel fabrication techniques to make new kinds of qubits, the quantum computing analog of classical bits, in two-dimensional materials that will maintain quantum coherence for much longer times.

Brown established the Investigator Awards in 2020 through the Brown Science Foundation, in support of the belief that “scientific discovery is a driving force in the improvement of the human condition,” according to its news release from the Science Philanthropy Alliance, which helped guide Brown in realizing his philanthropic vision. Caltech’s David Hsieh, Donald A. Glaser Professor of Physics and executive officer for physics, was among two inaugural recipients of the award.

A total of 13 investigators were recognized in the first three years of the program. Now that the Brown Investigator Award has found a long-term home at Caltech, the intent is to recognize a minimum of eight investigators each year.

Other previous awardees include Columbia University’s Tanya Zelevinsky, who studies spectroscopy of cold molecules for fundamental physics; Princeton University’s Waseem Bakr, who works with ultracold quantum gases to realize scalable architectures for quantum computation; and Stanford’s Hemamala Karunadasa, whose research targets materials such as sorbents for capturing environmental pollutants and absorbers for solar cells.

Brown Investigators from all cohorts are invited to an annual meeting that offers opportunities to share ideas. The inaugural annual meeting was held at Caltech earlier this year.

For the 2024 class, a select number of research universities from across the country were invited to nominate faculty members who had earned tenure within the last 10 years and who are doing innovative fundamental research in the physical sciences. Nominees were then evaluated by an independent scientific review board that recommended grant winners.

“We share Ross’s commitment to fundamental research in the physical sciences, and we welcome the opportunity to help support talented colleagues around the country who have reached a critical juncture in their academic careers,” says Caltech Provost David Tirrell, Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

In administering the program, Caltech refrains from nominating its own scientists for Brown Investigator Awards. In return, the Institute draws other funds from the Brown gift to support fundamental research in chemistry and physics.

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Gamma tomography of spent nuclear fuel for geological repository safeguards

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All spent nuclear fuel that will be deposited in the bedrock will be measured with a method and device that have been developed in a doctoral research thesis being defended on 4 June 2024 at the University of Helsinki. The final disposal operations are being prepared to start next year in Finland.

At Olkiluoto in Eurajoki, preparations are underway to start the disposal of spent nuclear fuel in the Finnish bedrock next year—as the first place in the world.

After use, nuclear fuel becomes strongly radiating and dangerous waste. It contains a large amount of uranium and plutonium, which are building blocks for nuclear weapons . All these materials must be intact when the fuel rods are stored in their final deposit. This is why they must be meticulously and dependably measured before depositing them.

"This way, we can be sure of what is being deposited in the bedrock, and that all nuclear materials will remain in peaceful use," says visiting researcher Riina Virta at the University of Helsinki.

All the important information must be gathered before the final disposal. The measurements must also be stored in a way that will be accessible and understandable to human beings for thousands, even hundreds and thousands of years.

For her doctoral thesis , Virta has studied measuring methods for nuclear waste at the University of Helsinki in cooperation with the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP). Virta also works as an inspector in the nuclear materials safeguards section of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority.

Gamma camera sees inside assembly

In her thesis work, Virta developed a PGET device, i.e. an imaging method called passive gamma emission tomography, which measures the gamma radiation emitted by spent nuclear fuel. Nuclear fuel consists of rods, a few meters long and containing uranium, which are gathered into an assembly to act as a fuel element. The PGET instrument can produce an exact cross-section image of the fuel assembly.

The cross-section image allows us to check that the assembly still retains all the rods. The challenging thing with this method is that the fuel dampens the radiation very efficiently.

"In practice, the radiation from the middle of the assembly just barely reaches the detector, i.e. the 'camera.' We wanted to fix this problem in our research," notes Virta.

The image quality was improved e.g. by developing the collection of data and using that data more wisely. The method was also developed so that the instrument can be used, not just in water, but in air, as well. This makes it adaptable to the Finnish plants taking care of the final disposal. The research also developed software tools to make the operative application of the method easier.

The performance of the method was proven with the help of an extensive library of field measurements carried out in Finnish nuclear power plants.

"This means the method has been studied in detail and found to work well, and now we are just waiting for the operations of final disposal to start in Olkiluoto," says Virta.

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