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Theses

  1. Astrophysical applications of Gamow-Teller strengths in the A = 78 - 100 region

    Rachel C. T. Titus
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2019)

  2. The (p,n) charge-exchange reaction in inverse kinematics as a probe for isovector giant resonances in exotic nuclei

    Samuel I. Lipschutz
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2018)

  3. Constraining nuclear weak interactions in astrophysics and new many-core algorithms for neuroevolution

    Christopher J. Sullivan
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2018)

  4. Search for the Isovector Giant Monopole Resonance via the 28Si(10Be,10B+γ) Reaction at 100 MeV/u

    Michael J. Scott
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2015)

  5. Searching for the origins of fluorine: A measurement of the 19F(t,3He) reaction

    Amanda Prinke
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2012)

  6. Electron-captures in supernovae

    LeShawna Valdez
    M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2012)

  7. Spectroscopy of 12Be using the (7Li,7Be) reaction inverse kinematics

    Rhiannon Meharchand
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2011)

  8. The 150Sm(t,3He)150Pm* and 150Nd(3He,t)150Pm* reactions and applications for 2-neutrino and 0-neutrino double beta decay

    Carol Jeanne Guess
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2010)

  9. Joy of CEX: Sharpening the (t,3He) probe at 345 MeV for the charge exchange knife drawer

    Meredith Howard
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2008)

  10. The 64Zn(t,3He) charge-exchange reaction at 115 MeV per nucleon and application to 64Zn stellar electron-capture

    George Wesley Hitt
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2008)

  11. Search for isovector giant monopole resonances

    Remco Zegers
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands (1999)

Primary Publications

2019

  1. Experimental constraint on stellar electron-capture rates from the 88Sr(t,3He+γ)88Rb reaction at 115 MeV/u

    J. C. Zamora et al.

    Phys. Rev. C (submitted June 2019)

2018

  1. The (6Li,6Li*[3.56 MeV]) reaction at 100 MeV/u as a probe of Gamow-Teller transition strengths in the inelastic scattering channel

    C. Sullivan et al.

    Phys. Rev. C 98 (July 2018), 015804

2017

  1. Observation of the Isovector Monopole Resonance via the 28Si(10Be,10B*[1.74 MeV]) Reaction at 100 AMeV

    M. Scott et al.

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (April 2017), 172501

  2. Isovector excitations in 100Nb and their decays by neutron emission studied via the 100Mo(t,3He+n) reaction at 100 MeV/u

    K. Miki, R.G.T. Zegers et al.

    Phys. Lett. B 769 (June 2017), 339-344

  3. Impact of electron-captures on nuclei near N=50 on core-collapse supernovae

    R. Titus, C. Sullivan, R.G.T. Zegers, B.A. Brown, B. Gao

    J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys 45 (December 2017), 014004

2016

  1. Digital data acquisition for the Low Energy Neutron Detector Array (LENDA)

    S. Lipschutz et al.

    NIM A 815 (April 2016), 1-6

  2. The Sensitivity of Core-Collapse Supernovae to Nuclear Electron Capture

    C. Sullivan, E. O'Connor, R.G.T. Zegers, T. Grubb, S. Austin

    APJ 816 44 (2016)

2015

  1. High-resolution study of Gamow-Teller excitations in the 42Ca(3He,t)42Sc reaction the observation of a "low-energy super-Gamow-Teller state"

    Y. Fujita et al.

    Phys. Rev. C 91, 064316 (2015)

  2. Gamow-Teller transitions to 45Ca via the 45Sc(t,3He + γ) reaction at 115 MeV/u and its applications to steller electron-captrue rates

    S. Noji, R. G. T Zegers, Sam M. Austin, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. M. Campbell, A. L. Cole, H. J. Doster, A. Gade, C. J. Guess, S. Gupta, G. W. Hitt, C. Langer, S. Lipschutz, E. Lunderberg, R. Meharchand, Z. Meisel, G. Perdikakis, J. Pereira, F. Recchia, H. Schatz, M. Scott, S. R. Stroberg, C. Sullivan, L. Valdez, C. Walz, D. Weisshaar, S. J. Williams, and K. Wimmer

    Phys. Rev. C 92, 024312 (2015)

2014

  1. Gamow-Teller transition strengths from 56Fe extracted from the 56Fe(t,3He) reaction

    M. Scott, Y. Shimbara, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, J. M. Deaven, Y. Fujita, C. J. Guess, S. Gupta, G. W. Hitt, D. Koeppe, R. Meharchand, M. Nagashima, G. Perdikakis, A. Prinke, M. Sasano, C. Sullivan, L. Valdez, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Phys. Rev. C 90, 025801 (2014)

  2. β+ Gamow-Teller transition strengths from 46Ti and stellar electron-capture rates

    S. Noji, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. M. Campbell, A. L. Cole, H. J. Doster, A. Gade, C. J. Guess, S. Gupta, G. W. Hitt, C. Langer, S. Lipschutz, E. Lunderberg, R. Meharchand, Z. Meisel, G. Perdikakis, J. Pereira, F. Recchia, H. Schatz, M. Scott, S. R. Stroberg, C. Sullivan, L. Valdez, C. Walz, D. Weisshaar, S. J. Williams, and K. Wimmer

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 252501 (2014)

  3. Gamow-Teller transitions in the A=40 isoquintet of relevance for neutrino captures in 40Ar

    M. Karakoç, R. G. T. Zegers, B. A. Brown, Y. Fujita, T. Adachi, I. Boztosun, H. Fujita, M. Csatlós, J. M. Deaven, C. J. Guess, J. Gulyá, K. Hatanaka, K. Hirota, D. Ishikawa, A. Krasznahorkay, H. Matsubara, R. Meharchand, F. Molina, H. Okamura, H. J. Ong, G. Perdikakis, C. Scholl, Y. Shimbara, G. Susoy, T. Suzuki, A. Tamii, J. H. Thies, and J. Zenihiro

    Phys. Rev. C 89, 064313 (2014)

  4. Astrophysical weak-interaction rates for selected A=20 and A=24 nuclei

    G. Martínez-Pinedo, Y. H. Lam, K. Langanke, R. G. T. Zegers, and C. Sullivan

    Phys. Rev. C 89, 045806 (2014)

  5. Benchmarking nuclear models for Gamow-Teller Response

    E. Litvinova, B. A. Brown, D.-L. Fang, T. Marketin, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Phys. Rev. B 730, 307-313 (2014)

  6. Charge-exchange scattering to the isobaric analog state at medium energies as a probe of the neutron skin

    Bui Minh Loc, Dao T. Khoa, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Phys. Rev. C 89, 024317 (2014)

2012

  1. Extraction of Gamow-Teller strength distributions from 56Ni and 55Co via the (p,n) reaction in inverse kinematics

    M. Sasano, G. Perdikakis, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. Caesar, A. L. Cole, J. M. Deaven, N. Ferrante, C. J. Guess, G. W. Hitt, M. Honma, R. Meharchand, F. Montes, J. Palardy, A. Prinke, L. A. Riley, H. Sakai, M. Scott, A. Stolz, T. Suzuki, L. Valdez, and K. Yako

    Phys. Rev. C 86, 034324 (2012), Selected as PRC Editors' Suggestions

  2. Gamow-Teller strengths and electron-capture rates for pf-shell nuclei of relevance for late stellar evolution

    A. L. Cole, T. S. Anderson, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, B. A. Brown, L. Valdez, S. Gupta, G. W. Hitt, and O. Fawwaz

    Phys. Rev. C 86, 015809 (2012), Selected as PRC Editors' Suggestions

  3. LENDA: A low energy neutron detector array for experiments with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics

    G. Perdikakis, M. Sasano, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, C. Caesar, S. Cannon, J. M. Deaven, H. J. Doster, C. J. Guess, G. W. Hitt, J. Marks, R. Meharchand, D. T. Nguyen, D. Peterman, A. Prinke, M. Scott, Y. Shimbara, K. Thorne, L. Valdez, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect A 686 (2012) 117-124

  4. Probing configuration mixing in 12Be with Gamow-Teller transition strengths

    R. Meharchand, R. G. T. Zegers, B. A. Brown, Sam M. Austin, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, J. Deaven, A. Gade, G. F. Grinyer, C. J. Guess, M. E. Howard, H. Iwasaki, S. McDaniel, K. Meierbachtol, G. Perdikakis, J. Pereira, A. M. Prinke, A. Ratkiewicz, A. Signoracci, S. Stroberg, L. Valdez, P. Voss, K. A. Walsh, D. Weisshaar, and R. Winkler

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 122501 (2012)

2011

  1. Gamow-Teller Transition Strengths from 56Ni

    M. Sasano, G. Perdikakis, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam. M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. Caesar, A. L. Cole, J. M. Deaven, N. Ferrante, C. J. Guess, G. W. Hitt, R. Meharchand, F. Montes, J. Palardy, A. Prinke, L. A. Riley, H. Sakai, M. Scott, A. Stolz, L. Valdez, and K. Yako

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 202501 (2011), Selected as PRL Editors' Suggestions

    Also read:
    Viewpoint: Recreating a Stellar Electron Catch by Karlheinz Langangke, Physics 4, 91 (2011)
    New technique probes isovector transitions, CERN Courier, Jan/Feb 2012

  2. The 150Nd(3He,t) and 150Sm(t,3He) reactions with applications to ββ decay of 150Nd

    C. J. Guess, T. Adachi, H. Akimune, A. Algora, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. Caesar, J. M. Deaven, H. Ejiri, E. Estevez, D. Fang, A. Faessler, D. Frekers, H. Fuijita, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, G. F. Grinyer, M. N. Harakeh, K. Hatanaka, C. Herlitzius, K. Hirota, G. W. Hitt, D. Ishikawa, H. Matsubara, R. Meharchand, F. Molina, H. Okamura, H. J. Ong, G. Perdikakis, V. Rodin, B. Rubio, Y. Shimbara, G. Süsoy, T. Suzuki, A. Tamii, J. H. Thies, C. Tur, N. Verhanovitz, M. Yosoi, J. Yurkon, R. G. T. Zegers, and J. Zenihiro

    Phys. Rev. C 83, 064318 (2011)

  3. Gamow-Teller unit cross sections for (t,3He) and (3He,t) reactions

    G. Perdikakis, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, C. Caeser, J.M. Deaven, A. Gade, D. Galaviz, G. Grinyer, C.J. Guess, C. Herlitzius, G.W. Hitt, M.E. Howard, R. Meharchand, S. Noji, H. Sakai, Y. Shimbara, E.E. Smith, and C. Tur

    Phys. Rev. C 83, 054614 (2011)

2010

  1. 34P(7Li,7Be+γ) reaction at 100A MeV in inverse kinematics

    R. G. T. Zegers, R. Meharchand, Y. Shimbara, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, C. Aa. Diget, A. Gade, C. J. Guess, M. Hausmann, G. W. Hitt, M. E. Howard, M. King, D. Miller, S. Noji, A. Signoracci, K. Starosta, C. Tur, C. Vaman, P. Voss, D. Weisshaar, and J. Yurkon

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 212504 (2010)

2009

  1. Spectroscopy of 13B via the 13C(t,3He) reaction at 115A MeV

    C. J. Guess, R. G. T. Zegers, B. A. Brown, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, C. Caesar, J. M. Deaven, G. F. Grinyer, C. Herlitzius, G. W. Hitt, S. Noji, R. Meharchand, G. Perdikakis, H. Sakai, Y. Shimbara, and C. Tur

    Phys. Rev. C 80, 024305 (2009)

  2. Gamow-Teller transitions to 64Cu measured with the 64Zn(t,3He) reaction

    G. W. Hitt, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, A. Gade, D. Galaviz, C. J. Guess, M. Horoi, M. E. Howard, W. D. M. Rae, Y. Shimbara, E. E. Smith, and C. Tur

    Phys. Rev. C 80, 014313 (2009)

  3. LENDA: A Low Energy Neutron Detector Array for studies of (p,n) reactions with radioactive beams

    G. Perdikakis, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, C. Caesar, J. M. Deaven, C. J. Guess, G. W. Hitt, R. T. Meharchand, D. T. Nguyen, Y. Shimbara, K. Thorne, and R. G. T. Zegers

    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 56, 1174-1178 (2009)

2008

  1. Gamow-Teller transitions in 24Na using the 24Mg(t,3He) reaction at 115A MeV

    M. E. Howard, R. G. T. Zegers, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, A. L. Cole, B. Davids, M. Famiano, Y. Fujita, A. Gade, D. Galaviz, G. W. Hitt, M. Matos, S. D. Reitzner, C. Samanta, L. J. Schradin, Y. Shimbara, E. E. Smith, and C. Simenel

    Phys. Rev. C 78, 047302 (2008)

  2. A high efficiency, low background detector for measuring pair-decay branches in nuclear decay

    C. Tur, A. H. Wuosmaa, S. M. Austin, K. Starosta, J. Yurkon, A. Estrade, N. Goodman, J. C. Lighthall, G. Lorusso, S. T. Marley, and J. Snyder

    Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect A 594, 66 (2008)

  3. Electron Capture Strength for 60,62Ni and 58,60,62,64Ni(p,n)58,60,62,64Cu reactions at 134.3 MeV

    N. Anantaraman, Sam M. Austin, B. A. Brown, G. M. Crawley, A. Galonsky, R. G. T. Zegers, B. D. Anderson, A. R. Baldwin, B. S. Flanders, R. Madey, J. W. Watson, and C. C. Foster

    Phys. Rev. C 78, 065803 (2008)

  4. Spectroscopy of 24Al and extraction of Gamow-Teller strengths with the 24Mg(3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV

    R. G. T. Zegers, R. Meharchand, T. Adachi, Sam M. Austin, B. A. Brown, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, C. J. Guess, H. Hashimoto, K. Hatanaka, M. E. Howard, H. Matsubara, K. Nakanishi, T. Ohta, H. Okamura, Y. Sakemi, Y. Shimbara, Y. Shimizu, C. Scholl, A. Signoracci, Y. Tameshige, A. Tamii, and M. Yosoi

    Phys. Rev. C 78, 014314 (2008)

  5. Gamow-Teller strength for the analog transitions to the first T=1/2, Jπ=3/2- states in 13C and 13N and the implications for Type Ia supernovae

    R. G. T. Zegers, E. F. Brown, H. Akimune, Sam M. Austin, A. M. van den Berg, B. A. Brown, D. A. Chamulak, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Galès, M. N. Harakeh, H. Hashimoto, R. Hayami, G. W. Hitt, M. Itoh, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, M. Kinoshita, K. Nakanishi, S. Nakayama, S. Okamura, Y. Shimbara, M. Uchida, H. Ueno, T. Yamagata, and M. Yosoi

    Phys. Rev. C 77, 024307 (2008)

2007

  1. On the sensitivity of massive star nucleosynthesis and evolution to solar abundances and to uncertainties in helium-burning reaction rates

    Clarisse Tur, Alexander Heger, and Sam M. Austin

    Astrophys. J. 671, 821 (2007)

  2. Atomic charge-exchange between semi-relativistic (v/c = 0.49) helium ions and targets from carbon to lead

    R. Meharchand, H. Akimune, A. M. van den Berg, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Galès, M. N. Harakeh, H. Hashimoto, R. Hayami, G. W. Hitt, M. Itoh, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, M. Kinoshita, K. Nakanishi, S. Nakayamai, S. Okumura, Y. Shimbara, M. Uchida, T. Yamagata, M. Yosoi, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 264, 221-226 (2007)

  3. Extraction of weak transition strengths via the (3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV

    R. G. T. Zegers, T. Adachi, H. Akimune, Sam M. Austin, A. M. van den Berg, B. A. Brown, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Galè, C. J. Guess, M. N. Harakeh, H. Hashimoto, K. Hatanaka, R. Hayami, G. W. Hitt, M. E. Howard, M. Itoh, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, M. Kinoshita, M. Matsubara, K. Nakanishi, S. Nakayama, S. Okumura, T. Ohta, Y. Sakemi, Y. Shimbara, Y. Shimizu, C. Scholl, C. Simenel, Y. Tameshige, A. Tamii, M. Uchida, T. Yamagata, and M. Yosoi

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 202501 (2007)

  4. The (t,3He) and (3He,t) reactions as complementary probes of the spin-isospin response of nuclei

    R. G. T. Zegers,

    Nucl. Phys. A788, 61c-69c (2007)

  5. Measurement of weak rates for stellar evolution via the (t,3He) reaction

    R. G. T. Zegers

    Nucl. Phys. A787, 329c-336c (2007)

2006

  1. The (t,3He) and (3He,t) reactions as probes of Gamow-teller strength

    R. G. T. Zegers, H. Akimune, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, A. M. van den Berg, G. P. A. Berg, B. A. Brown, J. Brown, A. L. Cole, I. Daito, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Galès, M. N. Harakeh, H. Hashimoto, R. Hayami, G. W. Hitt, M. E. Howard, M. Itoh, J. Jänecke, T. Kawabata, K. Kawase, M. Kinoshita, T. Nakamura, K. Nakanishi, S. Nakayama, S. Okamura, W. A. Richter, D. A. Roberts, B. M. Sherrill, Y. Shimbara, M. Steiner, M. Uchida, H. Ueno, T. Yamagata, and M. Yosoi

    Phys. Rev. C 74, 024309 (2006)

  2. Measurement of the Gamow-Teller strength distribution in 58Co via the 58Ni(t,3He) reaction at 115 MeV/nucleon

    A. L. Cole, H. Akimune, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazin, A. M. van den Berg, G. P. A. Berg, J. Brown, I. Daito, Y. Fujita, M. Fujiwara, S. Gupta, K. Hara, M. N. Harakeh, J. Jänecke, T. Kawabata, T. Nakamura, D. A. Roberts, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, H. Ueno, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Phys. Rev. C 74, 034333 (2006)

  3. Development of a secondary triton beam for (t,3He) experiments at intermediate energies from primary 16,18O beams

    G. W. Hitt, Sam. M. Austin, D. Bazin, A. L. Cole, J. Dietrich, A. Gade, M. Howard, D. Reitzner, B. M. Sherrill, C. Simenel, E. Smith, J. Stetson, A. Stolz, and R. G. T. Zegers

    Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect A 566, 264 (2006)

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