Nuclear Lunch: Spring 2024
The Ohio University lunchtime nuclear seminar meets weekly, 11:50-12:45 Wednesdays in Gordy Hall, room 209.We will discuss interesting papers in nuclear physics and related fields. All graduate students and postdocs interested in nuclear physics are welcome to attend. The talks will start at 11:50 sharp.
The lead coordinators for Nuclear lunch this semester are faculty members Andrea Richard and Charlotte Elster. Other coordinators are Carl Brune, Chaden Djalali, Christian Drischler, Justin Frantz, and Paul King.
Schedule
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| 17 January | Andrea Richard | Organizational Meeting 📆 |
| 24 January |
Yoon Gyu Lee | Nuclear Physics Meets Medicine and Biology: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
, F. Ballarini et al.
, 12th International Conf. on Nucl. Reac. Mechanisms, p. 561-572 (2010) Faculty Advisor: Carl Brune |
| 31 January | Nisha Singh | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 7 February |
Break after INPP Open House | |
| 14 February 💕 |
Joseph Foy | Optimal Colliding Energy for the Synthesis of Superheavy Element Z = 119
, A. Nasirov et al.
, arXiv:2311.07145 (2023). Faculty Advisor: Christian Drischler |
| 21 February | Bikash Chauhan | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 28 February |
Josh Maldonado | State Dependence of Tunneling Processes and Thermonuclear Fusion
, R. Onofrio et al.
,Nucl. Phys. A 1043, 122830 (2024). Faculty Advisor: Justin Frantz |
| 6 March | Andrius Brunelis | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 13 March |
SPRING BREAK 😀 | |
| 20 March |
Austin Rambo | Element Abundance Patterns in Stars Indicate Fission of Nuclei Heavier than Uranium
, I. U. Roederer et al.
,Science 382, 1177 (2023). Faculty Advisor: Andrea Richard |
| 27 March | Ryan Conaway | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 3 April |
Cass Farrell | Strong Evidence for 9
N and the Limits of Existence of Atomic Nuclei
, R. J. Charity et al.
,Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 172501 (2023). Supplemental Material: Physics Viewpoint and Invariant-Mass Spectroscopy in Projectile Fragmentation Reactions Faculty Advisor: Charlotte Elster |
| 10 April | Alexandra Semposki | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 17 April |
Justin Bryan | Evidence for the Higgs Boson Decay to a Z Boson and a Photon at the LHC
, G. Aad et al.
,Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 021803 (2024). Supplemental Material: Physics Viewpoint Faculty Advisor: Paul King |
| 24 April | Michael Jeswald | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
Background Information
- Remember that your presentation should be less than 12 slides long. The purpose of this rule is not to overly constrain you -- it's to give you a better idea of what we expect. We do not expect your talk to be the last word on the subject or a polished seminar. Your presentation is meant to raise some of the key issues, and, ideally, to initiate discussion. If you do not understand something in the paper, say so, or write down your question. We will collect the written questions, and discuss the issues raised as a group. Feel free to contact the course organizers if you have any organizational questions.
- A challenge to speakers generally is to relate your topic to the 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan .
Administrative Details
A couple of administrative notes for Ohio University Physics and Astronomy graduate students:
- If you are an upper-level graduate student in Nuclear physics you should sign up for this activity. You do this by registering for 8501. Since 8501 is a variable credit class you should register for two credit hours of it (=1 for Wednesday lunch-time and 1 for Tuesday at 4 pm). If you give a talk or moderate this semester you will receive a grade of A for those two credits of 8501.
- If you are a first-year graduate student and you want to come to these meetings you should register for 8501 (Nuclear Seminar). If you do this you are not required to attend the regular Tuesday afternoon research seminar---although you are, of course, very welcome if you choose to come on Tuesdays at 4 pm. In consequence first years should sign up for only one credit hour of 8501. Regular attendance on Wednesdays at lunchtime will lead to you receiving a CR for that 1 credit hour.