Several recent forums have highlighted the need for a new fission product yield (FPY) evaluation for a wide variety of applied nuclear science and engineering applications. However, since most measurements of FPYs are made through the observation of decay radiations, any new FPY evaluation requires an integral validation which convolves both FPY and the relevant decay data. FIER is a software...
In this experiment we use the stacked foil activation technique to measure cross sections for the $^{nat}$La(p,x) reaction, with proton energies in the 35-60 MeV range. The primary motivation for this measurement is to quantify the production of $^{134}$Ce, a positron-emitting analogue of the medical isotope $^{225}$Ac, which has applications for kinetic bio-distribution assays of new...
This talk will present a number of high precision results on matrix
elements of quark bilinear operators between nucleon states using
lattice QCD. From these, we extract a number of exciting quantities,
at the intersection of nuclear and particle physics. We show that the
axial charge $g_A$, a fundamental parameter encapsulating the weak
interaction of nucleons, is calculated with a few...
The influence of relativistic effects on the stability of three-body systems is of great interest.
From a general point of view, understanding the interaction in terms of the fundamental degrees of freedom is very important for nuclear and particle non-perturbative physics. Since that is a very difficult problem, simple models are of great value for understanding the crucial qualitative...
Abstract—Gamma-ray astronomy is the study of astronomical objects using the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation, gamma-rays. Some of the most violent phenomena in the cosmos emit gamma-rays. This study deals with the detection of high-energy gamma-ray showers using ground-based telescopes. These gamma-rays, upon reaching the Earth’s atmosphere create a cascade of particles,...
