Conveners
Evening 1 - Nuclear physics
- Jennifer Pore (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Description
Nuclear physics
Exploring the unknown facets of the visible universe through the lens of rare isotopes
R. Kanungo
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
Visible matter in our universe embody nature’s strong force combining protons and neutrons into complex systems. While much has been understood about the stable nuclei, the rare isotopes approaching the limits of neutron and proton binding bring a wealth of new...
Abstract
The study of exotic nuclei has led to the discovery of new and unexpected characteristics of the nucleus. One of the discoveries is the changes in the shell configuration, causing the well-known magic numbers, i.e. shell closures, to disappear as well as the emergence of new magic numbers. The neutron number $N=32$ is one of the unconventional new shell closures that has been...
Nuclear theories often operate under the assumption that the strong nuclear force is independent of electric charge. As a result, it is expected that exchanging the number of protons with the number of neutrons in a nucleus will produce a mirror nucleus with identical structure after electromagnetic considerations. However, due to the charge dependence of the strong nuclear force, isospin...
The semi-magic $^{120}_{50}$Sn$_{70}$ lies in the neutron mid-shell among the other stable Sn isotopes, where shape coexistence was observed with the signature of deformed 2p-2h bands built on excited $0^+$ states intruding into the yrast band that is built on the spherical ground state. However, the lifetime of the excited $0^+_3$ only has a lower limit of 6 ps in the literature, which...
In this talk, we will cover various topics related to EDI in STEM research taken from literature and resources accessible on the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) websites and many other sources cited in the presentation. We will start by introducing formal definitions of equity, diversity, and inclusion, as well as discussing why EDI is important for...
The reaction rate and subsequent cross section enhancement to the $^7\mathrm{Li}(^1\mathrm{H}, \alpha)\alpha$ reaction was measured in samples of lithium tungstate ($\mathrm{Li}_2\mathrm{WO}_4$), lithium manganate ($\mathrm{LiMn}_2\mathrm{O}_4$), lithium titanate spinel ($\mathrm{Li}_4\mathrm{Ti}_5\mathrm{O}_{12}$), and lithium iron phosphate ($\mathrm{LiFePO}_4$) at lab frame beam energies...
