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  • Novel Technniques for constraining neutron-capture rates relevant for r-process heavy-element nucleosynthesis

A.C. Larsen, A. Spyrou, S.N. Liddick, M. Guttormsen

Progress in Nuclear and Particle Physics 107 (2019) 69 (Invited review).

 

  • Neutron-star mergers and New Opportunities in Rare Isotope Experimental Research

A. Spyrou

Annals of Physics 412 (2019) 168017 (Invited review).

  • 69,71Co β-decay strength distributions from total absorption spectroscopy
S. Lyons, A. Spyrou, S. N. Liddick, F. Naqvi, B. P. Crider, A. C. Dombos, D. L. Bleuel, B. A. Brown, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, J. Engel, M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, R. Lewis, P. Möller, S. Mosby, M. R. Mumpower, E. M. Ney, A. Palmisano, G. Perdikakis, C. J. Prokop, T. Renstrøm, S. Siem, M. K. Smith, and S. J. Quinn
Phys. Rev. C 100, 025806 (2019).
  • Experimentally constrained 73Zn(n,γ)74Zn reaction rate

R. Lewis, S.N. Liddick, A.C. Larsen, A. Spyrou, D.L. Bleuel, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, B.P. Crider, A.C. Dombos, M. Guttormsen, S. Mosby, F. Naqvi, G. Perdikakis, C.J. Prokop, S.J. Quinn, T. Renstrøm, and S. Siem

Physical Review C 99 (2019) 034601.

 

  • β-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclides in the A=100-110 mass region

A. C. Dombos, A. Spyrou, F. Naqvi, S. J. Quinn, S. N. Liddick, A. Algora, T. Baumann, J. Brett, B. P. Crider, P. A. DeYoung, T. Ginter, J. Gombas, E. Kwan, S. Lyons, W.-J. Ong, A. Palmisano, J. Pereira, C. J. Prokop, D. P. Scriven, A. Simon, M. K. Smith, and C. S. Sumithrarachchi 

Physical Review C 99 (2019) 015802.

  • Software Development to Determine Optimal Parameters of a Tape Transport System. 

A. Torode, M.K. Smith, A. Spyrou, C. Harris, S. Lyons, A.C. Dombos, S.N. Liddick

Undergraduate Student Journal of Physics, 71 (2018) 4.

 

  • Unexpectedly high photon intensities in neutron-rich atomic nuclei. 

A. C. Larsen, J. E. Midtbø, M. Guttormsen, T. Renstrøm, S. N. Liddick, A. Spyrou, S. Karampagia, B. A. Brown, O. Achakovskiy, S. Kamerdzhiev, D. L. Bleuel, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, B. P. Crider, A. C. Dombos, R. Lewis, S. Mosby, F. Naqvi, G. Perdikakis, C. J. Prokop, S. J. Quinn, and S. Siem

Physical Review C 97 (2018) 054329. 

 

  • Benchmarking the extraction of neutron capture cross sections on short-lived nuclei for applications. 

S. N. Liddick, A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, A. Spyrou, B. P. Crider, F. Naqvi, F. L. Bello Garrote, D. L. Bleuel, L. Crespo Campo, A. Couture, A. C. Dombos, F. Giacoppo, A. Gorgen, K. Hadynska-Klek, T. W. Hagen, V. W. Ingeberg, B. V. Kheswa, R. Lewis, S. Mosby, G. Perdikakis, C. J. Prokop, S. J. Quinn, B. Rubio, S. Siem, T. omm, S. J. Rose, E. Sahin, S. Siem, G. M. Tveten, M. Wiedeking, and F. Zeiser

Physical Review C 100 (2019) 024624.

  • Neutron-capture rates for explosive nucleosynthesis: the case of 68Ni(n,γ)69Ni.

A. Spyrou, A. C. Larsen, S. N. Liddick, F. Naqvi, B. P. Crider, A. C. Dombos, M. Guttormsen, D. L. Bleuel, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, R. Lewis, S. Mosby, M. R. Mumpower, G. Perdikakis, C. J. Prokop, S. J. Quinn, T. Renstrøm, S. Siem, and R. Surman

Journal of Physics G  44 (2017) 044002, Invited, Special Issue: “Emerging Leaders”

Highlighted JPhys+: https://jphysplus.iop.org/2017/04/26/nuclear-reactions-in-exploding-stars/

  • Large fragmentation observed in the β-decay intensity of 70Co.   

A. Spyrou, S. N. Liddick, F. Naqvi, B. P. Crider, A. C. Dombos, D. L. Bleuel, B. A. Brown, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, M. Guttormsen, A. C. Larsen, R. Lewis, P. Moller, S. Mosby, M.R. Mumpower, G. Perdikakis, C. J. Prokop, T. Renstrøm, S. Siem, S. J. Quinn, and S. Valenta

Physical Review Letters 117 (2016) 142701.

  • Completing the nuclear reaction puzzle for 92Mo.

G. M. Tveten, A. Spyrou, R. Schwengner, F. Naqvi, A. C. Larsen, T. K. Eriksen, F. L. Bello Garrote, L. A. Bernstein, D. L. Bleuel, L. Crespo Campo, M. Guttormsen, F. Giacoppo, A. Gorgen, T. W. Hagen, K. Hadynska-Klek, M. Klintefjord, B. S. Meyer, H. T. Nyhus, T. Renstrøm, S. J. Rose, E. Sahin, S. Siem, and T. G. Tornyi

Physical Review C 94 (2016) 025804.

  • Total absorption spectroscopy of the β decay of 76Ga.   

A. C. Dombos, D.-L. Fang, A. Spyrou, S. J. Quinn, A. Simon, B. A. Brown, K. Cooper, A. E. Gehring, S. N. Liddick, D. J. Morrissey, F. Naqvi, C. S. Sumithrarachchi,  and R.G.T. Zegers

Physical Review C 93 (2016) 064317.

  • Experimental neutron capture rate constraint far from stability.   

S. N. Liddick, A. Spyrou, B.P. Crider, F. Naqvi, A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, M. Mumpower, R. Surman, G. Perdikakis, D. L. Bleuel, A. Couture, L. Crespo Campo, A. C. Dombos, R. Lewis, S. Mosby, S. Nikas, C. J. Prokop,  T. Renstrom, B. Rubio, S. Siem, and S. J. Quinn

Physical Review Letters 116 (2016) 242502, Editor’s Suggestion, Viewpoint highlight.

  • (α,γ) reaction measurements in the region of the light p nuclei

S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, A. Simon, A. Battaglia, M. Bowers, B. Bucher, C. Casarella, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, J. Görres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, A. Long, M. Moran, N. Paul, J. Pereira, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, R. Talwar, W. P. Tan, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 92 (2015) 045805.

  • Systematic study of (α,γ) reactions for stable nickel isotopes

A. Simon, M. Beard, A. Spyrou, S. J. Quinn, B. Bucher, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, A. Long, M. T. Moran, N. Paul, J. Pereira, D. Robertson, K. Smith, E. Stech, R. Talwar, W. P. Tan, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 92 (2015) 025806.

  • Proton capture cross section of 72Ge and astrophysical implications.

F. Naqvi, S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, A. Battaglia, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, X. Fang, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, S. Lyons, D. Robertson, A. Simon, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, W. P. Tan, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 92 (2015) 025804.

  • SuNSCREEN:A cosmic-ray veto detector for capture-reaction measurements

E. Klopfer, J. Brett, P.A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, S. J. Quinn, A. Simon, A. Spyrou

Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 788 (2015) 5.

  • Search for unbound 15Be states in the 3n+12Be

A. N. Kuchera,  A. Spyrou, J. K. Smith, T. Baumann, G. Christian, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, N. Frank, M. D. Jones, Z. Kohley, S. Mosby, W. A. Peters, and M. Thoennessen

Physical Review C 91 (2015) 017304.

  • Novel technique for extracting r-process (n,γ) reaction rates

A. Spyrou, S. N. Liddick, A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, K. Cooper, A. C. Dombos, D. J. Morrissey, F. Naqvi, G. Perdikakis, S. J. Quinn, T. Renstrøm, J. A. Rodriguez, A. Simon, C. S. Sumithrarachchi, and R. G. T. Zegers

Physical Review Letters 113 (2014) 232502.

  • First application of the γ-summing technique in inverse kinematics

S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, A. Simon, A. Battaglia, M. Bowers, B. Bucher, C. Casarella, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, J. P. Greene, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, A. Long, M. Moran, N. Paul, J. Pereira, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, R. Talwar, W. P. Tan, M. Wiescher

Nuclear Instruments and Methods 757(2014) 62.

  • Measurement of the 58Ni(α,γ)62Zn reaction and its astrophysical impact

S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, E. Bravo, T. Rauscher, A. Simon, A. Battaglia, M. Bowers, B. Bucher, C. Casarella, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, A. Long, M. Moran, N. Paul, J. Pereira, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, R. Talwar, W. P. Tan, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 89 (2014) 054611.

  • Measurement of the 90,92Zr(p,γ)91,93Nb reactions for the nucleosynthesis of elements near A=90

A. Spyrou, S. J. Quinn,  A. Simon, T. Rauscher,  A. Battaglia, A. Best, B. Bucher, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. Dombos,  X. Fang, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, L. Y. Lin,  A. Long, S. Lyons, B. S. Meyer, A. Roberts, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, B. Stefanek, W. P. Tan, X. D. Tang, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 88 (2013) 045802.

  • Probing the production mechanism of the light p-nuclei.

S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, A. Simon, A. Battaglia, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, A. C. Dombos, X. Fang, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, S. Lyons, B. S. Meyer, G. F. Peaslee, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, W. P. Tan, X. D. Tang, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C Rapid Communication 88 (2013) 011603

  • Radiative capture reactions with heavy beams: extending the capabilities of DRAGON.

A. Simon, J. Fallis, A. Spyrou, A. M. Laird, C. Ruiz, L. Buchmann, B. R. Fulton, D. Hutcheon, L. Martin, D. Ottewell, A. Rojas

European Physical Journal A  49 (2013) 60. Cover of Issue.

 

  • Systematic study of (p,γ) reactions on Ni isotopes.

A. Simon, A. Spyrou, T. Rauscher, C. Frohlich, S. J. Quinn, A. Battaglia, A. Best, B. Bucher, M. Couder, P. A. DeYoung, X. Fang, J. Gorres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, A. Long, S. Lyons, A. Roberts, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M. K. Smith, E. Stech, B. Stefanek, W. P. Tan, X. D. Tang, and M. Wiescher

Physical Review C 87 (2013) 055802.

 

  • SuN: Summing NaI(Tl) gamma-ray detector for capture reaction measurements.

A. Simon, S.J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, A. Battaglia, I. Beskin, A. Best, B. Bucher, M. Couder, P.A. DeYoung, X. Fang, J. Görres, A. Kontos, Q. Li, S.N. Liddick, A. Long, S. Lyons, K. Padmanabhan, J. Peace, A. Roberts, D. Robertson, K. Smith, M.K. Smith, E. Stech, B. Stefanek, W.P. Tan, X.D. Tang, M. Wiescher

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 703 (2013)16.

  • First observation of ground state dineutron decay: 16Be

A. Spyrou, Z. Kohley, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, B.A. Brown, G. Christian, P.A. DeYoung, J.E. Finck, N. Frank, E. Lunderberg, S. Mosby, W.A. Peters, A. Schiller, J.K. Smith, J. Snyder, M.J. Strongman, M. Thoennessen, and A. Volya

Physical Review Letters  108 (2012) 102501, Editors Suggestion, APS Focus Highlight

  • Nuclear structure experiments along the neutron dripline

T. Baumann, A. Spyrou, M. Thoennessen

Reports of Progress in Physics 75 (2012) 036301

  • First evidence for a virtual 18B ground state.

A. Spyrou, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, G. Blanchon, A. Bonaccorso, E. Breitbach, J. Brown, G. Christian, A. DeLine, P.A. DeYoung, J.E. Finck, N. Frank, S. Mosby, W.A. Peters, A. Russel, A. Schiller, M.J. Strongman, M. Thoennessen

Physics Letters B 683 (2010) 129.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Here's a list of some of my group's publications. You can find the full list in my CV. The links provided here will bring you to the publisher's page.

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