
Selection of Recent Publications (2015-2024)
Measurement of g9/2 strength in the stretched 8- state and other negative parity states via the 51V(d,p)52V reaction
I. C. S. Hay, P. D. Cottle, L. A. Riley, L. T. Baby, S. Baker, A. L. Conley, J. Esparza, K. Hanselman, M. Heinze, D. Houlihan, B. Kelly, K. W. Kemper, G. W. McCann, R. Renom, A. Sandrik, D. Simms, M. Spieker, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 109, 024302 (2024)
Observation of collective modes of excitations in 59Co, 59Ni, and 61Co and the influence of the g9/2 orbital
S. Ajayi, V. Tripathi, E. Rubino, S. Bhattacharya, L. T. Baby, R. S. Lubna, C. Benetti, C. Wibisono,
S. L. Tabor, Y. Utsuno, N. Shimizu, and J. M. Allmond
Phys. Rev. C 109, 014305 (2024)
Measurement of the 25Al(d,n)26Si reaction and impact on the 25Al(p,γ)26Si reaction rate
E. Temanson, J. Baker, L. T. Baby, K. Hanselman, P. Höflich, S. A. Kuvin, G. W. McCann, A. Volya, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 108, 065804 (2024)
The CeBrA demonstrator for particle-γ coincidence experiments at the FSU
Super-Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph
A. Conley, B. Kelly, M. Spieker, R. Aggarwal, S. Ajayi, L. Baby, S. Baker, C. Benetti, I. Conroy,
P. Cottle, I. D’Amato, P. DeRosa, J. Esparza, S. Genty, K. Hanselman, I. Hay, M. Heinze,
D. Houlihan, M. Khawaja, P. Kielb, A. Kuchera, G. McCann, A. Morelock, E. Lopez-Saavedra,
R. Renom, L. Riley, G. Ryan, A. Sandrik, V. Sitaraman, E. Temanson, M. Wheeler, C. Wibisono, and
I. Wiedenhöver
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1058, 168827 (2024)
g9/2 neutron strength in the N=29 isotones and the 52C(d, p)53Cr reaction
L. A. Riley, D. T. Simms, L. T. Baby, A. L. Conley, P. D. Cottle, J. Esparza, K. Hanselman, I. C. S. Hay, M. Heinze, B. Kelly, K. W. Kemper, G. W. McCann, R. Renom, M. Spieker, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 108, 044306 (2023)
β- decay of neutron-rich 45Cl
located at the magic number N = 28
S. Bhattacharya, V. Tripathi, S. L. Tabor, A. Volya, P. C. Bender, C. Benetti, M. P. Carpenter, J. J.
Carroll, A. Chester, C. J. Chiara, K. Childers, B. R. Clark, B. P. Crider, J. T. Harke, R. Jain, S. N.
Liddick, R. S. Lubna, S. Luitel, B. Longfellow, M. J. Mogannam, T. H. Ogunbeku, J. Perello, A. L.
Richard, E. Rubino, S. Saha, O. A. Shehu, R. Unz, Y. Xiao, and Y. Zhu
Phys. Rev. C 108, 024312 (2023)
Experimental study of excited states of 62Ni via one-neutron (d,p) transfer up to the neutron-separation threshold and characteristics of the pygmy dipole resonance states
M. Spieker, L. T. Baby, A. L. Conley, B. Kelly, M. Müscher, R. Renom, T. Schüttler, and A. Zilges
Phys. Rev. C 108, 014311 (2023)
Microsecond Isomer at the N=20 Island of Shape Inversion Observed at FRIB
T. J. Gray, J. M. Allmond, Z. Xu, T. T. King, R. S. Lubna, H. L. Crawford, V. Tripathi, B. P. Crider,
R. Grzywacz, S. N. Liddick, A. O. Macchiavelli, T. Miyagi, A. Poves, A. Andalib, E. Argo,
C. Benetti, S. Bhattacharya, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, J. Chan, A. Chester, J. Christie, B. R.
Clark, I. Cox, A. A. Doetsch, J. Dopfer, J. G. Duarte, P. Fallon, A. Frotscher, T. Gaballah, J. T. Harke,
J. Heideman, H. Huegen, J. D. Holt, R. Jain, N. Kitamura, K. Kolos, F. G. Kondev, A. Laminack,
B. Longfellow, S. Luitel, M. Madurga, R. Mahajan, M. J. Mogannam, C. Morse, S. Neupane,
A. Nowicki, T. H. Ogunbeku, W.-J. Ong, C. Porzio, C. J. Prokop, B. C. Rasco, E. K. Ronning,
E. Rubino, T. J. Ruland, K. P. Rykaczewski, L. Schaedig, D. Seweryniak, K. Siegl, M. Singh, A. E.
Stuchbery, S. L. Tabor, T. L. Tang, T. Wheeler, J. A. Winger, and J. L. Wood
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 242501 (2023)
Coexistence of single-particle and collective excitation in 61Ni
Soumik Bhattacharya, Vandana Tripathi, E. Rubino, Samuel Ajayi, L. T. Baby, C. Benetti, R. S. Lubna, S. L. Tabor, J. Döring, Y. Utsuno, N. Shimizu, J. M. Almond, and G. Mukherjee
Phys. Rev. C 107, 054311 (2023)
Hexadecapole strength in the rare isotopes 74,76Kr
M. Spieker, S.E. Agbemava, D. Bazin, S. Biswas, P.D. Cottle, P.J. Farris, A. Gade, T. Ginter, S. Giraud, K.W. Kemper, J. Li, W. Nazarewicz, S. Noji, J. Pereira, L.A. Riley, M. Smith, D. Weisshaar, and R.G.T. Zegers
Phys. Lett. B 841, 137932 (2023)
β- decay of exotic P and S isotopes with neutron number near 28
Vandana Tripathi, Soumik Bhattacharya, E. Rubino, C. Benetti, J. F. Perello, S. L. Tabor, S. N. Liddick,
P. C. Bender, M. P. Carpenter, J. J. Carroll, A. Chester, C. J. Chiara, K. Childers, B. R. Clark, B. P. Crider,
J. T. Harke, B. Longfellow, R. S. Lubna, S. Luitel, T. H. Ogunbeku, A. L. Richard, S. Saha, N. Shimizu,
O. A. Shehu, Y. Utsuno, R. Unz, Y. Xiao, S. Yoshida, and Yiyi Zhu
Phys. Rev. C 106, 064314 (2022)
54Fe(d,p)55Fe and the evolution of single neutron energies in the N=29 isotones
L. A. Riley, I. C. S. Hay, L. T. Baby, A. L. Conley, P. D. Cottle, J. Esparza, K. Hanselman, B. Kelly, K. W. Kemper, K. T. Macon, G. W. McCann, M. W. Quirin, R. Renom, R. L. Saunders, M. Spieker, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 106, 064308 (2022)
Crossing N=28 Toward the Neutron Drip Line: First Measurement of Half-Lives at FRIB
H. L. Crawford, V. Tripathi, J. M. Allmond, B. P. Crider, R. Grzywacz, S. N. Liddick, A. Andalib, E. Argo, C. Benetti, S. Bhattacharya, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, J. Chan, A. Chester, J. Christie, B. R. Clark, I. Cox, A. A. Doetsch, J. Dopfer, J. G. Duarte, P. Fallon, A. Frotscher, T. Gaballah, T. J. Gray, J. T. Harke, J. Heideman,
H. Heugen, R. Jain, T. T. King, N. Kitamura, K. Kolos, F. G. Kondev, A. Laminack, B. Longfellow, R. S. Lubna, S. Luitel, M. Madurga, R. Mahajan, M. J. Mogannam, C. Morse, S. Neupane, A. Nowicki, T. H. Ogunbeku, W.-J. Ong,
C. Porzio, C. J. Prokop, B. C. Rasco, E. K. Ronning, E. Rubino, T. J. Ruland, K. P. Rykaczewski, L. Schaedig, D. Seweryniak, K. Siegl, M. Singh, S. L. Tabor, T. L. Tang, T. Wheeler, J. A. Winger, and Z. Xu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 212501 (2022)
Investigation of octupole collectivity near the A=72 shape-transitional point
M. Spieker, L. A. Riley, P. D. Cottle, K. W. Kemper, D. Bazin, S. Biswas, P. J. Farris, A. Gade, T. Ginter, S. Giraud, J. Li, S. Noji, J. Pereira, M. Smith, D. Weisshaar, and R. G. T. Zegers
Phys. Rev. C 106, 054305 (2022)
CLARION2-TRINITY: A Compton-suppressed HPGe and GAGG:Ce-Si-Si array for absolute cross-section measurements with heavy-ions
T. Gray, J. Allmond, D. Dowling, M. Febbraro, T. King, S. Pain, D. Stracener, S. Ajayi, J. Aragon,
L. Baby, P. Barber, C. Benetti, S. Bhattacharya, R. Boisseau, M. Gibbons, S. Tabor, V. Tripathi,
C. Wibisono, I. Wiedenhöver, L. Bibnell, M. Gerathy, G. Lane, L. McKie, A. Mitchell, J. Pope,
R. du Rietz, A. E. Stuchbery, K. Vaigneur, and T. Ruland
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1041, 167392 (2022)
Characterization and description of a spectrum unfolding method for the CATRiNA
neutron detector array
A. Morelock, J. Perello, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. Asher, K. Brandenburg, J. Derkin, G. Hamad,
Y. Jones-Alberty, E. L. Saavedra, T. Massey, Z. Meisel, N. Singh, D. Soltesz, S. Subedi, A. Voinov, and J. Warren
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1034, 166759 (2022)
Observation of a Near-Threshold Proton Resonance in 11B
E. Lopez-Saavedra, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B.W. Asher, L.T. Baby, N. Gerken, K. Hanselman, K.W. Kemper, A.N. Kuchera, A.B. Morelock, J.F. Perello, E.S. Temanson, A. Volya, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 012502 (2022)
Multiparticle-hole excitations in nuclei near A=Z=20: 41K
E. Rubino, S. Tabor, V. Tripathi, R. S. Lubna, Abromeit, B., A. Allmond, L. Baby, D. Caussyn,
K. Kravvaris, and A. Volya
Eur. Phys. Journal A 58, 107 (2022)
Measurement of the 18Ne(α,p)21Na reaction with the ANASEN active-target detector system at Ec.m.=2.5–4 MeV
M. Anastasiou, I. Wiedenhöver, J. C. Blackmon, L. T. Baby, D. D. Caussyn, A. A. Hood, E. Koshchiy, J. C. Lighthall, K. T. Macon, J. J. Parker, T. Rauscher, and N. Rijal
Phys. Rev. C 105, 055806 (2022)
Low-lying resonances in 26Si relevant for the determination of the astrophysical 25Al(p,γ)26Si reaction rate
J. F. Perello, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. W. Asher, L. T. Baby, C. Benetti, K. W. Kemper, E. Lopez-Saavedra, G. W. McCann, A. B. Morelock, V. Tripathi, I. Wiedenhöver, and B. Sudarsan
Phys. Rev. C 104, 035805 (2022)
Experimental study of the 24Nam(d,p)25Na reaction and implications for the influence of the 24Alm isomer on rp-process nucleosynthesis
N. Gerken, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. W. Asher, E. Lopez-Saveedra, L. T. Baby, K. W. Kemper, A. Morelock, J. F. Perello, A. Volya, and I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 104, 065807 (2021)
Impact of nucleon transfer channels on complete fusion in the 6,7Li+58Ni reactions near the Coulomb barrier
Vandana Tripathi, K. W. Kemper, L. T. Baby, P. C. Bender, S. L. Tabor, and N. Keeley
Phys. Rev. C 104, 054605 (2021)
Microscopic Structure of the Low-Energy Electric Dipole Response of 120Sn
M. Weinert, M. Spieker, G. Potel, N. Tsoneva, M. Müscher, J. Wilhelmy, and A. Zilges
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 242501 (2021)
Resolution of a long-standing discrepancy in the 17O+12C fusion excitation function
B. W. Asher, S. Almaraz-Calderon, K. W. Kemper, L. T. Baby, E. Lopez-Saavedra, A. B. Morelock, J. F. Perello, Vandana Tripathi, N. Keeley
Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 272 (2021)
The Encore active target detector: A Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber
B.W.Asher, S.Almaraz-Calderon, L.T.Baby, N.Gerken, E.Lopez-Saavedra, A.B.Morelock, J.F.Perello
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1014, 165724 (2021)
Implications of PREX-2 on the electric dipole polarizability of neutron-rich nuclei
J. Piekarewicz
Phys. Rev. C 104, 024329 (2021)
Experimental study of the 17F+12C fusion reaction and its implications for fusion of proton-halo systems
B. W. Asher, S. Almaraz-Calderon, Vandana Tripathi, K. W. Kemper, L. T. Baby, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 103, 044615 (2021)
Implications of PREX-2 on the Equation of State of Neutron-Rich Matter
Brendan T. Reed, F.J. Fattoyev, C.J. Horowitz, and J. Piekarewicz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 172503 (2021)
GW190814: Impact of a 2.6 solar mass neutron star on the nucleonic equations of state
F.J. Fattoyev, C.J. Horowitz, J. Piekarewicz, and Brendan Reed
Phys. Rev. C 102, 065805 (2020)
Evolution of the N=20 and 28 shell gaps and two-particle-two-hole states in the FSU interaction
R.S. Lubna, K. Kravvaris, S.L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, E. Rubino, and A. Volya
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043342 (2020)
Multi-neutron transfer in 8He-induced reactions near the Coulomb barrier
I. Martel, N. Keeley, K.W. Kemper, and K. Rusek
Phys. Rev. C 102, 034609 (2020)
Accessing the Single-Particle Structure of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in 208Pb
M. Spieker, A. Heusler, B.A. Brown, T. Faestermann, R. Hertenberger, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 102503 (2020)
Time-dependent relaxation of observables in complex quantum systems
Alexander Volya and Vladimir Zelevinsky
Journal of Physics: Complexity 1, 025007 (2020)
Assessment of the beta-delayed proton decay rate of 11Be
A. Volya
Eur. Phys. Lett. 130, 12001 (2020)
Covariant Density Functional Theory in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics
Junjie Yang and J. Piekarewicz
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 70, 1 (2020)
Multistep processes in heavy-ion-induced single-nucleon transfer reactions
N. Keeley, K.W. Kemper, and K. Rusek
Phys. Rev. C 102, 014617 (2020)
Observation of T=3/2 isobaric analog states in 9Be using p+8Li resonance scattering
C. Hunt, G. V. Rogachev, S. Almaraz-Calderon, A. Aprahamian, M. Avila, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 102, 014615 (2020)
12C(15N,14C)13N reaction at 81 MeV. Competition between one and two particle transfers
A.T. Rudchik, A.A. Rudchik, O.E. Kutsyk, K.W. Kemper, K. Rusek, et al.
Nucl. Phys. A 992, 121638 (2019)
Structure of 38Cl and the quest for a
comprehensive shell model interaction
R. S. Lubna, K. Kravvaris, S. L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, A. Volya, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 100, 034308 (2019)
High spin states of the normally deformed bands of
83Y
W. Rodriguez, F. Cristancho, S. L. Tabor, A. Kardan, I. Ragnarsson, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 100, 024327 (2019)
Analyzing powers and the role of multistep processes in the 12C(7Li,t)16O reaction
W.D. Weintraub, N. Keeley, K.W. Kemper, K. Kravvaris, F. Maréchal, D. Robson, B.T. Roeder, K. Rusek, and A. Volya
Phys. Rev. C 100, 024604 (2019)
β− decay of Tz=+11/2 isotopes
37Al and 39Si: Understanding Gamow-Teller strength
distribution in neutron-rich nuclei
B. Abromeit, Vandana Tripathi, H. L. Crawford, S. N. Liddick, S. Yoshida, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 100, 014323 (2019)
High spin structure of 39Ar and the FSU
cross-shell interaction
B. Abromeit, S. L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, R. S. Lubna, D. Caussyn, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 100, 014310 (2019)
Neutron-rich matter in heaven and on Earth
J. Piekarewicz and F. J. Fattoyev
Physics Today 72, 30
(2019)
Characterization of the CATRiNA neutron detector
system
J. F. Perello, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. W. Asher, L. T. Baby, N. Gerken, et al.
Nuclear Instuments and Methods in Physics A 930, Pages 196-202
(2019)
Comparison of the energy dependence of near-barrier 6He and 8He+208Pb optical potentials
N. Keeley, K.W. Kemper, I. Martel, K. Rusek, and A.M. Sánchez-Benítez
Phys. Rev. C 99, 024603 (2019)
Neutron Skins and Neutron Stars in the Multimessenger Era
F. J. Fattoyev, J. Piekarewicz, and C. J. Horowitz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 172702 (2018)
Cluster folding analysis of 20Ne+16O elastic transfer
Sh. Hamada, N. Keeley, K. W. Kemper, and K. Rusek
Phys. Rev. C 97, 054609 (2018)
A cautionary tale: The Coulomb modified ANC for the 1/2+2 state in 17O
N. Keeley, K. W. Kemper, and K. Rusek
Eur. Phys. Jour. A 54, 71 (2018)
Intruder configurations of excited states in the
neutron-rich isotopes 33P and 34P
R. S. Lubna, Vandana Tripathi, S. L. Tabor, P.-L. Tai, K. Kravvaris, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 97, 044312 (2018)
Multiple band structures in 70Ge
R. A. Haring-Kaye, S. I. Morrow, J. Döring, S. L. Tabor, K. Q. Le, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 97, 024308 (2018)
Study of Nuclear Clustering from an Ab Initio Perspective
Konstantinos Kravvaris and Alexander Volya
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 062501 (2017)
High spin spectroscopy in 219Ra: Search for the
lower mass boundary of the region of statically octupole-deformed
nuclei
T. C. Hensley, P. D. Cottle, Vandana Tripathi, B. Abromeit, M. Anastasiou, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 96, 034325 (2017)
Cross-shell excitations in 31Si
P.-L. Tai, S. L. Tabor, R. S. Lubna, K. Kravvaris, P. C. Bender, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 96, 014323 (2017)
Structure of 20Ne states in resonance 16O+α elastic scattering
D.K. Nauruzbayev, V.Z. Goldberg, A.K. Nurmukhanbetova, M.S. Golovkov, A. Volya, G.V. Rogachev, and R.E. Tribble
Phys. Rev. C 96, 014322 (2017)
Study of the
26Alm(d,p)27Al Reaction and the
Influence of the 26Al 0+ Isomer on the Destruction
of 26Al in the Galaxy
S. Almaraz-Calderon, K. E. Rehm, N. Gerken, M. L. Avila, B. P. Kay, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 072701
(2017)
Isomeric Character of the Lowest 4+ State in
44S
J.J. Parker, IV, I. Wiedenhöver, P.D. Cottle, J. Baker, D. McPherson, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 052501
(2017)
Influence of single-neutron stripping on near-barrier 6He+208Pb and 8He+208Pb elastic scattering
G. Marquínez-Durán, N. Keeley, K.W. Kemper, R.S. Mackintosh, I. Martel, K. Rusek, and A.M. Sánchez-Benítez
Phys. Rev. C 95, 024602
(2017)
Experimental investigation of the
19Ne(p,γ)20Na reaction rate and implications
for breakout from the hot CNO cycle
J. Belarge, S.A. Kuvin, L.T. Baby, J. Baker, I. Wiedenhöver, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117,
182701 (2016)
Quantitative properties of clustering within modern microscopic nuclear models
A. Volya and Yu. M. Tchuvil’sky
Phys. At. Nucl. 79,
772 (2016)
High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and the
Fascinating Angular Momentum Realm of the Atomic Nucleus:
Special invitation only Focus issue to celebrate the
40 year anniversary of the 1975 Nobel Prize to Aage Bohr, Ben Mottelson
and Leo Rainwater
M. A. Riley, J. Simpson, E. S. Paul
Physica Scripta
91,
12 (2016)
Radiative Decay of Neutron-Unbound Intruder
States in 19O
R. Dungan, S. L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, A. Volya, K. Kravvaris, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 93,
021302(R) (2016)
Chaotic features of nuclear structure and dynamics: selected topics
Vladimir Zelevinsky and Alexander Volya
Physica Scripta
91,
033006 (2016)
Neutron Resonance Widths and the Porter-Thomas Distribution
Alexander Volya, Hans A. Weidenmüller, and Vladimir Zelevinsky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115,
052501 (2015)
Higher-spin structures in 21F and
25Na
J. M. Von Moss, S. L. Tabor, Vandana Tripathi, A. Volya, B. Abromeit, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 92,
034301 (2015)
Nuclear pairing within a configuration-space Monte Carlo approach
Mark Lingle and Alexander Volya
Phys. Rev. C 91,
064304 (2015)
Single particle strengths and mirror states in
15N-15O below 12 MeV
C. E. Mertin, D. D. Caussyn, A. M. Crisp, N. Keeley, K. W. Kemper, et al.
Phys. Rev. C 91,
044317 (2015)