Nuclear Physics Group

About Us

Our research group uses the atomic nucleus as a laboratory for the investigation of a wide variety of fundamental physics topics, ranging from the microscopic description of collective excitation modes in finite quantum systems and the evolution of quantum shell structure in nuclei far from stability to precision tests of the electroweak Standard Model of particle physics and searches for the new physics beyond it. These studies are performed with state-of-the-art gamma-ray detector arrays such as the TRIUMF-ISAC Gamma-Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer (TIGRESS) and Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN) located at the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) facility at TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada.

Name	Role
Liliana Caballero	Faculty
Paul Garrett	Faculty
Alex Gezerlis	Faculty
Carl Svensson	Faculty
Vinzenz Bildstein	Research Assistant
Konstantin Mashtakov	Postdoctoral Fellow
Robin Coleman	PhD Candidate
Jayani Dissanayake	PhD Candidate
Beau Greaves	PhD Candidate
Bryn Knight	PhD Candidate
Liam Schmidt	PhD Candidate
Sally Valbuena	PhD Candidate
Tammy Zidar	PhD Candidate
Zarin Ahmed	PhD Candidate
Ryan Curry	PhD Candidate
Sangeet-Pal Pannu	PhD Candidate

Our research is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation through the Ontario Research Fund, the Ontario Early Research Award program, and the Canada Research Chairs Program. In the recent past we have also received support from the Ontario Innovation Trust, the Premier's Research Excellence Award program, and the Research Corporation thorough the Research Innovation Award program. TRIUMF is operated via a contribution agreement through the National Research Council of Canada.

The Research

Programs

Facilities

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Opportunities

We have a large and active group of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. Please send inquiries to Paul Garrett.

Publications

Authors	Title	Journal
A. B. Garnsworthy et al.	The GRIFFIN data acquisition system.	Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 853, 85 (2017)
C. Horowitz, O. L. Caballero, et al.	Neutrino-nucleon scattering in supernova matter from the virial expansion.	Phys. Rev. C 95, 025801 (2017)
L. Lehner et al.	Unequal mass binary neutron star mergers and multimessenger signals.	Class. Quant. Grav. 33, 184002 (2016)
K.G. Leach et al.	Searching for 0+ states in ⁵⁰Cr: Implications for the superallowed β decay of ⁵⁰Mn.	Phys. Rev. C 94, 011304(R) (2016)
O. L. Caballero et al.	Black hole spin influence on accretion disk neutrino detection.	Phys. Rev. D 93, 123015 (2016)
R. Dunlop et al.	Half-lives of neutron-rich ^128-130Cd.	Phys. Rev. C 93, 062801(R) (2016)
M. R. Dunlop et al.	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed β⁺ Emitter ¹⁰C: Implications for Weak Scalar Currents.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 172501 (2016)
M. Buraczynski and A. Gezerlis	Static Response of Neutron Matter.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 152501 (2016)
D. Ward, J. C. Waddington, and C. E. Svensson	Inspirations from the Theories of Bohr and Mottelson: a Canadian Perspective.	Phys. Script. 91, 033002 (2016)
Z. M. Wang et al.	Observation of a Large β-Delayed Neutron Emission Component in ¹⁰²Rb Decay and Identification of Excited States in ¹⁰²Sr.	Phys. Rev. C 93, 054301 (2016)
J. Park et al.	Shape Coexistence and Evolution in ⁹⁸Sr.	Phys. Rev. C 93, 014315 (2016)
A. Galea et al.	Diffusion Monte Carlo study of strongly interacting two-dimensional Fermi gases.	Phys. Rev. A 93, 023602 (2016)
U. Rizwan et al.	Characteristics of GRIFFIN High-Purity Germanium Clover Detectors.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 820, 126 (2016)
B. Jigmeddorj et al.	Conversion Electron Study of ¹¹⁰Cd: Evidence for New E0 Branches	Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 36 (2016)
I. Tews et al.	Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of Neutron Matter with Chiral Three-Body Forces.	Phys. Rev. C 93, 024305 (2016)
B. Bulthuis and A. Gezerlis	Probing Mixed-spin Pairing in Heavy Nuclei.	Phys. Rev. C 93, 014312 (2016)
J. E. Lynn et al.	Chiral Three-Nucleon Interactions in Light Nuclei, Neutron-α Scattering, and Neutron Matter.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 062501 (2015)
S. Gandolfi, A Gezerlis, and J. Carlson	Neutron Matter from Low to High Density.	Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 65, 303 (2015)
A. T. Laffoley et al.	High-precision half-life measurements for the superallowed Fermi β⁺ emitter ¹⁸Ne.	Phys. Rev. C 92, 025502 (2015)
A. J. Radich et al.	Ground-state and pairing-vibrational bands with equal quadrupole collectivity in ¹²⁴Xe.	Phys. Rev. C 91, 044320 (2015)
C. Palenzuela et al.	Effects of the microphysical Equation of State in the mergers of magnetized neutron stars with Neutrino Cooling.	Phys. Rev. D 92, 044045 (2015)
W. N. Catford et al.	Structure of ²⁶Na via a Novel Technique using (d,pγ) with a Radioactive ²⁵Na Beam.	Act. Phys. Pol. B 46, 527 (2015)
J. E. Lynn et al.	Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of light nuclei using chiral potentials.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 192501 (2014).
C. E. Svensson and A. B.Garnsworthy	The GRIFFIN Spectrometer.	Hyperfine Int. 225, 127 (2014).
G. Hackman and C. E. Svensson	The TRIUMF-ISAC Gamma-Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer, TIGRESS.	Hyperfine Int. 225, 241 (2014).
P. E. Garrett	DESCANT - the Deuterated Scintillator Array for Neutron Tagging.	Hyperfine Int. 225, 137 (2014).
A. B. Garnsworthy and P. E. Garrett	The 8pi Spectrometer.	Hyperfine Int. 225, 121 (2014).
E. R. Tardiff et al.	The Radon EDM Apparatus.	Hyperfine Int. 225, 197 (2014).
A. Gezerlis et al.	Local chiral effective field theory interactions and quantum Monte Carlo applications.	Phys. Rev. C 90, 054323 (2014).
E. Kwan et al.	Precision Measurement of the Electromagnetic Dipole Strengths in ¹¹Be.	Phys. Lett. B 732, 210 (2014).
D. S. Jamieson et al.	Quadrupole-Octupole Coupled States in ¹¹²Cd Populated in the ¹¹¹Cd(d,p) Reaction.	Phys. Rev. C 90, 054312 (2014).
N. Galinsky et al.	Lifetime Measurements of States in ¹⁵O.	Phys. Rev. C 90, 035803 (2014).
R. Surman et al.	Production of ⁵⁶Ni in Black Hole- Neutron Star Merger Accretion Disk Outflows.	J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 41, 044006 (2014).
M. M. Forbes et al.	Neutron polaron as a constraint on nuclear density functionals.	Phys. Rev. C 89, 041301(R) (2014).
D. Smalley et al.	Two-Neutron Transfer Reaction Mechanisms in ¹²C(⁶He,⁴He)¹⁴C Using a Realistic Three-Body ⁶He Model.	Phys. Rev. C 89, 024602 (2014)
S. Ketelhut et al.	Simulated Performance of the In-Beam Conversion-Electron Spectrometer.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Res. A 753, 154 (2014)
O. L. Caballero et al.	The Influence of Neutrinos on the Nucleosynthesis of Accretion Disk Outflows.	J. Phys. G: Nuc. Part. Phys. 41, 044004 (2014)
P. Voss et al.	The TIGRESS Integrated Plunger Ancillary Systems for Electromagnetic Transition Rate Studies at TRIUMF.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Res. A 746, 87 (2014)
V. Pesudo et al.	Reaction of the Halo Nucleus ¹¹Be on Heavy Targets at Energies Around the Coulomb Barrier.	Act. Phys. Pol. B 45, 375 (2014)
A. Chakraborty et al.	Collective Structure in ⁹⁴Zr and Subshell Effects in Shape Coexistence.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 022504 (2013)
R. Dunlop et al.	High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed β⁺ Emitter ⁷⁴Rb.	Phys. Rev. C 88, 045501 (2013)
K. Leach et al.	Excited 0⁺ states in ⁶²Zn populated via the ⁶⁴Zn(p,t)⁶²Zn reaction	Phys. Rev. C 88, 031306(R) (2013)
A. Laffoley et al.	High-precision half-life measurements for the superallowed Fermi β⁺ emitter ¹⁴O	Phys. Rev. C 88, 015501 (2013)
K. Leach et al.	Experimental ⁶⁴Zn(d,t)⁶³Zn spectroscopic factors: Guidance for isospin-symmetry-breaking calculations	Phys. Rev. C 87, 064306 (2013)
G. F. Grinyer et al.	Improved Half-Life Determination and Beta-delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy for ¹⁸Ne Decay.	Phys. Rev. C 87, 045502 (2013)
V. Bildstein et al.	Comparison of Deuterated and Normal Scintillators for Fast-Neutron Detection.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 729, 188 (2013).
S. Triambak et al.	High-Precision Measurement of the ¹⁹Ne Half-Life and Implications for Right-Handed Weak Currents.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 042301 (2012)
D. Ward et al.	Band Structure of ²³⁵U.	Phys. Rev. C 86, 064319 (2012)
A. Chakraborty et al.	New Pattern of Octupole Collectivity at N=90.	Phys. Rev. C 86, 064314 (2012)
J. N. Orce et al.	Reorientation-Effect Measurement of the <2⁺₁\|\|E2\|\|2⁺₁ > Matrix Element in ¹⁰Be.	Phys. Rev. C 86, 041303(R) (2012)
P. E. Garrett et al.	Detailed Spectroscopy of ¹¹⁰Cd: Evidence for Weak Mixing and the Emergence of Gamma-Soft Behaviour.	Phys. Rev. C 86, 044304 (2012)
J. Gellanki et al.	Extensive Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of Band Structures in ⁶²Zn.	Phys. Rev. C 86, 034304 (2012)
P. Finlay et al.	High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed β⁺ Emitter ^26mAl.	Phys. Rev. C 85, 055501 (2012)
J. Gellanki et al.	High-Spin Structure Studies in ⁶²Zn.	Phys. Script. T150, 014013 (2012)
Sophie Chagnon-Lessard et al.	Investigation of ¹⁵²Sm via Inelastic Deuteron Scattering	PiC 67, 188-190 (2011)
P. Finlay et al.	High-precision half-life measurement for the superallowed emitter ^26mAl	Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 032501 (2011)
G. C. Ball et al.	Physics with reaccelerated radioactive beams at TRIUMF-ISAC.	J. Phys. G 38, 024003 (2011).
R. Wadsworth et al.	Evidence for shape coexistence at medium spin in ⁷⁶Rb.	Phys. Lett. B 701, 306 (2011).
D. S. Cross et al.	Commissioning the DANTE array of BaF² detectors at TRIUMF-ISAC using a fast-timing lifetime measurement.	J. Instrum. 6, P08008 (2011).
C. A. Diget et al.	SHARC: silicon highly-segmented array for reactions and coulex used in conjunction with the TIGRESS.	J. Instrum. 6, P02005 (2011)
P. E. Garrett et al.	Using β-decay to Map the E2 Strength in the Cd Isotopes and the Downfall of Vibrational Motion.	Acta Phys. Pol. B 42, 799 (2011).
P. E. Garrett and J. L. Wood	On the Robustness of Surface Vibrational Modes: Case Studies in the Cd Region.	J. Phys. G 37, 064028 (2010).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	Extraction of V_ud from superallowed Fermi β decay by the Wilkinson Techniques.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 662, 236 (2010).
R. Kanungo et al.	Structure of states in ¹²Be via the ¹¹Be(d,p) reaction.	Phys. Lett. B 682, 391 (2010).
P. J. Davies et al.	Evidence of non-termination of collective rotation near the maximum angular momentum in ⁷⁵Rb.	Phys. Rev. C 82, 061303(R) (2010)
D. Rudolph et al.	Isospin studies in the odd-odd N=Z nucleus ⁵⁴Co.	Phys. Rev. C 82, 054309 (2010)
A. A. Phillips et al.	Structure of the K^π = 4⁺ bands in ^186,188Os.	Phys. Rev. C 82, 034321 (2010)
P. E. Garrett et al.	New Features of Shape Coexistence in ¹⁵²Sm	Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 062501 (2009)
J. C. Batchelder et al.	Collective and non-Collective States in ¹¹⁶Cd Studied via the Beta Decays of 116Ag$^m1,m2,gs.	Phys. Rev. C 80, 054318 (2009)
J. Gellanki et al.	Characterization of superdeformed bands in ⁶²Zn.	Phys. Rev. C 80, 057304(R) (2009)
M. A. Schumaker et al.	Coulomb excitation of the proton-dripline nucleus ²⁰Na.	Phys. Rev. C 80, 044325 (2009)
K. L. Green et al.	Degeneracy at 1871 keV in ¹¹²Cd and implications for neutrinoless double electron capture.	Phys. Rev. C 80, 032502(R) (2009)
C. M. Mattoon et al.	Line-shape analysis of Doppler-broadened γ lines following the β decay of ¹¹Li.	Phys. Rev. C 80, 034318 (2009)
P. E. Garrett et al.	Scattering of 30 MeV ³He from ¹⁸⁵Re.	Phys. Rev. C 79, 017601 (2009).
A. M. Hurst et al.	Narrowing of the neutron sd-pf shell gap in ²⁹Na.	Phys. Lett. B 674, 168 (2009).
M. A. Schumaker et al.	Coulomb excitation of radioactive ^20,21Na.	E. Phys. J. A 42, 477 (2009).
P. Finlay et al.	High-precision branching ratio measurement for the superallowed β⁺ emitter ⁶²Ga.	Phys. Rev. C 78, 025502 (2008).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	High-precision half-life determination for the superallowed β⁺ emitter ⁶²Ga.	Phys. Rev. C 77, 015501 (2008).
F. Johnston-Theasby et al.	Deformation of rotational structures in ⁷³Kr and ⁷⁴Rb: Probing the additivity principle at triaxial shapes.	Phys. Rev. C 78, 034312 (2008).
K. G. Leach et al.	Internal γ decay and the superallowed branching ratio for the β⁺ emitter ³⁸K^m.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 192504 (2008).
M. A. Schumaker et al.	Coulomb excitation of radioactive ²¹Na and its stable mirror ²¹Ne.	Phys. Rev. C 78, 044321 (2008).
J. J. Valiente-Dobón et al.	Low-spin lifetime measurements in ⁷⁴Kr.	Phys. Rev. C 77, 024312 (2008).
C. Andreoiu et al.	High-spin lifetime measurements in the N=Z nucleus ⁷²Kr.	Phys. Rev. C 75, 041301 (2007).
G. C. Ball et al.	TRIUMF-ISAC gamma-ray escape-suppressed spectrometer (TIGRESS): a versatile tool for radioactive beam physics.	Nucl. Phys. A 787, 118 (2007).
P. J. Davies et al.	Identification of the g(_9/2) proton and neutron band crossing in the N=Z nucleus ⁷⁶Sr.	Phys. Rev. C 75, 011302 (2007).
P. E. Garrett et al.	Nuclear structure research at TRIUMF.	Acta Physica Polonica B 38, 1169 (2007).
P. E. Garrett et al.	The TRIUMF nuclear structure program and TIGRESS.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B 261, 1084 (2007).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	Half-life of the superallowed β⁺ emitter ¹⁸Ne.	Phys. Rev. C 76, 025503 (2007).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	Pile-up corrections for high-precision superallowed β decay half-life measurements via γ-ray photopeak counting.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 579, 1005 (2007).
C. M. Mattoon et al.	β decay of ³²Na.	Phys. Rev. C 75, 017302 (2007).
M. A. Schumaker and C. E. Svensson.	Compton-suppression and add-back techniques for the highly segmented TIGRESS HPGe clover detector array.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 575, 421 (2007).
M. A. Schumaker et al.	Measured and simulated performance of compton-suppressed TIGRESS HPGe clover detectors.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 570, 437 (2007).
M. A. Schumaker et al.	Optimization of compton-suppression and summing schemes for the TIGRESS HPGe detector array.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 573, 157 (2007).
E. F. Zganjar et al.	Superallowed beta decay studies at TRIUMF -- nuclear structure and fundamental symmetries.	Acta Physica Polonica B 38, 1179 (2007).
C. Andreoiu et al.	Lifetime measurements in N=Z ⁷²Kr.	Physica Scripta T125, 127 (2006).
R. S. Chakrawarthy et al.	K^π = 0⁺ 2.29 s isomer in neutron-rich ¹⁷⁴Tm.	Phys. Rev. C 73, 024306 (2006).
B. Hyland et al.	Precision branching ratio measurement for the superallowed β⁺ emitter ⁶²Ga and isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections in A ≥ 62 nuclei.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 102501 (2006).
E. K. Johansson et al.	Gamma-ray spectroscopy of the doubly magic nucleus ⁵⁶Ni.	E. Phys. J. A 27, 157 (2006).
A. A. Phillips et al.	Half-life of ¹²⁰Xe.	Phys. Rev. C 74, 027302 (2006).
G. C. Ball et al.	High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy: a versatile tool for nuclear β-decay studies at TRIUMF-ISAC.	J. Phys. G 31, S1491 (2005).
R. S. Chakrawarthy et al.	Discovery of a new 2.3 s isomer in neutron-rich ¹⁷⁴Tm.	E. Phys. J. A 25, s125 (2005).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	High precision measurements of ²⁶Na β^- decay.	Phys. Rev. C 71, 044309 (2005).
B. Hyland et al.	Precision half-life measurement of ⁶²Ga.	J. Phys. G 31, S1885 (2005).
H. C. Scraggs et al.	TIGRESS highly-segmented high-purity germanium clover detector.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 543, 431 (2005).
A. J. Simons et al.	Investigation of antimagnetic rotation in light Cadmium nuclei: ^106,108Cd.	Phys. Rev. C 72, 024318 (2005).
C. E. Svensson et al.	Position sensitivity of the TIGRESS 32-fold segmented HPGe clover detector.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 540, 348 (2005).
C. E. Svensson et al.	TIGRESS: TRIUMF-ISAC gamma-ray escape-suppressed spectrometer.	J. Phys. G 31, S1663 (2005).
J. J. Valiente-Dobón et al.	Evidence for nontermination of rotational bands in ⁷⁴Kr.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 232501 (2005).
J. J. Valiente-Dobón et al.	High-spin rotational structures in ⁷⁶Kr.	Phys. Rev. C 71, 034311 (2005).
J. J. Valiente-Dobón et al.	Lifetimes of high-spin states in ⁷⁶Kr.	Acta Physica Polonica B 36, 1339 (2005).
T. Warner et al.	Diffusion of Xe in Ta, Zr, and Pt.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth A 538, 135 (2005).
S. J. Williams et al.	Testing the integration of BaF₂ detectors into the 8π array: fast-timing measurements at TRIUMF.	J. Phys. G 31, S1979 (2005).
D. Karlgren et al.	High-angular-momentum structures in ⁶⁴Zn.	Phys. Rev. C 69, 034330 (2004).
S. R. Nuss-Warren et al.	On-line collection and transfer of radioactive noble gas isotopes.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 533, 275 (2004).
C. D. O'Leary et al.	High-spin study of rotational structures in ⁷²Br.	Phys. Rev. C 69, 034316 (2004).
F. Sarazin et al.	Halo neutrons and the β decay of ¹¹Li.	Phys. Rev. C 70, 031302 (2004).
M. B. Smith et al.	Studies of high-K isomers at TRIUMF-ISAC.	Nucl. Phys. A 746, 617 (2004).
C. E. Svensson.	High-spin collectivity in A ~ 40 nuclei.	Nucl. Phys. A 734, 425 (2004).
C. Andreoiu et al.	Doorway states in the gamma decay-out of the yrast superdeformed band in ⁵⁹Cu.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 232502 (2003).
G. F. Grinyer et al.	Half-life of ¹⁷⁶Lu.	Phys. Rev. C 67, 014302 (2003).
N. S. Kelsall et al.	High-spin structure of the N≅Z nuclei around the A=72 region.	E. Phys. J. A 20, 131 (2003).
C. D. O'Leary et al.	Evidence for isovector neutron-proton pairing from high-spin states in N=Z ⁷⁴Rb.	Phys. Rev. C 67, 021301 (2003).
A. Piechaczek et al.	High precision branching ratio measurement for the superallowed β decay of ⁷⁴Rb: A prerequisite for exacting tests of the standard model.	Phys. Rev. C 67, 051305 (2003).
A. J. Simons et al.	Evidence for a new type of shears mechanism in ¹⁰⁶Cd.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 162501 (2003).
C. E. Svensson et al.	Radioactive beam experiments with large gamma-ray detector arrays.	Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B 204, 660 (2003).
S. J. Williams et al.	Anomalous Coulomb matrix elements in the f_7/2 shell.	Phys. Rev. C 68, 011301 (2003).
C. Andreoiu et al.	Evolution of shapes in ⁵⁹Cu.	E. Phys. J. A 14, 317 (2002).
M. A. Bentley et al.	Mirror symmetry and Coulomb effects in light N≈Z nuclei.	Czechoslovak journal of physics 52, C597 (2002).
A. Gorgen et al.	Excited structure with a very extended shape in ¹⁰⁸Cd.	Phys. Rev. C 65, 027302 (2002).
D. G. Jenkins et al.	T=0 and T=1 states in the odd-odd N=Z nucleus, ₃₅⁷⁰Br₃₅.	Phys. Rev. C 65, 064307 (2002).
N. S. Kelsall et al.	Testing mean-field models near the N=Z line: γ-ray spectroscopy of the T_z=1/2 nucleus ⁷³Kr.	Phys. Rev. C 65, 044331 (2002).
C. D. O'Leary et al.	Isovector pairing in odd-odd N=Z ⁵⁰Mn.	Phys. Lett. B 525, 49 (2002).
D. Rudolph et al.	Spherical and deformed high-spin states in ³⁸Ar.	Phys. Rev. C 65, 034305 (2002).
D. Ward et al.	Search for the Jacobi shape transition in rapidly rotating nuclei.	Phys. Rev. C 66, 024317 (2002).
C.-H. Yu et al.	Rotational bands with terminating properties in ⁵⁹Ni.	Phys. Rev. C 65, 061302 (2002).
E. F. Zganjar et al.	Tests of the standard model from superallowed Fermi β-decay studies: The ⁷⁴Rb β-decay.	E. Phys. J. A 15, 229 (2002).
R. M. Clark et al.	Very extended shapes in the A ~ 110 region.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 202502 (2001).
S. T. Clark et al.	Empirical investigation of extreme single-particle behavior of nuclear quadrupole moments in highly collective A ~ 150 superdeformed bands.	Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 172503 (2001).
R. Grzywacz et al.	In-beam study of the N=Z nucleus ⁶⁶₃₃As₃₃ using the decay tagging technique.	Nucl. Phys. A 682, 41c (2001).
D. G. Jenkins et al.	Stability of oblate shapes in the vicinity of N=Z=34 ⁶⁸Se: Bands in ⁶⁹Se and ⁶⁷As.	Phys. Rev. C 64, 064311 (2001).
N. S. Kelsall et al.	Consequences of neutron-proton pairing correlations for the rotational motion of the N=Z nucleus ⁷²Kr.	Phys. Rev. C 64, 024309 (2001).
G. J. Lane et al.	Structure of exotic nuclei near and above ²⁰⁸Pb populated via deep-inelastic collisions.	Nucl. Phys. A 682, 71c (2001).
I. Y. Lee et al.	Recent results from gammasphere.	Acta Physica Polonica B 32, 2499 (2001).
C. E. Svensson et al.	Collective rotational motion in the N=Z nucleus ³⁶Ar.	Nucl. Phys. A 682, 1c (2001).
C. E. Svensson et al.	Fast rotation of the N=Z nucleus ³⁶Ar.	Acta Physica Polonica B 32, 2431 (2001).
C. E. Svensson et al.	Lifetimes of superdeformed rotational states in ³⁶Ar.	Phys. Rev. C 63, 061301 (2001).
D. Ward et al.	Band structure of ⁶⁸Ge.	Phys. Rev. C 63, 014301 (2001).

PhD Theses

For theses published prior to 2012, please send requests to physinfo@uoguelph.ca.

Author	Year	Title
Georgios Palkanoglou	2023	Pairing in nuclear and cold atomic systems
Harris Bidaman	2023	Lifetime Analysis of ¹⁰⁰Zr and Simulating the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Eva Kasanda	2023	A novel method of sub-milimeter range verification for hadron therapy using a tumour marker
Matthew Buraczynski	2023	Impurities and Inhomogeneities in Neutron Matter
Allison Radich	2023	$^{124}Xe$Angular Correlation Analysis and Development of the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Andrew MacLean	2021	Spectroscopy of 188Hg Following the β+EC Decay of 188,188mTl
Ryan Dunlop	2019	β and β-delayed neutron decay of the N = 82 nuclei ^128-130Cd and ¹³¹In studied with the Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN)
Badamsambuu Jimeddorj	2019	Nuclear Structure of ¹²²Xe Studied via High-Statistics β+/EC Decay of ¹²²Cs
Michelle Dunlop	2018	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β⁺ Emitters ¹⁰C and ²²Mg
Evan Rand	2015	Investigation of the E2 and E3 matrix elements in ²⁰⁰Hg using direct nuclear reactions
Alex Laffoley	2015	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β Emitters ¹⁴O and ¹⁸Ne
Kyle Leach	2012	Neutron Transfer Reactions on ⁶⁴Zn as a Probe for Testing Shell-Model Isospin-Symmetry-Breaking Theory
Paul Finlay	2012	High-Precision Half-Life and Branching Ratio Measurements for the Superallowed β⁺ Emitter ²⁶Al^m
Andrew Phillips	2009	Structure of ^186,188Os Studied with (³He,d) Reactions
Michael Schumaker	2009	Coulomb Excitation Structure Studies of ²¹Ne, ^20,21Na
Gwen Grinyer	2007	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for Superallowed Fermi Beta Decays

MSc Theses

Author	Year	Title
Sangeet-Pal Pannu	2024	Searching for signatures of shape coexistence in 100 Ru
Zarin Ahmed	2024	Developing The Detector Array for Energy Measurement of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Ryan Curry	2023	Quantum Monte Carlo for Nuclear Physics: On and Off the Lattice
Samantha Buck	2023	Investigation of States Populated in the $^{102}Ru(p,t)^{100}Ru $Two Neutron Transfer Reaction
Devin Hymers	2022	Experimental Validation of Filtered Interaction Vertex Imaging for Intra-Fraction Relative Range Verification in Heavy-Ion Therapy
Bernard Ross	2022	Phenomenological theories for pairing and static response
Liam Schmidt	2022	Resonant Neutrino Flavor Conversion In Post Merger Accretion Disk
Rajan Anderson-Dornan	2021	Nucleonic Interaction and Neutrino Spectra in Neutron Star Merger Events
Nawar Ismail	2020	Effective Mass and Machine Learning in Strongly Interacting Neutron Matter
Samuel Martinello	2020	Neutron matter with skyrme functionals in a periodic external field
Sally Valbuena Burbano	2020	Nuclear Structure of ⁹⁸RU Using Beta Decay
Robin Coleman	2020	Beta Decay of Neutron-Rich 52K
Bryn Knight	2020	Neutron capture rates for strongly interacting neutrons
Beau Greaves	2019	Investigation of High-Lying (alpha,gamma) Resonances in ²²Ne through One-Neutron Transfer in Inverse Kinematics at TIGRESS
Erin McGee	2019	Searching for Shape Coexistence with ¹²³Te(n,γ) Thermal Neutron Capture
Georgios Palkanoglou	2019	Approaching the Thermodynamic Limit in BCS Theory
William Dawkins	2019	Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations: From Few to Many Species
Tammy Zidar	2018	Beta decay of neutron-rich ³³Mg₂₁
Mateusz Buraczynski	2018	Static Response of Neutron Matter
Tyson Schilbach	2018	Accretion Disk Contributions to the Diffuse Neutrino Background
Tash Zielinski	2018	Finite-Size Effects Within the 2D BEC-BCS Crossover
Joseph Turko	2017	Detector Response Simulations of Hydrocarbon Neutron Scintillators
Harris Bidaman	2017	A study on low spin states in ¹⁵⁴Gd using the (p, p'γ) reaction
Christina Burbadge	2017	Investigation of excited 0+ states populated in the 162Er(p,t) reaction.
Andrew MacLean	2016	Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlation Measurements with GRIFFIN
Alex Galea	2016	Diffusion Monte Carlo study of strongly interacting two-dimensional Fermi gases.
Allison Radich	2015	Nuclear structure of ¹²⁴Xe studied with β+/EC-decay
Brendan Bulthuis	2015	Pairing Correlations in Heavy Nuclei Near the Proton Dripline
Drew Jamieson	2014	The nuclear structure of ¹¹²Cd studied through the ¹¹¹Cd(d,p)¹¹²Cd single neutron transfer reaction
Alejandra Diaz Varela	2013	Nuclear Structure Investigation of ¹¹⁰Cd through Beta-Decay of ¹¹⁰In
Julian Michetti-Wilson	2013	Characterization of LaBr₃(Ce) Detectors for Picosecond Lifetime Measurements
Badamsambuu Jigmeddorj	2012	Nuclear Structure Study of Cd-110 through Internal Conversion Electrons
Sophie Chagnon-Lessard	2012	Structure of ¹⁵²Sm studied with (d,d') reactions in search of a tetrahedral symmetry signature
Ryan Dunlop	2012	High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed β⁺ Emitter ⁷⁴Rb
Evan Rand	2011	Geant4 Simulations for the Radon Electric Dipole Moment Search at TRIUMF
Jack Bangay	2010	Nuclear Structure of ¹¹⁰Cd Studied with Beta Decay of ¹¹⁰In and (n,n'gamma) Reaction
Katie Green	2009	Nuclear Structure of ¹¹²Cd Through Studies of Beta Decay
Greg Demand	2009	Development of a Novel Algorithm for Nuclear Level Scheme Determination
Kyle Leach	2008	High-Precision Measurement of the Superallowed Beta Decay Branching Ratio of ^38mK
James Wong	2008	Design Study of DESCANT - DEuterated SCintillator Array for Neutron Tagging
Paul Finlay	2007	High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed Beta Emitter ⁶²Ga
Bronwyn Hyland	2005	Precision Half-Life and Branching Ratio Measurements for the Superallowed Beta Emitter ⁶²Ga
Andrew Phillips	2005	Diffusion and Transport of Radioactive ¹²⁰Xe: Towards Rn Electric-Dipole Moment Measurements at ISAC
Michael Schumaker	2005	Measurements and Simulation-Based Optimization of TIGRESS HPGe Detector Array Performance
Gwen Grinyer	2004	High-Precision Measurements of ²⁶Na Beta Decay

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