Program

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Complete Progam for the Sixth Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics (PDF)

The summer school has three main components. The mornings will be devoted to lectures covering both the experimental and theoretical physics of nuclei far from stability.

Morning Lectures

Lecturer	Topic
Robert Janssens Argonne National Laboratory	The Context of the School
B. Alex Brown Michigan State University	Hands-On Nuclear Theory Brown 2, Brown 3, Brown 4, Brown 5, Brown 6, Brown 7
Rod Clark Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Nuclear Structure Clark 2, Clark 3
Ani Aprahamian University of Notre Dame	Nuclear Astrophysics Aprahamian 2, Aprahamian 3
Alan Wuosmaa Western Michigan University	Nuclear Reactions Wuosmaa 2, Wuosmaa 3
Kate Jones University of Tennessee	Direct Reactions with Rare Isotopes
Georg Bollen Michigan State University	Low Energy Precision Measurements with Rare Isotopes
I-Yang Lee Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Gamma-Ray Tracking Techniques
Dan Blumenthal Department of Homeland Security	Role of Nuclear Science in Homeland Security

The afternoons will be devoted to hands-on learning of experimental techniques useful in exotic beam physics research. This part of the program will be geared to preparing participants to produce and separate a rare isotope beam at the NSCL Coupled Cyclotron Facility on the last day of the School. Students will work in small groups and will learn all aspects of the production, separation, and identification of rare ions.

Lecturer	Topic
David Morrissey Michigan State University	Planning for a Standard A1900 Experiment
Thomas Baumann Michigan State University	Beam Optics
Daniel Bazin Michigan State University	LISE Use
Ron Fox Michigan State University	Data Acquisition & Analysis
Tom Ginter Michigan State University	Control System
Dirk Weisshaar Michigan State University	Electronics
Andreas Stolz Michigan State University	Particle Identification

In the final 24 hours of the School, the students will produce, separate, and identify a rare isotope beam using the Coupled Cyclotrons and the A1900 Fragment Separator. The students will be divided into 6 teams, each of which will have 4 hours for this activity.

Student Talks I

Presenter	Topic
Laura Bandura Northern Illinois UniversityUniversity	Optical Effects of Energy Degraders on the Performance of Fragment Separators for Exotic Beams
Heather Crawford Michigan State University	Digital Data Acquisition with the NSCL Beta Counting System
Esmat Elhami University of Kentucky	Anomalous Behavior of the 2+ Mixed-Symmetry State in 94Zr and new things…
Carol J. Guess Michigan State University	Charge-Exchange Reactions and Applications to Double-Beta Decay
Rudolf Izsák Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary	How can MoNA identify the neutrons?
Jon Lighthall Western Michigan University	Current Status of HELIOS
Shumpei Noji University of Tokyo	Study of Exthermic Charge-Exchange Reactions as a New Spectroscopic Tool
Mustafa M. Rajabali University of Tennessee	Neutron single-particle states near 78Ni and β-decay of 71-75Co
Marcus Scheck University of Kentucky	Experimental evidence for Pauli blocking in ¹⁴¹Pr

Student Talks II

Presenter	Topic
Vinzenz Bildstein TU München	A New Setup for Transfer Experiments @ REX-ISOLDE and the d(³⁰Mg,³¹Mg)p reaction
Viviane Morcelle de Almeida University of São Paulo, Pelletron Laboratory, Brazil	Elastic Scattering and Reaction Cross Section for ⁸Li+⁵¹V, ⁶He+⁵¹V and ⁴He + ⁵¹V
X. Mougeot CEA -Saclay (France)	Spectroscopy of light exotic nuclei with Must2
Hiromichi Ogasawara Kyoto University	Rotating RPA Calculation for Collective VibrationalModes built on SuperdeformedBand in the ⁴⁰Ca
Iryna Poltoratska Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt	High-resolution study of dipole excitations in ²⁰⁸Pb with polarized proton scattering at 0o*
Yoshiko Sasamoto University of Tokyo	Cluster states in ¹³C
Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay University of Kentucky	Search for mixed-symmetry states in ¹²⁷I: an impasse
Somsundar Mukhopadhyay University of Notre Dame	Best ever realization of Chiral Rotation: Quantum Laboratory ¹³⁵Nd

Student Talks III

Presenter	Topic
David Cross Simon Fraser University	Building and Using an Array of BaF₂ Detectors
Rafael Ferrer Johannes Gutenberg Universität	Mass measurements on neutron-deficient nuclides and implementation of a non-destructive detection for superheavy elements at SHIPTRAP
S. Galanopoulos Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University	Study of projectile multi-fragmentation in ²⁴Mg + ^112,124Sn reactions at 32 MeV/u
Tilak Kumar Ghosh Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata, India	Study of Fission Dynamics in Heavy Ion-induced Reactions
David (Daid) Kahl McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Status of ³⁰S Beam Development at RIKEN for a Future Measurement of ³⁰S(α,p)³³Cl Cross Section
Micha Kilburn Michigan State University	Proton-Proton Correlation Functions as a Probe to the Nuclear Equation of State
T. L. Lewis University of Tennessee	Selective Suppression ofSulfurby Photodetachment in an RF Quadrupole Ion Cooler
S. N. Soisson Cyclotron Institute Texas A&M University	Using Light Cluster Production to Probe the Density Dependence of Nuclear Symmetry Energy
B.C. Stein Cyclotron Institute Texas A&M University	Fragment Emission in Projectile Fragmentation Reactions