June 2014 Issue 12
In this issue,
1. Nuclear Physics Publications for June
2. News to Report
a. 10 Years of GAMMAPOOL
b. Prize at ARIS2014
3. Outreach Activity
4. Media Interactions
Newsletter archive: http://npg.dl.ac.uk/OutreachNewsletter/index.html
Nuclear Physics Public Engagement Website: www.stfc.ac.uk/NuclearPhysicsForYou
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Nuclear Physics Publications for June*
If you are publishing a paper that you think would be of media value please let Wendy Ellison
[email protected] , STFC Press Officer, know. She can help with press releases and publicity.
If you get in touch with her before publication she can also get material ready in advance for the day
of publication.
Phys. Rev. C 89, 051302(R) http://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.051302
Coulomb displacement energies as a probe for nucleon pairing in the f7/2 shell
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A. Kankainen , T. Eronen , D. Gorelov, J. Hakala, A. Jokinen, V. S. Kolhinen, M. Reponen, J. Rissanen , A.
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Saastamoinen , V. Sonnenschein, and J. Äystö∥
*Published 30 May 2014
NIM A 748, 91 (2014) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900214002137
A LaBr3: Ce fast-timing array for DESPEC at FAIR
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Oliver J. Roberts , Alison M. Bruce , Patrick H. Regan , Zsolt Podolyák , Christopher M. Townsley , John F.
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Smith , Kieran F. Mulholland , Andrew Smith
Published 1 June 2014
Phys. Lett. B 733, 52 (2014) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314002482
Collectivity in A ∼ 70 nuclei studied via lifetime measurements in 70Br and 68,70Se
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A.J. Nichols , R. Wadsworth , H. Iwasaki , K. Kaneko , A. Lemasson , G. de Angelis , V.M. Bader , T. Baugher ,
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D. Bazin , M.A. Bentley , J.S. Berryman , T. Braunroth , P.J. Davies , A. Dewald , C. Fransen , A. Gade , M.
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Hackstein , J. Henderson , D.G. Jenkins , D. Miller , C. Morse , I. Paterson , E.C. Simpson , S.R. Stroberg , D.
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Weisshaar , K. Whitmore , K. Wimmer
Published 2 June 2014
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222501 (2014) http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.222501
Observation of the β-Delayed γ-Proton Decay of 56Zn and its Impact on the Gamow-Teller Strength
Evaluation
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S. E. A. Orrigo , B. Rubio , Y. Fujita , B. Blank , W. Gelletly , J. Agramunt , A. Algora , P. Ascher , B. Bilgier ,
*Also including missed publications from May.
Edited by Elizabeth Cunningham, STFC Particle and Nuclear Physics Outreach Officer.
[email protected] or [email protected]
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L. Cáceres , R. B. Cakirli , H. Fujita , E. Ganioğlu , M. Gerbaux , J. Giovinazzo , S. Grévy , O. Kamalou , H. C.
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Kozer , L. Kucuk , T. Kurtukian-Nieto , F. Molina , L. Popescu , A. M. Rogers , G. Susoy , C. Stodel , T. Suzuki ,
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A. Tamii , and J. C. Thomas
Published 3 June 2014
Phys. Rev. C 89, 061301(R) http://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.061301
Chiral two- and three-nucleon forces along medium-mass isotope chains
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V. Somà
, A. Cipollone , C. Barbieri , P. Navrátil , and T. Duguet
Published 5 June 2014
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Phys. Rev. C 89, 064307 http://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.064307
Upper limit on the two-photon emission branch for the 02+ → 01+ transition in 98Mo
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J. Henderson , D. G. Jenkins , P. J. Davies , M. Alcorta , M. P. Carpenter , B. P. Kay , C. J. Lister , and S. Zhu
Published 10 June 2014
Phys. Rev. C 89, 064309 http://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.064309
α decay of the πh11/2 isomer in 164Ir
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M. C. Drummond , D. O'Donnell , R. D. Page , D. T. Joss , L. Capponi , D. M. Cox , I. G. Darby , L. Donosa , F.
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Filmer , T. Grahn , P. T. Greenlees , K. Hauschild , A. Herzan , U. Jakobsson , P. M. Jones , R. Julin , S.
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Juutinen , S. Ketelhut , M. Leino , A. Lopez-Martens , A. K. Mistry , P. Nieminen , P. Peura , P. Rahkila , S.
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Rinta-Antila , P. Ruotsalainen , M. Sandzelius , J. Sarén , B. Sayğı , C. Scholey , J. Simpson , J. Sorri , A.
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Thornthwaite , and J. Uusitalo
Published 16 June 2014
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 242502 (2014) https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.242502
Neutron Skin of 208Pb from Coherent Pion Photoproduction
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C. M. Tarbert , D. P. Watts , D. I. Glazier , P. Aguar , J. Ahrens , J. R. M. Annand , H. J. Arends , R. Beck , V.
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Bekrenev , B. Boillat , A. Braghieri , D. Branford , W. J. Briscoe , J. Brudvik , S. Cherepnya , R. Codling , E. J.
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Downie , K. Foehl , P. Grabmayr , R. Gregor , E. Heid , D. Hornidge , O. Jahn , V. L. Kashevarov , A.
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Knezevic , R. Kondratiev , M. Korolija , M. Kotulla , D. Krambrich , B. Krusche , M. Lang , V. Lisin , K.
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Livingston , S. Lugert , I. J. D. MacGregor , D. M. Manley , M. Martinez , J. C. McGeorge , D. Mekterovic , V.
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Metag , B. M. K. Nefkens , A. Nikolaev , R. Novotny , R. O. Owens , P. Pedroni , A. Polonski , S. N. Prakhov ,
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J. W. Price , G. Rosner , M. Rost , T. Rostomyan , S. Schadmand , S. Schumann , D. Sober , A. Starostin , I.
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Supek , A. Thomas , M. Unverzagt , Th. Walcher , L. Zana , and F. Zehr ((Crystal Ball at MAMI and A2
Collaboration))
Published 18 June 2014
Phys. Lett. B 734, 216 (2014) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314003748
Centrality, rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of J / ψ suppression in Pb–Pb collisions
at √sNN = 2.76 TeV
B. Abelev et al., ALICE Collaboration, UK Authors: D. Alexandre, L.S. Barnby, D. Evans, M. A. S. Figueredo, L.D.
Hanratty, P.G. Jones, A. Jusko, M. Krivda, G.R. Lee, R.C. Lemmon, R. Lietava, R. Romita, P.A. Scott, O.
Villalobos-Baillie
Published 27 June 2014
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------to the diligence of the researchers, the drive
2. News to Report
and focus of the community and the
commitment of the host laboratories to the
a. Ten Years of GAMMAPOOL. In 2013 we
campaigns.
celebrate the first ten years of the GammaRay Spectroscopy Pool (GAMMAPOOL) – the
With this brochure we celebrate this
European collaboration for γ-ray spectroscopy
outstandingly successful endeavour. None of
research. During these years the experimental
it would have been possible without a strong
resources of GAMMAPOOL have been
will in the community to pool resources, use
distributed to several large-scale facilities and
them in innovative new ways in large
infrastructures to allow spectroscopy
campaigns and invite the whole community in
campaigns, producing a large amount of
to contribute scientifically to these
excellent physics results. The resulting
campaigns. The success of GAMMAPOOL is
experiments and publications are a testimony
mostly down to the user communities formed
Edited by Elizabeth Cunningham, STFC Particle and Nuclear Physics Outreach Officer.
[email protected] or [email protected]
around the different campaigns, and they
deserve our thanks and appreciation. May this
spirit of scientific partnership continue for
many more years.
The brochure is available online at
http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it/index/home/Ga
mmapool_10_years_celebration.htm
Contribution by Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg,
[email protected] (Liverpool)
(ARIS2014) took place in Tokyo, Japan from
June 1 to 6, 2014. Thomas Henry (York) was
one of the seven winners (out of about 200)
of a prize for his poster entitled ‘Mirror
spectroscopy in the upper fp-shell with
GRETINA’, which discussed some results from
the NSCL experiment investigating mirror
energy differences in that region.
Contribution by Gemma Wilson
[email protected] and Thomas Henry
[email protected] (York)
b. Prize at ARIS2014. The 2nd Conference on
"Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Outreach Activity
Fukushima University’s Institute for
Environmental Radioactivity, who most
Glasgow’s public ‘Meets the Experts’.
probably claims the prize for furthest travel.
Physicists from the University of Glasgow’s
Contribution by Bjoern Seitz
nuclear physics group upped the ante of their
[email protected] (Glasgow)
outreach activities. Following a series of very
well received school visits in local primary and
secondary schools in the greater Glasgow area
Experiments with Lego. Marielle Chartier’s 7by Drs Hamilton, McKinnon and Seitz in the
year old son enjoyed being the first child in
recent month, the group’s outreach team
the world to put together a very special Lego
engaged with a wider audience at Glasgow’s
set: the micro model of the ALICE experiment
Science Centre
at the LHC!
(http://www.glasgowsciencecenter.org) in
several of their ‘Meet the Expert’ events.
Several hundred visitors took the opportunity
to engage with the nuclear physicists from the
University of Glasgow and learn about
fundamental research, applications of nuclear
physics technology in medicine and the role of
radioactivity in the environment. The topics
were brought to life with some hands-on
measurements using Geiger-counter and NaI
spectrometers analysing old watches and
mineral samples as well as displaying
radiometric maps of the University of Glasgow
and the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
The Nuclear Physics group was also well
represented at the Glasgow Science Festival
‘Science Sunday’, held on Father’s Day on the
campus of the University of Glasgow, with
hundreds of visitors of all ages cherishing the
opportunity, including Prof Namba from the
It went some way in explaining to him what
Mum and Dad do when they go to Geneva...
The Lego model was designed by Liverpool
Physics PhD student and Lego enthusiast
Nathan Readioff from the HEP group for the
new Liverpool ALICE team who joined the
experiment last
year. Nathan's
design will now be
publicised to the
~1300 ALICE
collaborators
worldwide and
it is expected it to
be very popular!
Contribution by
Marielle Chartier
[email protected] (Liverpool)
Edited by Elizabeth Cunningham, STFC Particle and Nuclear Physics Outreach Officer.
[email protected] or [email protected]
4. Media Interactions
Neutron skin turns out to be soft.
Read more: APS Synopsis
Edited by Elizabeth Cunningham, STFC Particle and Nuclear Physics Outreach Officer.
[email protected] or [email protected]