Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Laura Moschini (University of Surrey)

From Halo Effective Field Theory to the study of direct reactions: reliably probing the

halo structure of 11Be and 15C

Abstract

Tuesday 25th February 2020

Miguel Macías (University of Seville)

HiSPAlis Neutron Source (HiSPANoS) at CNA: installation and commissioning of the

first neutron time of flight beam line in Spain

Abstract

Tuesday 18th February 2020
Jin Wu (Argonne National Laboratory)

Beta-decay spectroscopy and its implication for r-process and nuclear structure

Beta-decay spectroscopy, as one of the most important nuclear physics experimental

techniques, is readily performed for the nuclei far away from the stability line and provides

valuable nuclear physics input for the astrophysics study. For the first part of my talk, I will

focus on the beta-decay studies at Argonne National Laboratory, including the preliminary

results of 100Y beta decay by employing the gamma-gamma angular correlation with

GAMMASPHERE, and the current ongoing projects with two kinds of tape stations in

conjunction with GAMMASPHERE or X-array. In the second part, I will focus on the beta-

decay studies at RIKEN, including the current BRIKEN project with emphasis on the beta-

decay studies in the vicinity of N=126 closed shells.

Tuesday 4th February 2020
Martin Freer (University of Birmingham)

Science with the University of Birmingham Accelerators

Birmingham has a long tradition of operating accelerators which dates back to the 1950s.

The most recent incarnations are the MC40 cyclotron and the dynamitron. These have been

used to conduct a range of activities from medical isotope production, irradiation of reactor

materials through to fundamental nuclear physics. This talk will reach from what we have

learned in terms of the structure of carbon-12 and its impact on stellar nucleosynthesis

through to the study of nuclear materials. The most recent accelerator which is presently

being constructed is to create a high flux neutron source as part of the National Nuclear

Users Facilities programme. The facility and progress to-date will be described.