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2021-2023
See UND research website for latest TwinSol publications:
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"The nuclear optical model and its optical-scattering analog: Mie scattering" F.Becchetti, AmJPhysics (in press)

"Precision determination of the ↑ β+  emitter 13N half-life", J. Long, et al. Phys.Rev.C106, 04550 (2022)

2020

"Dominance of direct reaction channels at deep sub-barrier energies for weakly bound nuclei on heavy targets: The case: 8B + 208Pb", A. Pakou, et al., Phys. Rev. C 102, 031601(R) (2020).

"New 13C( α , n ) 16O Cross Section with Implications for Neutrino Mixing and Geoneutrino Measurements", M. Febbraro, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 062501 (2020).

"Precision half-life measurement of 29P",  J. Long, et al., Phys. Rev. C 101, 015501:1-8 (2020).

"SSNAP: The Solenoid Spectrometer for Nuclear AstroPhysics", J. Allen, P.D. O'Malley, Noah Appplegate, D.W. Bardayan, Drew, Blankstein, M.R. Hall, O. Hall, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti and the TwinSol Collaboration, Proc. 2018 SORMA Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 954, 161350 (2020).

"Applications of High-speed Digital Pulse Acquisition and Software-Defined Electronics (SDE) in Advanced Nuclear Teaching Laboratories", F.D. Becchetti, N. Damron, , R. O.Torres-Isea, Am. J. Phys. 88, 70 (2020).

"Measurement of the 7Li (γt)4He Ground-state Cross Section Between Eγ = 4.4 and 10 MeV", M. Munch, M. Matei, et al., Phys. Rev. C 101, 055801 (2020).

"Precise half-life determination of the mixed-mirror β-decaying 15O", D.P. Burdette,  et al., Phys. Rev. C 101, 055504 (2020).

 "Precision determination of the ↑ β+  emitter 13N half-life", J. Long, et al. (submitted for publication 2020).


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2019

"Strong coupling effect in the elastic scattering of the 10C+58Ni system near barrier", V. Guimarães, et al, Phys. Rev. C 100, 034603 (2019).

"First Measurement of the B(E2; 3/2 → 1/2) Transition Strength in 7Be: Testing Ab Initio Predictions for A = 7 Nuclei", S. L. Henderson, T. Ahn, M. A. Caprio, P. J. Fasano, A. Simon, W. Tan, P. O’Malley, J. Allen, D. W. Bardayan, D. Blankstein, B. Frentz, M. R. Hall, J. J. Kolata, A. E. McCoy, S. Moylan, C. S. Reingold, S. Y. Strauss, and R. O. Torres-Isea, Phys. Rev C 99, 064320 (2019).

"Towards resolving the discrepancy in the half-life of 20F", D.P. Burdette, et al., Phys. Rev. C 99, 015501-7 (2019).


2018

"Precision Half-life Measurement of 11C: the Most Precise Mirror Transition Ft value", A.A. Valverde, et al. Phys. Rev. C 97, 035503 (2018).

"Deuterated Stilbene (stilbene-d12): An Improved Detector for Fast Neutrons", F.D. Becchetti, R.O. Torres-Isea, A. Di Fulvio, S.A. Pozzi, J. Nattress, I. Jovanovic, M. Febbraro, N. Zaitseva, and L. Carman, Nucl. Instum. Methods 908, 376-382 (2018).

2017

"Sub-barrier fusion of weakly bound 6Li with 58Ni", E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, P. Amador-Valenzuela, D. Lizcano, A. García-Flores, J. J. Kolata, A. Roberts, G. V. Rogachev, G. F. Peaslee, V. Guimarães, F. D. Becchetti, A. Villano, M. Ojaruega, Y. Chen, H. Jiang, M. Febbraro, P. A. DeYoung, and T. L. Belyaeva, Phys. Rev C 96, 024616 (2017).

"Precision half-life measurement of 25Al", J. Long, T. Ahn, J. Allen, D. W. Bardayan, F. D. Becchetti, D. Blankstein, M. Brodeur, D. Burdette, B. Frentz, M. R. Hall, J. M. Kelly, J. J. Kolata, P. D. O'Malley, B. E. Schultz, S. Y. Strauss, and A. A. Valverde, Phys. Rev. C 96, 015502, (2017).

"Recent developments in deuterated scintillators for neutron measurements at low-energy accelerators", F.D. Becchetti, R.S. Raymond, R.O. Torres-Isea, A. Di Fulvio, S.D. Clarke, S.A. Pozzi, and M. Febbraro (CAARI 2016) Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A874, 72-78 (2017).

"(d,n) proton-transfer reactions on 9Be, 11B, 13C, 14,15N, and 19F and spectroscopic factors at Ed=16 MeV", M. Febbraro, F.D. Becchetti, R.O. Torres-Isea, J. Riggins, C. C. Lawrence, J.J.Kolata and  A.M. Howard, Phys. Rev. C 96, No. 2, 024613 (2017).

"Cluster structure of neutron-rich 10Be and 14C via resonant alpha scattering", D. Suzuki, T. Ahn, D. Bazin, F.D. Becchetti, S. Beceiro-Novo, A. Fritsch, J.J. Kolata, W. Mittig, for AT-TPC Collaboration, IL NUOVO CIMENTO 39 C, 372-376 (2017).

"8B +27Al scattering at low energies", V. Morcelle, et al., Phys. Rev C 95, 014615 (2017).

"Characterization of Deuterated-xylene Scintillator as a Neutron Spectrometer", Angela De Fulvio, F.D. Becchetti, R.S. Raymond, R.O. Torres-Isea, S.D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi,  IEEE Trans.  Nucl. Sci.64 (7) 1825-1832 (2017).

"Stabilization of Neutron-gamma Discrimination Efficiencies for Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with Organic Scintillators", Christopher Lawrence , Kyle Polack , Michael Febbraro , James Kolata , Marek Flaska , Sara Pozzi , Frederick Becchetti, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 64 (2) 772-780 (2017).

"Search for α-Cluster Structure in Exotic Nuclei with the Prototype Active-Target Time-Project Chamber", A. Fritsch, Y. Ayyad, D. Bazin, S. Beceiro-Novo, J. Bradt, L. Carpenter, M. Cortesi, W. Mittig, D. Suzuki, T. Ahn, J.J. Kolata, A.M. Howard, F.D. Becchetti, and M. Wolff, JPS Conf. Proc. 14, 021105-08 (2017).

2016


 "Warhead verification as inverse problem: Applications of neutron spectrum unfolding from organic-scintillator measurements", Chris C. Lawrence, Michael Febbraro, Marek Flaska, Sara A. Pozzi, and F. D. Becchetti, Journal of Applied Physics  120, 064501-1-16 (2016).

"Neutron-gamma Discrimination for Neutron Spectroscopy with Organic Scintillators", Chris C. Lawrence, J.K. Polack, Michael Febbraro, J.J. Kolata, Marek Flaska, S.A. Pozzi, F.D. Becchetti, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. (2016).

"Elastic scattering, fusion, and breakup of light exotic nuclei", J.J. Kolata, V. Guimaraes, and E.F. Aguilera, Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 123-161 (2016).

"Fusion studies with low-intensity radioactive beams using an active-target time projection chamber", J. J. Kolata et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A830, 82-87 (2016).

"Backscattering measurement of  6He on  209Bi: critical interaction distance", Valdir Guimaraes, et al.,  Phys. Rev. C93, 064607-1-7 (2016).

"Recent Astrophysical Measurements Using the TwinSol Separator", D.W. Bardayan, et al., Journal of Physics Conference Series 730(1):012004-1-6 (2016).

"Deuterated-xylene (xylene-d10; EJ301D): a new, improved deuterated liquid scintillator for neutron energy measurements without time-of-flight", F.D. Becchetti, R.S. Raymond,  R.O.Torres-Isea, A. Di Fulvio, S.D. Clarke, S.A. Pozzi and M. Febbraro, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 820, 112-120 (2016).

"Recent Results from the TwinSol Low-energy RIB Facility " F.D.Becchetti  and J.J. Kolata, Nucl.Instrum.Meth B 376, 397-401 (2016).  

"The Prototype Active-Target Time-Projection Chamber used with TwinSol Radioactive-Ion Beams", Tan Ahn , et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth B 376, 321-325 (2016).

"Enhancements of TwinSol: The LE RIB facility at Notre Dame" (P. D. O’Malley, D. W. Bardayan, J.J. Kolata, M. Hall, O. Hall, J. Allen, F. D. Becchetti),  Nucl.Instrum.Meth B 376, 417-419 (2016).

"Precision half­life measurement of 17F", M. Brodeur, C. Nicoloff, T. Ahn, J. Allen, D. W. Bardayan, F. D. Becchetti, Y. K. Gupta, M. R. Hall, O. Hall, J. Hu, J. M. Kelly, J. J. Kolata, J. Long, P. O'Malley, and B. E. Schultz, Phys. Rev. C 93, 025503-1-7 (2016).

"One-dimensionality in atomic nuclei: A candidate for linear-chain α clustering in C14", A. Fritsch, S. Beceiro-Novo, D. Suzuki, W. Mittig, J. J. Kolata, T. Ahn, D. Bazin, F. D. Becchetti, B. Bucher, Z. Chajecki, X. Fang, M. Febbraro, A. M. Howard, Y. Kanada-En'yo, W. G. Lynch, A. J. Mitchell, M. Ojaruega, A. M. Rogers, A. Shore, T. Suhara, X. D. Tang, R. Torres-Isea, and H. Wang, Phys. Rev. C 93, 014321 (2016).

"A Multi-Functional Apparatus for α and β Spectroscopy Utilizing a Permanent Ring-magnet β Spectrometer", F.D. Becchetti, M. Febbraro, J. Riggins, and R. O. Torres-Isea, Am. J. Phys. 84, 883 (2016).

 

2015

"Colliding nuclei to colliding galaxies: Illustrations using a simple colliding liquid-drop apparatus", F.D. Becchetti, S.L. Mack, W.R. Robinson, and M. Ojaruega, Am. J. Phys. 83, 846 (2015).

Proceedings SORMA XV Conference 2014, Eds. D. K.Wehe, G. Kim, Z. He,  F. D. Becchetti, M.D.Hammig, and S.A.Pozzi, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A784 (2015).

"History of the Bubble Chamber and Related Active- and Internal-Target Nuclear Tracking Detectors", F.D. Becchetti, Nuclear Instr. and Methods in Physics Research A, 784, 518-523 (2015).

"Active Target detectors for studies with exotic beams: Present and next future", W. Mittig, et al., Nuclear Instr. and Methods in Physics Research Section A 784, 494-498 (2015).

"Deuterated scintillators and their application to neutron spectroscopy", M. Febbraro, C.C. Lawrence, H. Zui, B Pierson, R.O. Torres-Isea, F.D. Becchetti, J.J. Kolata, J. Riggins, Nuclear Instr. and Methods in Physics Research A 784, 184-188 (2015).

2014

"Systematic Study of (d,n) Reactions at Ed - 16 MeV Using a Deuterated Scintillator Array" M. Febbraro, F.D. Becchetti, R.O. Torres-Isea, A.M. Howard, A. Riggins, C. Lawrence, J.J. Kolata, The European Physical Journal Conferences 66, 03026-30 (2014).

"Mapping σp into σfus for the 8B + 58Ni system", P. Amador-Valenzuela, E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, D. Lizcano, T. L. Belyaeva, and J. J. Kolata,  Journal of Physics: Conference Series 492, 012003 (2014).

"Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with Organic Scintillators for Arms-control Verification," (Ph.D. thesis, The University of Michigan) by Christopher C. Lawrence, Doctor of Phiolsophy, (Nucl. Eng. 2014).
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"A Deuterated Neutron Detector Array for the Study of Nuclear Reactions with Stable and Rare Isotope Beams," (Ph.D. thesis, The University of Michigan) by Michael T. Febbraro, Doctor of Phiolsophy, (Applied Physics 2014).
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"Near- and sub-barrier fusion of the 7Be + 58Ni system". E. Martinez-Quiroz, E.F. Aguilera, D. Lizcano, et al., Phys. Rev. C 90, 014616 (2014).

"Comment on 252Cf fission-neutron spectrum using a simplified time-of-flight setup: An advanced teaching laboratory experiment", American Journal of Physics Vol. 82, 706 (2014).

“Neutron Response Characterization for the EJ299-33 Plastic Scintillation Detector”, C.C. Lawrence, M. Febbraro, T.N. Massey, M. Flaska, F.D. Becchetti, S.A. Pozzi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A759, 16-22 (2014).

"Elastic scattering and total reaction cross section for the 7Be + 27Al system at near barrier energies", V. Morcelle, et al.,Phys Rev. C 89, 0446611 (2014).

2013

Near-barrier fusion and total reaction of a proton-rich projectile: 3 He + 58 NI", E.F. Aguilera, et al., Phys. Rev C 87, 014613 (2013).

“Comparison of Spectrum-unfolding Performance of (EJ309) and (EJ315) Liquid Scintillators on Measured 252Cf Pulse-height Spectra”, C.C. Lawrence, A.P. Enqvist, M. Flaska, S.A. Pozzi, F.D. Becchetti, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 729, 924-929 (2013).

“Response Characterization for an EJ315 Deuterated Organic-liquid Scintillation Detector for Neutron Spectroscopy”,C.C. Lawrence, A.P. Enqvist, M. Flaska, S.A. Pozzi, A.M. Howard, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 727, 21-28 (2013).

"Proton pair correlations and the neutrinoless double-β decay of 76Ge", A. Roberts, A.M. Howard, J.J. Kolata, et al., Phys. Rev. C 87, 051305 (2013).

"Resonant alpha scattering of 6He: limits of clustering in 10Be", D. Suzuki, A. Shore, W. Mittig, J.J. Kolata, et al., Phys. Rev. C 87, 054301 (2013).

"252CF fission-neutron spectrum using a simplified time-of-flight set up:  An advanced teaching laboratory experiment ", F.D. Becchetti, M. Febbraro, R. Torres-Isea, M. Ojaruega, and L. Baum, Am. J. Phys., 81, 112-118 (2013).

"Neutron Spectroscopy without Time-of-flight: A DSP-Based Deuterated Scintillator Array", M. Febbraro, F.D. Becchetti, R.O. Torres-Isea, M. Ojaruega, A. Howard, J. J. Kolata, A. Roberts, and A.N. Villano, IEEE-TNS 60, 890-896 (2013).

2012

"New Experimental Approach for Heavy and Superheavy Element Production", M. Barbul, et al., International Journal of Modern Physics E 18, (2012).

"Outstanding features of reactions with halo nuclei", E. F. Aguilera, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 387, 012001, 2012, doi:10.1088/1742- 6596/387/1/012001

"Prototype AT-TPC: Toward a new generation active target time projection chamber for radioactive beam experiments", D. Suzuki, M. Ford, D. Bazin, W. Mittig, W.G. Lynch, T. Ahn, S. Aune, E. Galyaev, A. Fritsch, J. Gilbert, F. Montes, A. Shore, J. Yurkon, J.J. Kolata, J. Browne, A. Howard, A.L. Roberts, and X.D. Tang, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A691, 39 (2012).

"Recent Results in Reactions Using Radioactive Ion Beams", E.F. Aguilera, J.J. Kolata, I. Martel, A.M. Sanchez-Benitez, and L Acosts, Proceedings of the XXXIV edition of the Brazilian Workshop on Nuclear Physics, PoS(XXXIV BWNP)009, ISSN: 1824-8039 (2012).

"Angular Momentum Limit for Fusion of Halo and Weakly Bound Systems", E.F. Aguilera and J.J. Kolata, Phys. Rev. C85, 014603 (2012).

"Fusion of 124,132Sn with 40,48Ca", J. J. Kolata, A. Roberts, A. M. Howard, D. Shapira, J. F. Liang, C. J. Gross, R. L. Varner, Z. Kohley, A. N. Villano, H. Amro, W. Loveland, and E. Chavez, Phys. Rev. C85, 054603 (2012).

"Halo Nucleus 11Be: A Spectroscopic Study via Neutron Transfer", K. T. Schmitt, K. L. Jones, A. Bey, S. H. Ahn, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, S. M. Brown, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, K. I. Hahn, J. J. Kolata, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, M. Mato, D. Matyas, B. Moazen, C. Nesaraja, F. M. Nunes, P. D. OMalley, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, A. Roberts, D. Shapira, J. F. Shriner, Jr., M. S. Smith, I. Spassova, D. W. Stracener, A. N. Villano, and G. L. Wilson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 192701 (2012).

2011

"Search for Heavy and Superheavy systems in 197Au + 232Th Collisions near the Coulomb Barrier", M. Barbul, et al., Journey of Physics Conference Series 312, 082012 (2011).

"Use of the BigSol Time Of Flight Spectrometer in the Study of Superheavy Element Production", M. Barbul, et al., Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry: Twenty-First International Conference, Edited by F.D. McDaniel and B.L. Doyle, 594-597; Amer Inst Physics.

"Evaporation Protons from 8B+58Ni at Near Barrier Energies", P. Amador-Valenzuela, E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, D. Lizcano, J. J. Kolata, A Roberts, F. D. Becchetti, M. Ojaruega, M. Febbraro, V. Guimaraes, E. S. Rossi Jr., J. F. P. Huiza, L. Acosta, and T. L. Belyaeva, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 322, 012007 (2011).
 
"Deuterated Liquid Scintilators: A New Tool for Neutron Measurements," M. Ojaruega, F.D. Becchetti, A.N. Villano, R. Torres-Isea, A. Roberts et al., Proc. CRETE 2011 Conference, AIP Conf. Proc. 1412, 249-253(2011) 249.

"Near-barrier fusion of the  8B +  58Ni proton-halo system," E. F. Aguilera, P. Amador-Valenzuela, E. Martinez-Quiroz, et al., Phys.Rev. Letters 107 (2011) 092701.

"Elastic Scattering and Total Reaction Cross Sections for 8B, 7Be and 6Li + 12C Systems," A. Barioni, J.C. Zamora, V. Guimaraes, B. Paes, J. Lubian, E.F. Anguilera, J.J. Kolata, A.L. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, A. Villano, M. Ojaruega, and H. Jiang Phys. Rev. C 84 (2011) 014603.

Proceedings SORMA XII Conference 2010 Nucl. Instrum. Methods A652 (2011), Eds. D. Wehe, F. Becchetti, S.Pozzi, Z.He, N. Clinthorne.

"Evaluation of Large Deuterated Scintillators for Fast Neutron Detection ....," M. Ojaruega, F. D. Becchetti, A. N. Villano, Hao Jiang, C. Lawrence, R. Torres-Isea, J. J. Kolata, A.Roberts, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A652 (2011) 397-399.

"A USB-2 Based Portable Data Acquisition System ....," Hao Jiang, M. Ojaruega, F. D. Becchetti, H. Griffin, R. Torres-Isea, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A652 (2011) 483-486.

"Time-of-Flight Energy Compensation to Improve Energy Resolution in Low-Energy Radioactive Beam Experiments at the TwinSol Facility," F.D. Becchetti, Hao Jiang, M. Ojaruega, R.O. Torres, A. Villano, J.J. Kolata, and A. Roberts, Nucl. Instrum. Methods, A652 (2011) 532-536.

"Efficiency Measurements of Deuterated Liquid Scintillators Using d(d,n)3He Coincidence Events," A. N. Villano, F.D. Becchetti, J.J.Kolata, M. Ojaruega, A. Roberts, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A652 (2011) 280-283.

2010

"Isospin dependence of capture cross sections: The 36S+208Pb reaction", R. Yanez, W. Loveland, A.M Vinodkumar, P.H. Sprunger, L. Prisbrey, D. Peterson, S. Zhu, J.J. Kolata, A. Villano, and J.F. Liang, Phys. Rev. C82, 054615 (2010).

"Evidence for core-halo decoupling in halo systems," E.F. Agulera, J.J. Kolata, and L. Acosta, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) 011604.

"Low-Energy and Secondary (Radioactive) Ion-Beam Profile and Intensity Measurements with Modified Gafchromic EBT Film," Hao Jiang, F.D. Becchetti, M. Ojaruega, R. Torres-Isea, R.S. Raymond, A.N. Villano, J.J. Kolata, A. Roberts, Nuclear Intrum. Methods in Physics Research A 620 (2010) 91-98.

2009


"Hindrance of complete fusion in the 8Li+208Pb system at above-barrier energies," E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, and P. Rosales, Physical Review C, 80, (2009) 044605.

"Proton-halo effects in the 8B+58Ni reaction near the Coulomb barrier," E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, P. Rosales, J.J. Kolata, et al., Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 55 Sup. (2009) 1.

"Fusion of 9Li with 208Pb," A.M. Vinodkumar, W. Loveland, P.H. Sprunger, L. Prisbrey, M. Trinczek, M. Dombsky, P. Machule, J.J. Kolata, A. Roberts, Physical Review C, 80 (2009) 054609.

"Evaporated residue yields in reaction of heavy neutron-rich radioactive ion beams with 64Ni and 96Zr targets," D. Shapira, J.F. Liang, C.J. Gross, J.J. Kolata, et al., AIP Conference Proceedings, 1098 (2009) 237.

"Interaction barriers for light, weakly bound projectiles," J.J. Kolata and E.F. Aguilera, Physical Review C, 79 (2009) 027603.

"Astrophysical S-17(0) factor extracted from breakup of 8B on 58Ni at energies near the Coulomb barrier," T.L. Belyaeva, E.F. Aguielra, E. Martinez-Quiroz, A.M. Moro, and J.J. Kolata, Physical Review C 80 (2009) 064617.

"Effects of breakup couplings in 8B+58Ni elastic scattering,"J. Lubian, T. Correa, E.F. Aguilera, L.F. Canto, A. Gomez-Camacho, E.M. Quiroz, and P.R.S. Gomes, Physical Review C 79 (2009) 064605.

"New Experimental Approach for Heavy and Superheavy Element Production", M. Barbui, T. Materna, P. Sahu, A. Wieloch, F.D. Becchetti, G. Chubaryan, M. Cinausero, T.W. O'Donnell, D. Fabris, H. Griffin, K. Hagel, S. Kowalski, M. Lunardon, Z. Majka, S. Moretto, R. Murthy, J.B. Natowitz, G. Nebria, S. Presente, G. Prete, L. Qin, V. Rizzi, Z. Sosin, G. Souliotix, G. Viesti, R. Wada, J. Wang, Int. Journal of Modern Phys E 18, no.4 (2009) 1036-1043.

"Improvement of Ion-Beam Energy Resolution in a Solenoid-based Radioactive Nuclear Beam Facility", (Ph.D. thesis The University of Michigan) by Hao Jiang, Doctor of Philosophy, (Nucl. Eng.) 2009.
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"Fast Neutron Measurements using Deuterated Liquid Scintillators", (Ph.D. thesis The University of Michigan) by Mitaire Ojaruega, Doctor of Philosophy, (Applied Physics) 2009.
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"Reaction Cross Sections for 8B, 7Be and 6Li+58Ni Near the Coulomb Barrier, Proton-halo effects", E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, D. Lizcano, A. Gómez-Camacho, J. J. Kolata, L. O. Lamm, V. Guimãraes, R. Lichtenthäler, O. Camargo, F. D. Becchetti, H. Jiang, P. A. DeYoung, P. J. Mears, T. L. Belyaeva, Phys. Rev. C79 (2009) 021601.

“Tests of a C6D6 Deuterated Scintillator Array and Measurements of
(d,n) Cross Sections”, M. Ojaruega, A. N. Villano, Hao Jiang, F.D.
Becchetti, M. R. Hartman, Amy Roberts, J. J. Kolata, Proceedings of the 10th Int’l Conf. on Application of Nuclear Techniques, Crete, Greece, June, 2009. AIP Conf. Proceedings 1194 (2009) 12-16.

2008

"Elastic scattering of a proton-halo nucleus: 8B+58Ni", E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, P. Rosales, D. Lizcano, A. Gomez-Camacho, J. J. Kolata, L. O. Lamm, V. Guimaraes, R. Lichtenthaler, O. Camargo, F. D. Becchetti, H. Jiang, P. A. DeYoung, and P. J. Mears, Revista Mexicana de Fisica 54 Sup, (2008) 63.

"132Sn+96Zr reaction: A study of fusion enhancement/hindrance", A.M. Vinodkumar, W. Loveland, J. J. Neeway, L. Prisbrey, P. H. Sprunger, D. Peterson, J. F. Liang, D. Shapira, C. J. Gross, R. L. Varner, J. J. Kolata, A. Roberts, and A. L. Caraley, Physical Review C 78 (2008) 054608.

"New measurements on breakup of 8B + 58Ni at energies around the Coulomb barrier", E. F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, T. L. Belyaeva, J. J. Kolata, and R. Leyte-Gonzǭlez, Physics of Atomic Nuclei 71 (2008) 1163.

"T=3/2 states in 13C", B. B. Skorodumov, G. V. Rogachev, A. Aprahamian, V. Z. Goldberg, J. J. Kolata, S. Almaraz, H. Amro, E. D. Johnson, L. O. Lamm, M. Quinn, A. Teymurazyan, and A. Woehr, Physical Review C 78 (2008) 044603.

"The 9Be (8Li, 9Be ) 8Li, elastic-transfer reaction", O. Camargo, V. Guimãraes, R. Lichtenthäler, V. Scarduelli, C.A. Bertulani, H. Amro, F.D. Becchetti, H. Jiang, E.F. Aguilera, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, H. Garcia, Phys. Rev. C78 (2008) 034605

"Investigation of nucleossynthesis 8Li (n,g) 9Li and 8Li (p,g) 9Be capture reactions", V. Guimãraes, O. Camargo, R. Lichtenthäler, V. Scarduelli, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, H. Amro, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, Proceedings of the 23rd International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2007); Nuclear Physics A805 (2008 ) 591-593.

"Transfer Reactions in the Investigation of Light-Nuclei Nucleosynthesis."
V. Guimãraes, O. Camargo, R. Lichtenthäler, V. Scarduelli, J.J. Kolata, H. Amro, F.D. Becchetti, E.F. Aguilera, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, XXXII Symposium on Nuclear Physics - Cocoyoc, 2008, Cocoyoc - Mexico Revista Mexicana de Física., 54 (2008) 63-68.


2007

Study of Fusion for the 8Li + 208Pb System", E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, H. Garcia-Martinez, A. Gomez-Camacho, J.J. Kolata, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, P. Mears, C. Guess, F.D. Becchetti, J.H. Lupton and Yu Chen, Rev. Mex. Fis 53 No. 6 (2007) 1-5.

"Measurements of Fusion Reactions Induced by Radioactive 132Sn and 64Ni," J.F. Liang, D. Shapira, C.J. Gross, R.L. Varner, H. Amro, J.R. Beene, J.D. Bierman, A.L. Caraley, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J.G. del Campo, P.A. Hausladen, K.L. Jones, J.J. Kolara, Y. Larochelle, W. Loveland, P.E. Mueller, D. Peterson, D.C. Radford, and D.W. Stra, European Physical Journal-Special Topics 150 (2007) 35.

"New Measurements on Breakup of 8B + 58Ni at Energies aAround the Coulomb Barrier, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, T.L. Belyaeva, J.J. Kolara, and R. Leyte-Gonzolez, Physics of Atomic Nuclei 71 (2008) 1163.

"BaF Array for γ-tagged Studies with Radioactive Nuclear Beams", H. Amro, F.D. Becchetti, Hao Jiang, M. Ojaruega, J.J. Kolata, B. Skiorodumov, G. Peaslee, P.D. Young, D. Denby, J.D. Hinnefeld Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 579 (2007) 31-35.
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"The Effect of Magnetic Field on Relative Biological Effectiveness in Yeast Cells," Y. Chen, B. Lau, and F.D. Becchetti, Medical Physics vol. 34 6 (2007) 2495.

"Threshold Anomaly in the Elastic Scattering of 6He on 209Bi," A.R. Garcia, J. Lubian, I. Padron, P.R.S. Gomes, T. Lacerda, V.N. Garcia, A. Gomez Camacho, and E.F. Aguilera, Physical Review C 76 (2007) 067603.

"7Be-induced α-transfer reaction on 12C," H. Amro, F.D. Becchetti, Y. Chen, H. Jiang, M. Ojaruega, M.J. Golobish, H.C. Griffin, J.J. Kolata, B. Skorodumov, G. Peaslee, P.A. DeYoung, P. Mears, D. Denby, J. Brown, J.D. Hinnefeld, A.M. Moro, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 150 (2007) 1-7.

"Investigation of Nucleosynthesis Capture Reactions by Using 8Li Radioactive Beam Transfer reactions," V. Guimãraes, O. Camargo, R. Lichtenthäler, A. Barioni, J.J. Kolata, H. Amro, F.D. Becchetti, E.F. Aguilera, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, International Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics - Nuclei in the Cosmos - IX, 2007; Proceeding of Science, NIC-IX (2007) 108.

“Neutron transfer reactions induced by 8Li on 9Be”, V. Guimaraes, R. Lichtenthaler, O. Camargo, A. Barioni, M. Assuncao, J. J. Kolata, H. Amro, F. D. Becchetti, Hao Jiang, E. F. Aguilera, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, and H. Garcia, Phys. Rev. C75 (2007) 054602. [9 pages]

“Spectroscopy of 9C via resonance scattering of protons on 8B,” G.V. Rogachev, J.J. Kolata, A.S. Volya, F.D. Becchetti, Y. Chen, P.A. DeYoung, and J. Lupton, Phys. Rev. C75 (2007) 014603. [8 pages]

“Lowest excited states of 13O,” B. B. Skorodumov, G. V. Rogachev, P. Boutachkov, A. Aprahamian, V. Z. Goldberg, A. Mukhamedzhanov, S. Almaraz, H. Amro, F. D. Becchetti, S. Brown, Y. Chen, H. Jiang, J. J. Kolata, L. O. Lamm, M. Quinn, and A. Woehr, Phys. Rev. C75 (2007) 024607. [6 pages]

“Performance of the RADPHI detector and trigger in a high rate tagged photon beam,” R.T. Jones, T. Bogue, B.E. Evans, M. Kornicer, A.R. Dzierba, R. Gardner, J.L. Gunter, D. Krop, R. Lindenbusch, D.R. Rust, E. Scott, P. Smith, C. Steffen, S. Teige, D.S. Armstrong, J.H.D. Clark, L.J. Kaufman, D.J. Steiner, E. Frlez, D. Pocanic, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, G. Rogachev, C. Campbell, E. Collins, L. McGlinchey, P. Rubin, E. Walker, G.S. Adams, J. Napolitano, H. Crannell, D.I. Sober, R.R. Mammei, and E.S. Smith, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 570 (2007) 384–398.

“Fusion of radioactive 132Sn with 64Ni,” J. F. Liang, D. Shapira, J. R. Beene, C. J. Gross, R. L. Varner, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo, P. A. Hausladen, P. E. Mueller, D. W. Stracener, H. Amro, J. J. Kolata, J. D. Bierman,, A. L. Caraley, K. L. Jones, Y. Larochelle, W. Loveland, and D. Peterson, Phys. Rev. C 75 (2007) 054607. [9 pages]

“Breakup of 6He incident on 209Bi near the Coulomb barrier”, J. J. Kolata, H. Amro, F. D. Becchetti, J. A. Brown, P. A. DeYoung, M. Hencheck, J. D. Hinnefeld, G. F. Peaslee, A. L. Fritsch, C. Hall, U. Khadka, Patrick J. Mears, P. O’Rourke, D. Padilla, J. Rieth,Tabatha Spencer, and T. Williams, Phys. Rev. C 75 (2007) 031302(R). [4 pages]

"Nuclear Reactions with Radioactive, Isomer Beams: Coulomb Excitation of 18F.g.s. and its JΠ = 5+ Isomer 18Fm using a Large Position-sensitive NaI array", J.A. Zimmerman, F.D. Becchetti, H.C. Griffin, D.A. Roberts, M.Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, J.A. Brown, R.M. Ronningen, T. Glasmacher, R.W. Ibbotson, H. Scheit, B. Pritychenko, D.W. Anthony, P.A. Lofy, M. Steiner, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 579 (2007) 476-480.
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"Energy-spread Compensation in a Solenoid-based Secondary Radioactive Beam Apparatus", Hao Jiang, H. Amro, M. Ojaruega, F.D. Becchetti, J.J. Kolata , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 579 (2007) 461-465.

"The Effect of Magnetic Field on Relative Biological Effectiveness in Yeast Cells", Y. Chen, B. Lau and F. Becchetti, Medical Physics 34 6 (June 2007) 2495.

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2006

"Protons from 8B + 58Ni", E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, H. Garcia-Martinez, D. Lizcano, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, G. Rogachev, P.A. DeYount, C. Guess, U Khadaka, P.J. Mears, F.D. Becchetti, Yu Chen, H. Jiang, J.D. Hinnefeld and G.F. Peaslee, Rev. Mex Fis. 52 No. 1 (2006) 41-45.

“Capture cross sections for the near symmetric 124Sn+96Zr reaction,” A.M. Vinodkumar, W. Loveland, P.H. Sprunger, D. Peterson, J.F. Liang, D. Shapira, R.L Varner, C.J. Gross, and J.J. Kolata, Phys. Rev. C74, 064612 (2006). [5 pages]

“Investigation of the 19Na nucleus via resonance elastic scattering,” B.B. Skorodumov, G.V. Rogachev, P. Boutachkov, A. Aprahamian, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, M. Qunn and A. Woehr, Physics of Atomic Nuclei 69, 1979 (2006). [6 pages]

"Reaction and Proton-removal Cross Sections of 6Li, 7Be, 10B, 9,10,11C, 12N, 13,15O and 17Ne on Si at 15 to 53 MeV/nucleon", R. E. Warner, F. Carstoiu, J. A. Brown, F. D. Becchetti, D. A. Roberts, B. Davids, A. Galonsky, R. M. Ronningen, M. Steiner, M. Horoi, J. J. Kolata, A. Nadasen, C. Samanta, J. Schwartzenberg, and K. Subotic, Phys Rev. C 74, 014605 (2006).

"Radiotherapy, Heavy Ions and Electrons", F.D. Becchetti in Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, edited by John G. Webster, Second Edition V6, P. 1-13 Wiley Interscience (2006).

"A Large Segmented Neutron Detector for Reaction Studies with Radioactive Beams Near the Coulomb barrier", J.J. Kolata, H. Amro, M. Cloughesy, P.A. DeYoung, J. Rieth, J.P. Bychowski, G. Peaslee, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 557, 594-598 (2006).

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2005

"The Magnetic Confinement of Electron and Photon Dose Profiles and the Possible Effect of the Magnetic Field on Relative Biological Effectivenes", (Ph.D. thesis The University of Michigan) by Yu Chen, Doctor of Philosophy, (Physics) (2005).
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"The (8Li, α) Reaction at Low Energy: Direct 4H Cluster Transfer?",
F.D. Becchetti, R.S. Raymond, D.A. Roberts, J. Lucido, P.A. DeYoung, B. Hildore, J. Hilldore, J. Bychowski, A.J. Huisman, P.J. VanWylen, J.J. Kolata, G. Rogachev, and J.D. Hinnefeld, Phys Rev C 72 054610 (2005).

"Two-neutron Transfer in the 6He+209 Bi Reaction Near the Coulomb Barrier" P.A. DeYoung, P.J. Mears, J.J. Kolata, E.F. Aguilera, F.D. Becchetti, Y. Chen, M. Cloughesy, H. Griffin, C. Guess, J.D. Hinnefeld, H. Jiang, Scott R. Jones, U Khadka, D. Lizcano, E. Martinex-Quiroz, M. Ojaniega, G.F. Peaslee, A. Péna, S. VanDenDrieddshe, and J. Zimmerman, Phys Rev 71, 051601 (2005).

"Doppler Shift as a Tool for Studies of Isobaric Analog States of Neutron-Rich Nuclei Application to 7He," P. Boutachkov, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, A. Aprahamian, F.D. Becchetti, J.P. Bychowski, Y. Chen, G. Chubarian, P.A. DeYoung, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, G.F. Peaslee, M. Quinn, B.B. Skorodumov, and A.Wöhr., Phys Rev Lett 95, 132502 (2005).

"Magnetic Confinement of Electron and Photon Radiotherapy Dose - a Monte Carlo Simulation with a non-uniform Longitudinal Magnetic Field", Y. Chen, A.F. Bielajew, D.W. Litzenberg, J. Moran, F.D. Becchetti, Med Phys 32, 3810-3818 (2005).

"Sub-barrier fusion induced by neutron-rich radioactive Sn-132", Liang JF, Shapira D, Gross CJ, Varner RL, Amro H, Beene JR, Bierman JD, Caraley AL, Galindo-Uribarri A, del Campo JG, Hausladen PA, Jones KL, Kolata JJ, Larochelle Y, Loveland W, Mueller PE, Peterson D, Radford DC, Stracener DW EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A 25: 239-240 Suppl. 1, (2005).

"Measurement of evaporation residue cross sections from reactions with radioactive neutron-rich beams", Shapira D, Liang JF, Gross CJ, Varner RL, Beene JR, Galindo-Uribarri A, Del Campo JG, Mueller PE, Stracener DW, Hausladen PA, Harlin C, Kolata JJ, Amro H, Loveland W, Jones KL, Bierman JD, Caraley AL, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A 25: 241-242 Suppl. 1, (2005).

"Isobaric analog states of neutron-rich nuclei. Doppler shift as a measurement tool for resonance excitation functions", Boutachkov P, Rogachev GV, Goldberg VZ, Aprahamian A, Becchetti FD, Bychowski JP, Chen Y, Chubarian G, DeYoung PA, Kolata JJ, Lamm LO, Peaslee GF, Quinn M, Skorodumov BB, Wohr A, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A 25: 259-260 Suppl. 1, (2005).

“Isobaric analog states as a tool for spectroscopy of exotic nuclei.” G.V. Rogachev, A.A. Aprahamian, F.D. Becchetti, P. Boutachkov, Y. Chen, G. Chubarian, P.A. DeYoung, A. Fomichev, V.Z. Goldberg, M.S. Golovkov, J.J. Kolata, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, G.F. Peaslee, M. Quinn, A. Rodin, B.B. Skorodumov, R.S. Slepnev, G. Ter-Akopian, W.H. Trzaska, A. Wohr, and R. Wolski, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B:Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 241, 977-982 (2005).

"Radioactive Ion Beams in Brazil (RIBRAS)", Lichtenthaler R, Lepine-Szily A, Guimarães V, Perego C, Placco V, Camargo O, Denke R, de Faria PN, Benjamim EA, Added N, Lima GF, Hussein MS, Kolata J, Arazi A,
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A 25: 733-736 Suppl. 1, (2005).

"A high-efficiency compact setup to study evaporation residues formed in reactions induced by low-intensity radioactive ion beams", Shapira D, Liang JF, Gross CJ, Varner RL, Amro H, Harlin C, Kolata JJ, Novotny S, Nucl. Instrum.. & Meth. A551 (2-3): 330-338 OCT 11 2005.

"Direct neutron transfer in the U-238(He-6, fission) reaction near the Coulomb barrier", Kolata JJ, Phys. Rev. C 71 (6): Art. No. 067603 JUNE (2005).

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2004

"Analog States of 7He Observed via the 6He (p, n) Reaction", G.V. Rogachev, P. Boutachkov, V.Z. Goldberg, J.J. Kolata, A. Aprahamian, F.D. Becchetti, Y. Chen, G. Chubarian, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, M. Quinn, B.B. Skorodumov, and A. Wöhr, Phys. Rev. lett 92, 232502 (2004)

"Proton Removal from 8B, 9C, and 12C on Si at 20--70 MeV/Nucleon",
R. E. Warner, F. D. Becchetti, J. A. Brown, A. Galonsky, J. H. Kelley, A. Nadasen, R. M. Ronningen, J. A. Tostevin, J. S. Winfield, and P. Zecher
Phys. Rev. C 69, 024612 (2004)

"Elastic Scattering of 10Be on 208Pb Near the Coulomb Barrier", J.J. Kolata, E.F. Aguilera, F.D. Becchetti, Y. Chen, P.A. DeYoung, H. García-Martínex, J.D. Hinnefeld, J. Lupton, E. Martinez-Quiroz, H.G. Martinez and G. Peaslee, Phys Rev C 69, 047601(2004)

"Fusion of the 8Li+208Pb System at Energies Around the Coulomb Barrier", E.F. Aguilera et. al., Rev Mex Fis (in press)

"209Bi (6He, α) Reaction Mechanisms Studied Near Coulomb Barrier Using n-α Coincidence Measurements", J.P. Bychowski*, P.A. DeYoung, B.B. Hilldore*, J.D. Hinnefeld, A. Vida*, F.D. Becchetti, J.Lupton , T.w. O'Donnel, J.J. Kolata, G. Rogachev, and M. Hencheck, Phys Lett B 596 , 26 (2004).

"New Approach for Measuring Properties of rp-Process Nuclei", R.R.C. Clement D. Bazin, W. Benenson, B.A. Brown, A.L. Cole, M.W. Cooper, P.A. DeYoung, A. Estrade, M.A. Famiano, N.H. Frank, A. Gade, T. Glasmacher, P.T. Hosmer, W.G. Lynch, F. Montes, W.F. Mueller, G.F. Peaslee, P. Santi, H. Schatz, B.M. Sherrill, M-J. van Goethem, and M.S. Wallace, Phys Rev Lett 92, 172502 (2004) in Am J. Phys. (2004)

"Fusion of the Li-8+Pb-208 system at near-barrier energies studied via xn evaporation", Aguilera EF, Martinez-Quiroz E, Garcia-Martinez H, Gomez-Camacho A, Kolata JJ, Rogachev G, DeYoung PA, Peaslee GF, Mears P, Becchetti FD, Lupton JH, Chen Y, Hinnefeld JD, REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA 50: 1-4 Suppl. 2, DEC (2004)

"Structure of exotic He-7 and He-9", Rogachev GV, Aprahamian A, Becchetti FD, Boutachkov P, Chen Y, Chubarian G, DeYoung PA, Fomichev A, Goldberg VZ, Golovkov MS, Kolata JJ, Oganessian YT, Peaslee GF, Quinn M, Rodin A, Skorodumov BB, Slepnev RS, Ter-Akopian G, Trzaska WH, Wohr A, Wolski R, Nuclear Physics A 746: 229C-235C DEC 27 (2004)

"Resonance scattering He-8+P and T=5/2 states in Li-9", Goldberg VZ, Rogachev GV, Kolata JJ, Chubarian G, Aleksandrov D, Golovkov MS, Oganessian YT, Rodin A, Skorodumov B, Slepnev RS, Ter-Akopian G, Wolski R, Nuclear Physics A 734: 349-356 APR 5 (2004)

"Investigation of the alpha-cluster structure of Ne-22 and Mg-22", Goldberg VZ, Rogachev GV, Trzaska WH, Kolata JJ, Andreyev A, Angulo C, Borge MJG, Cherubini S, Chubarian G, Crowley G, Van Duppen P, Gorska M, Gulino M, Huyse M, Jesinger P, Kallman KM, Lattuada M, Lonnroth T, Mutterer M, Raabe R, Romano S, Rozhkov MV, Skorodumov BB, Spitaleri C, Tengblad O, Tumino A, Phys. Rev. C 69 (2): Art. No. 024602 FEB (2004)

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2003

"Final State Interaction or a 3H Excited State?" G.V. Rogachev et al, Phys Rev C 68 024602 (2003)

"Searching for Resonances in the Unbound 6Be and 5Li Nuclei", V. Guimarães, R. Kuramoto, R. Lichtenthäler, G. Amadio, E. Benjamin, P.N. de Faria, A. Lépine-Szily, G.F. Lima, J.J. Kolata, G. Rogachev, F.D. Becchetti, T. O'Donnell, Y. Chen, J. Hinnefeld, J. Lupton, Nuclear Physics A 722 (2003) 341c-346c

"The TwinSol Low-energy Radioactive Nuclear Beam Apparatus:  Status and Recent Results," F.D. Becchetti, M.Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, G. Rogachev, V. Guimarães, P.A. DeYoung, S. Vincent, Nuclear Instrum. Methods A 505 (2003) 377-380 

"Elastic Scattering and Transfer in the 8Li+208Pb System Near the Coulomb Barrier", J.J. Kolata et al, Phys Rev C 65 054616 (2003)

"Experimental Determination of the Surface Density for the 6He Exotic Nucleus", L.R. Gasques et al, Phys Rev C 67, 024602 (2003)

"Proton Elastic Scattering From 7Be at Low Energies," G.V. Rogachev, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, P.A. DeYoung, M. Hencheck, K. Hencheck, K. Herrund, J.D. Hinnefeld, B. Hughey, P.L. Jolivette, L.M. Kiesser, H.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, G.F. Peaslee, D. Peterson, D.A. Roberts, P. Santi, and S.A. Shaheen, Phys. Rev. C 64, 061601 (2003)
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"Elastic Scattering and Transfer in the 6He + 209Bi system below the Coulomb Barrier," E.F. Aguilera, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, P.A. DeYoung, J.D. Hinnefeld, Á. Horvath, L.O. Lamm, Hye-Young Lee, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, and G. Rogachev, Phys. Rev. C 63 061603 (2003) 
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"Recent results in the studies of nuclear structure by resonance scattering with radioactive beams", Goldberg VZ, Trzaska WH, Rogachev G, Kolata JJ, Andreev A, Angulo C, Borge MJG, Cherubini S, Chubarian GG, Crowley G, Fomichev A, Gorska M, Guliano M, Golovkov MS, Huyse M, Kallman KM, Lattuada M, Lonnroth T, Mutterer M, Oganessian YT, Raabe R, Rodin A, Romano S, Rozhkov M, Skorodumov BB, Slepnev RS, Spitaleri C, Tengblad O, Ter-Akopian GM, Tumino A, Van Duppen P, Wolski R, REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA 49: 124-129 Suppl. 4, NOV (2003)

"Reaction cross sections for exotic light nuclei near the Coulomb barrier", Kolata JJ, Aguilera EF, REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA 49: 50-53 Suppl. 4, NOV (2003)

"New perspectives in the studies of resonance scattering", Goldberg VZ, Trzaska WH, Rogachev GV, Kolata JJ, Andreyev A, Angulo C, Borge MJG, Cherubini S, Chubarian G, Crowley G, Fomichev AS, Gorska M, Gulino M, Golovkov MS, Huyse M, Kallman KM, Lattuada M, Lonnroth T, Mutterer M, Raabe R, Rodin AM, Romano S, Rozhkov MV, Skorodumov BB, Spitaleri C, Tengblad O, Ter-Akopian GM, Tumino A, Van Duppen P, Wolski R, ACTA PHYSICA HUNGARICA NEW SERIES-HEAVY ION PHYSICS 18 (2-4): 215-222 (2003)

"T=5/2 states in Li-9: Isobaric analog states of He-9", Rogachev GV, Goldberg VZ, Kolata JJ, Chubarian G, Aleksandrov D, Fomichev A, Golovkov MS, Oganessian YT, Rodin A, Skorodumov B, Slepnev RS, Ter-Akopian G, Trzaska WH, Wolski R, PHYSICAL REVIEW C 67 (4): Art. No. 041603 APR (2003)

"Measurements of astrophysical neutron capture cross sections via the inverse reaction", Horvath A, Galonsky A, Carlin N, Deak F, Gomi T, Guimarães V, Higurashi Y, Hiroshi K, Ieki K, Iwata Y, Kiss A, Kolata J, Rauscher T, Schelin H, von Schwarzenberg J, Seres Z, Takeuchi S, Typel S, Warner R, Weiner J
NUCLEAR PHYSICS A 719: 9C-12C MAY 19 (2003)

"Structure of the Li-10 nucleus investigated via the Li-9(d,p)Li-10 reaction",
Santi P, Kolata JJ, Guimarães V, Peterson D, White-Stevens R, Rischette E, Bazin D, Sherrill BM, Navin A, DeYoung PA, Jolivette PL, Peaslee GF, Guray RT, PHYSICAL REVIEW C 67 (2): Art. No. 024606 FEB (2003)

"Elastic scattering of Li-9 and Li-11 from C-12 at 50 MeV per nucleon",
Peterson D, Kolata JJ, Santi P, von Schwarzenberg J, Bazin D, Sherrill BM PHYSICAL REVIEW C 67 (1): Art. No. 014601 JAN (2003)

"Astrophysical reaction rate for the Li-8(n,gamma)Li-9 reaction", Kobayashi H, Ieki K, Horvath A, Galonsky A, Carlin N, Deak F, Gomi T, Guimarães V, Higurashi Y, Iwata Y, Kiss A, Kolata JJ, Rauscher T, Schelin H, Seres Z, Warner R, PHYSICAL REVIEW C 67 (1): Art. No. 015806 JAN (2003)

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2002

"Point/Counterpoint: High Energy Electron Beams Shaped with Applied Magnetic Fields Could Provide a Competitive and Cost-effective Alternative to Proton and Heavy-ion Radiotherapy," F.D. Becchetti, J.M. Sisterson, W.R. Hendee, Med Phys 29 (10), October 2002, pp 2435-2437

"Isospin Inversion, n-p Interactions, and Quartet Structures in N=Z Nuclei," J. Jänecke, T.W. O'Donnell, and V.I. Goldanskii, Physical Review C 66, 024327 (2002)

"Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with a Low Energy 6He Radioactive Ion Beam," S.M. Vincent, A. Aprahamian, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, V. Guimarães, R.C. de Haan, D. Peterson, P. Santi, A. Teymurazyan, F.D. Becchetti, T.W. O'Donnell, M. Lee, D.A. Roberts, J.A. Zimmerman, J.A. Brown, NIM A 491 (2002) 426-436

"Measurement of the Cross Section of the 8Li(d,α) 6He Reaction of Possible Relevance to Big Bang Nucleosynthesis" L. Sahin, R.N. Boyd, A.L. Cole, M. Famiano, R.T., Güray, A. St. J. Murphy, N.Özkan, J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, M. Hencheck, Phys Rev C 65 038801 (2002)

"Twinsol: A Dual Superconducting Solenoid Ion-Optical System for the Production and Study of Low-Energy Radioactive Nuclear Beam Reactions," M.-Y. Lee (Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan 2002). Click Here to view

"Perspective: Evidence for Nuclear Reactions in Imploding Bubbles,"  F.D. Becchetti Science V295 p. 1850 (March 8 2002)

"Energy Dependence of the Total Reaction Cross Section of Isomeric 18Fm on Silicon Below 400 MeV,"  D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, J.J. Jänecke, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, K. Pham, J.A. Brown, R.E. Warner, R.M. Ronningen, H.W. Wilschut Phys. Rev. C 65, 044605 (2002)

Reply to "Comment on 'Systematics of Transfer/Breakup Yields for Weakly-bound Light Nuclei' ", J.J. Kolata, Phys Rev C 65 019802 (2002)

"Direct Measurement of the L/K ratio in 7Be Electron Capture," P.A. Voytas, C. Ternovan, M. Galeazzi, D. McCammon, J.J. Kolata, P. Santi, D. Peterson, V. Guimarães, F. D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, and S. Shaheen  Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 012501 (2002)

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2001

"Elastic Scattering and Transfer in the 6He + 209Bi System Below the Coulomb Barrier", E.F. Aguilera, J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, P.A. DeYoung, J.D. Hinnefeld, A. Horvat, L.O. Lann, Hye-Young  Lee, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, P. Mohr, T.W. O’Donnel, D.A. Roberts and G. Rogachev,  Phys Rev. C 63 (2001) 061603. 

"Systematics of Transfer/Breakup Yields for Weakly Bound Light Nuclei", J.J. Kolata, Phys Rev C 63 061604R (2001)

"Magnetic Confinement of Radiotherapy Beam-Dose Profiles," F.D. Becchetti, D.W. Litzenberg, J.M. Moran, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, B.A. Fraass, D.L. McShan, and A.F. Bielajew, Proc. Cyclotrons and Their Applications 2001, Sixteenth International Conference (AIP Press) pp. 44-46 Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

"An Apparatus for Applying Strong Longitudinal Magnetic Fields to Clinical Photon and Electron Beams,"  D.W. Litzenberg, B.A. Fraass, D.L. McShan, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, A.F. Bielajew, J.M. Moran, Phys Med Bio V46 no. 5, pp. N105-N115, (2001)

"A Dual 6T Persistent-Mode SC Solenoid Ion-Optical System for Radioactive Nuclear Beam Research," F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, D.A. Roberts, T.W. O'Donnell, J.A. Zimmerman, J.J. Kolata, D. Peterson, P. Santi, V. Guimarães, and L.O. Lamm, Proc. Conference on Applied Superconductivity, Virginia City, VA (September 2000); IEEE Transactions on Superconductivity  11 (1 Part 2), (March 2001) 1601-1604
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"Dose Characteristics of Clinical Electron and Photon Radiotherapy Beams Modified by Longitudinal Magnetic Fields,"  D.W. Litzenberg, B.A. Fraass, D.L. McShan, I. Chetty, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, A.F. Bielajew, J.M. Moran, Medical Physics 28 6 (June 2001) p 1277

"Breakup of 8B at Sub-Coulomb Energies," J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, P. Santi, R.H. White-Stevens,  S.M. Vincent, F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, J.A. Zimmerman, Phys. Rev. C 63 024616 (2001)

"Total Reaction and Neutron-removal Cross Sections of (30-60)A MeV Be Isotopes on Si and Pb,"  R.E. Warner, M.H. McKinnon, J.S. Needleman, N.C. Shaner, F.D. Becchetti, D.A. Roberts, A. Galonsky, R.M. Ronningen, M. Steiner, J.A. Brown, J.J. Kolata, A. Nadasen, K. Subotic, Phys. Rev. C 64 044611 (2001) 

"Reaction Cross Sections for 6He + 209Bi below the Coulomb Barrier," D. Lizcano, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinex-Quiroz, J.J. Kolata, G. Rogachev, H.Y. Lee, L.O. Lamm, A. Harvath, F.D. Becchetti, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, P.A. DeYoung, and J.D. Hinnefeld, Invited talk Proc. XXIV Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Gro., Rev. Mex. Fis. 47, Suppl. 2 (Jan 3-6, 2001) 78-82.  

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2000

"Angular Momentum in the 6He + 209Bi Reaction Deduced from Isomer Ratio Measurements," P.A. DeYoung et. al. Phys Rev C 62 047601 (2000)

"Low-lying Collective Excitations in 18Fg.s. and 18Fm Studied Via Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitation," James Aaron Zimmerman (Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan, 2000)

"Experimental Apparatus to Measure the Effects of Strong Longitudinal Magnetic Fields on Photon and Electron Radiotherapy Beams," D.W. Litzenberg, B.A. Frass, D.L. McShan, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, A.F. Bigelow, J.M. Moran, submitted to Phys Med Bio, (2000)
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"Velocities of Neutron-Rich Fragments of 136Xe on natC at E/A = 30 MeV/u Collected at 1.36 T-m and qlab £ qgrazing ," A. Sickles, T.W. O'Donnell and the BigSol Collaboration, BAPS, DNP Fall 2000 meeting (REU Session)
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"Transfer and/or Breakup Modes in the 6He with 209Bi Reaction near the Coulomb Barrier," E.F. Aguilera, J.J. Kolata, F.M. Nunes, F.D. Becchetti, P.A. DeYoung, M. Goupell, V. Guimarães, B. Hughey, M.-Y. Lee, D. Lizcano, E. Martinez-Quiroz, A. Nowlin, T.W. O'Donnell, G.F. Peaslee, D. Peterson, P. Santi, and R. White-Stevens, Phys Rev Letters 84 (22)  5058 (2000)

"Total Reaction and Neutron-Removal Cross Sections of (30-60)A MeV He and Li Isotopes on Pb," R.E. Warner, M.H. McKinnon, N.C. Shaner, F.D. Becchetti, A. Nadasen, D.A. Roberts, J.A. Brown, A. Galonsky, J.J. Kolata, R.M. Ronningen, M. Steiner, and K. Subotic,  Phys. Rev. C  62  024608 (2000)

"The TwinSol RNB Apparatus," F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, D.A. Roberts, T.W. O'Donnell, J. Zimmerman, J.J. Kolata, P. Santi, D. Peterson, S. Vincent and L.O. Lamm, Invited Paper CAARI 2000 Conf. (November 2000) Denton, TX Click here to view The TwinSol RNB Apparatus

"A Superconducting Solenoid Isotope Spectrometer for Production of Neutron-Rich Nuclei (136Xe + natC, E/A = 30 MeV/u)," Thomas W. O'Donnell (Ph.D Thesis, University of Michigan, February 2000) Click here to view this paper.

"Nuclear and Coulomb Interaction in 8B Breakup at Sub-Coulomb Energies," V. Guimarães, J.J. Kolata, D. Peterson, P. Santi, R.H. White-Stevens,   S.M. Vincent, F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, and J.A. Zimmerman, Phys Rev Letters 84 9 1862 (2000)

"Alpha Particle Emission from 6He+209Bi", D. Lizcano, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinex Quiroz, J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, P. Santi, R. White-Stevens, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, M. Goupel, B. Hughey, A. Howlin, F.D. Becchetti, T.W. O'Donnell, M.-Y. Lee, F.M. Nunez, Invited talk at: XXIII Oaxtepec Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Oaxtepec, Mor., Rev. Mex. Fis. 46, Suppl. 1 (Jan. 10-13, 2000) 116-120.

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1999

"CoulEx-NucleEx Interference in 8Li RNB Inelastic Scattering near the Coulomb Barrier," F.D. Becchetti et al, presented at Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, BAPS Vol.44, No.1, Part I (1999) p 259.

"Quasi-Elastic Neutron Transfer near the Coulomb Barrier: (8Li,7Li) in Ni and Pb," M.-Y. Lee, et al, presented at Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, BAPS Vol.44, No.1, Part I (1999) p 259.

"Recent Results and Future Capabilities at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University," with R. M. Ronningen,  T. Glasmacher, P.F. Mantica, R.W. Ibbottson, H. Scheit, B. Pritychenko, M. Huhta, D.W. Anthony, P.A. Lofy, J.I. Prisciandaro, M. Steiner, J.A. Zimmerman, H.C. Griffin, F.D. Becchetti, D.A. Roberts, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, J.A. Brown, and W.B. Walters, Proceedings of the International Conference on Perspectives in Nuclear Physics, edited by J.H. Hamilton, H.K. Carter, and R.B. Piercey,  World Scientific (Singapore) 1999, pp. 69-82

"Study of Nuclear Reactions with Intense, High-Purity, Low-Energy Radioactive Ion Beams Using a Versatile Multi-Configuration Dual Superconducting-Solenoid System," M.-Y. Lee, F.D. Becchetti, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, J.A. Zimmerman, V. Guimarães, J.J. Kolata, D. Peterson, P. Santi, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, and J.D. Hinnefeld, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 422 (1999) 536-540. Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

"Isotope Yields with a Solenoid-Based Fragment Mass Analysis System - Prospects for Exotic Isotope Studies," T.W. O'Donnell, F.D. Becchetti, J. Brown, J.W. Jänecke, M.-Y. Lee, R.S. Raymond, D.A. Roberts, R.S. Tickle, H.C. Griffin, and R. Ronningen, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 422 (1999) 513-517. Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

"Production of Exotic (or Polarized) Low-Energy Radioactive Beams via Two Successive Nuclear Reactions: Tertiary Beams," F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, J.A. Zimmerman, J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, and P. Santi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 422 (1999) 505-509. Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

"On-Line PET Monitoring of Radiotherapy Beams: Experimental Results with Proton Beams," D.W. Litzenberg, D.A. Roberts, M.-Y. Lee, K.Pham, A.M. Vander Molen, R. Ronningen, F.D. Becchetti Medical Physics, Vol. 26, No. 6, (June 1999) 992-1006.

"Isovector Giant Resonances in 6He, 12B, 90Y, 120In, and 208Tl Observed in the (7Li,7Be) Charge-exchange Reaction," T. Annakkage, J. Jänecke, J.S. Winfield, G.P.A. Berg, J.A. Brown, G. Crawley, S. Danczyk, M. Fujiwara, D.J. Mercer, K. Pham, D.A. Roberts, J. Stasko, and G.H. Yoo, Nuclear Physics A 648 (1999) pp. 3-44.

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1998

"Fusion of a Neutron Skin Nucleus: The 209Bi(6He,4n) Reaction," P.A. DeYoung, B. Hughey, P.L. Jolivette, G.F. Peaslee, J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, P. Santi, H.C. Griffin, J.A. Zimmerman, and J.D. Hinnefeld, Phys. Rev. C 58 (6) (1998) pp. 3442-3444.

"An Advanced Laboratory in Nuclear-Isotope Mass Spectroscopy," S.A. Shaheen, M. Shapiro and F.D. Becchetti, Am. J. Phys, 66 (1998) pp 1048-1055.

"6He + 209Bi Fusion-Fission Reaction," J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, P. Santi, R. White-Stevens, J. von Schwarzenberg, J.D. Hinnefeld, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, M.-Y. Lee, and R.A. Kryger, Phys. Rev. C 57 1 R6 (1998)

"Reaction Cross Sections in Si of Light Proton-halo Candidates 12N and 17Ne," R.E. Warner, H. Thirumurthy, J. Woodroffe, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, B.S. Davids, A. Galonsky, J.J. Kolata, J.J. Kruse, M.-Y. Lee, A. Nadasen, T.W. O'Donnell, D.A. Roberts, R.M. Ronningen, C. Samanta, P. Schwandt, J. von Schwarzenberg, M. Steiner, K. Subotic, J. Wang, and J.A. Zimmerman, Nuclear Physics A635/3 (1998) pp. 292-304.

"Sub-barrier Fusion of 6He with 209Bi," J.J. Kolata, V. Guimarães, D. Peterson, P. Santi, R. White-Stevens, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, B. Hughey, B. Atalla, M. Kern, P.L. Jolivette, J.A. Zimmerman, M.-Y. Lee, F.D. Becchetti, E.F. Aguilera, E. Martinez-Quiroz, and J.D. Hinnefeld, Phys. Rev. Letters 81 (21) 4580-4583 (1998)

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1997

``On-Line ``PET'' Monitoring of Radiotherapy Beams: Image Reconstruction and Monte Carlo Simulations of Detector Geometries,'' D.W. Litzenberg and F.D. Becchetti, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 4, 1997 pp. 1646-1657.

``Low-Energy Radioactive Beam Experiments using the UMD-UND Solenoid RNB Apparatus at the UND Tandem: Past, Present and Future,'' F.D. Becchetti and J.J. Kolata, Proc. 14th Int'l. Conf. on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1996, J.L. Duggan and I.L. Morgan, editors, AIP Conference Proceedings 392 pp369-375 (AIP Press, Woodbury, New York, November 1997). Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

``TwinSol: A Dual Superconducting Solenoid System for Low-Energy Radioactive Nuclear Beam Research,'' M.-Y. Lee, F.D. Becchetti, J.M. Holmes, T.W. O'Donnell, M.A. Ratajczak, D.A. Roberts, J.J. Kolata, L.O. Lamm, J. von Schwarzenberg, M. Wiescher, Proc. 14th Int'l. Conf. on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, November 6-9, 1996, J.L. Duggan and I.L. Morgan, editors, AIP Conference Proceedings 392, pp 397-400 (AIP Press, Woodbury, New York, November 1997). Click here to download a preprint version of this paper.

``A Parallel, Transputer-Based Data Acquisition System for On-Line PET Imaging of Proton and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Beams,'' D.W. Litzenberg, F.D. Becchetti, D.A. Roberts, A.M. Vander Molen, and Ron Fox, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 43 , No. 1, (1996) pp. 154-158. 1997.

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1996

``Total Reaction and 2n-removal Cross Sections of 20-60A MeV, 4,6,8He, 6-9,11Li, and 10Be on Si,'' R.E. Warner, R.A. Patty, P.M. Voyles, A. Nadasen, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, H. Esbensen, A. Galonsky, J.J. Kolata, J. Kruse, M.-Y. Lee, R.M. Ronningen, P. Schwandt, J. von Schwarzenberg, B.M. Sherrill, K. Subotic, J. Wang, and P. Zecher, Phys. Rev. C 54 (1996) 1700-1709.

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1995

``Evidence for a Proton Halo in 8B: Enhanced Total Reaction Cross Sections at 20 to 60 MeV/Nucleon,'' R.E. Warner, J.H. Kelley, P. Zecher, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, C.. Carpenter, A. Galonsky, J. Kruse, A. Muthukrishnan, A. Nadasen, R.M. Ronningen, P. Schwandt, B.M. Sherrill, J. Wang, and J.S. Winfield, Phys. Rev. C 52 (1995) R1166-R1170.

``Unique Potentials for the Elastic Scattering of 350 MeV 7Li from 12C and 28Si,'' A. Nadasen, J. Brusoe, J. Farhat, T. Stevens, J. Williams, L. Nieman, J.S. Winfield, R.E. Warner, F.D. Becchetti, J.W. Jänecke, T. Annakkage, J. Bajema, D. Roberts, and H.S. Govinden, Phys. Rev. C 52 (1995) 1884-1899.

``Elastic Scattering of 10 MeV 6He from 12 C, natNi, and 97Au,'' R.E. Warner, F.D. Becchetti, J.W. Jänecke, D.A. Roberts, D. Butts, C.L. Carpenter, J.M. Fetter, A. Muthukrishnan, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkin, M. Belbot, M. Zahar, A. Galonsky, K. Ieki, and P. Zecher, Phys. Rev. C 51 (1995) 178-181.

``The 8Li (, n) 10B Reaction and Primordial Nucleosynthesis,'' X. Gu, R.N. Boyd, M.M. Farrell, J.D. Kalen, C.A. Mitchell, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkim, K. Ashktorab, F.D. Becchetti, J. Brown, D. Roberts, K. Kimura, I. Tanihata, and K. Yoshida, Phys. Lett. B343 (1995) 31-35.

``Proton Scattering from an Excited Nucleus (18F m, J = 5 +, Ex = 1.1 MeV) Using a -Ray Tagged Secondary Isomeric Nuclear Beam,'' J. Brown, F.D. Becchetti, J. Jänecke, D.A. Roberts, D.W. Litzenberg, T.W. O'Donnell, R.E. Warner, N.A. Orr, and R.M. Ronningen, Phys. Rev. C 51 (1995) 1312.

``Cross Sections and Reaction Rates of d+8Li Reactions Involved in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis,'' M.J. Balbes, M.M. Farrell, R.N. Boys, X. Gu, M. Hencheck, J.D. Kalen, C.A. Mitchell, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkin, R. Smith, R. Tighe, K. Ashktorab, F.D. Becchetti, J. Brown, D. Roberts, T.-F. Wang, D. Humphreys, G. Vourvopoulos, and M.S. Islam, Nucl. Phys. A584 (1995) 315-334.

``Unusual Energy Dependence of the Total Nuclear Reaction Cross Section for a Secondary Isomeric Nuclear Beam,'' D.A. Roberts, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, J. Jänecke, K. Pham, T.W. O'Donnell, R.E. Warner, R.M. Ronningen, and H.W. Wilschut, Nucl. Phys. A588 (1995) 247c-252c.

"Neutron Decay from the Isobaric State in 120Sb Populated in 120Sn(3He.f) 120Sb at E (3He) = 200 MeV, theta = 0°," D.A. Roberts, K. Ashtorab, F.D. Becchetti, J. Jänecke, M.N. Harakeh, S.Y. van der Werf, G.P.A. Berg, C.C. Foster, J.E. Usanti, T. Rinckel, E.J. Stephenson, S.P. Wells, A. Nadasen, and S. Shaheen, Phys. Rev C 52, 1361-1367 (1995)

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1994

``Mass Separator Using a Large Solenoid ``Lens'' with Time of Flight, and Position-Sensitive Detectors,'' T.W. O'Donnell, E. Aldredge, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, P. Conlan, J. Jänecke, R.S. Raymond, D.A. Roberts, R.S. Tickle, H.C. Griffin, J. Staynoff, and R. Ronningen, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A353 (1994) 215-216.

``Systematics of 8Li-Induced Radioactive Beam Reactions: E = 13--20 MeV'', F.D. Becchetti, W.Z. Liu, K. Ashktorab, J.F. Bajema, J.A. Brown J.W. Jänecke, D.A. Roberts, J.J. Kolata, K.L. Lamkin, A. Morsad, R.J. Smith, X.J. Kong, and R.E. Warner, Phys. Rev. C 48 , 308-318.

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1993

``Installation and In-Beam Tests of a Large-Bore 7T Superconducting Solenoid Reaction-Product Collector'', F.D. Becchetti et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. B79 , (1994) 326-329.

``2H Induced Reactions on 8Li and Primordial Nucleosynthesis'', with M. J. Balbes Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (24) 3931.

``Beta Decay of 187Re and Cosmochronology'', K. Ashktorab, J. Jänecke, and F.D. Becchetti, Phys. Rev. C47 , 2954-2960.

``Cross Sections for the Primordial Reaction 8Li(p,n)8Be(g.s.) at Ec.m. = 1.5 MeV'', D.D. Caussyn, N.R. Fletcher, K.W. Kemper, E.E. Towers, J.J. Kolata, K.L. Lamkin, R.J. Smith, F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, J.W. Jänecke, D.A. Roberts and L. Gay, Phys. Rev. C 47 , 387-391.

``Measurement of the 6Li + natSi Reaction Cross Section at 18 to 20 MeV with a Magnetic Spectrograph and Position-Sensitive Detector'', R.E. Warner et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods, A314 , 113. 1993

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1992

``Deuterated Liquid Scintillator (NE230) as a Fast Neutron Detector for Cold-Fusion and other Research'', D.A. Roberts et al., IEEE Trans. Nucl Sci 39/4, 532-536.

``Reaction rates for 8Li (p, α) and 8Li (p, n, α) and their Effect on Primordial Nucleosynthesis'', F.D. Becchetti, J.A. Brown, W.Z. Liu, J.W. Jänecke, D.A. Roberts, J.J. Kolata, R.J. Smith, K.L. Lamkin, A. Morsad, R.E. Warner, R.N. Boyd, and J.D. Kalen, Nucl Phys A550 , 507-516.

``Light Particle Emission near 0°; in the Reaction20Ne+181Ta at E/A=85 MeV'', D.A. Roberts et al., Phys. Rev. C  45 , 726

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1991

``Total Nuclear Reaction Probabilities and Average Cross Sections for 16 to 23 MeV 6Li in Silicon'', with R.E. Warner et al., Nucl. Phys. A516 (1990) 416-428, North-Holland 1992

``Coulomb Excitation of 8Li,'' J.A. Brown, F.D. Becchetti, J.W. Jänecke, K. Ashktorab, D.A. Roberts, J.J. Kolata, R.J. Smith, K. Lamkin, and R.E. Warner, Phys Rev Letters  66 , 2452-2455 (1991).

``Production and Use of 6He, 7Be, 8Li, 12B and Metastable Nuclear Beams,'' F.D. Becchetti et al, Nucl. Instrum. Methods, B56/57 , 554.

``Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of 8Li from 12C,'' with R.J. Smith et al., Phys. Rev. C 43 , 2346.

``Scattering of 6He from 197Au, natTi, 27Al, natC and 9Be at E=8-9 MeV,'' with R.J. Smith et al., Phys. Rev. C  43 , 761.

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1990

``Very High-energy Light Charged-Particle Production Near = 0° in Heavy-ion Collisions, E/A <= 40 MeV'', S. Shaheen, F.D. Becchetti, D.A. Roberts, J.W. Jänecke, R.L. Stern, and A. Nadasen, Phys. Rev. C  42, 1519-1529 (1990).

``Production and Use of Radioactive 7Be Beams,'' F.D. Becchetti et al, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A294, 26-30.

``Total Nuclear Reaction Probabilities and Average Cross Sections for 16 to 23 MeV 6Li in Silicon,'' R.E. Warner et al, Nuclear PhysicsA51, 416-428.

"Production of an Isomeric Excited Radioactive Nuclear Beam," F.D. Becchetti, K. Ashktorab, J.A. Brown, J.W. Janecke, D.A. Roberts, J. van Klinken, W.Z. Liu, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkin, R.J. Smith, and R.E. Warner, Phys. Rev. C 42, 801-803 (1990).

"Production and Use of Radioactive Ion Beams for Measurements of Nuclear Reactions," (Ph.D. thesis The University of Michigan) by Wenzhong Liu, Doctor of Phiolsophy, (Physics) (1990).
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1989

``Measurements of Discrete Nuclear Reactions Induced by a Radioactive 8Li Beam,'' with W.Z. Liu, D.A. Roberts, J.W. Jänecke, J.J. Kolata, A. Morsad, X.J. Kong, and R.E. Warner, Phys. Rev. C 40 , R1104.

``Inelastic Scattering of 210 MeV 6Li Ions from 12C, 28Si, and 58Ni: Test of unique 6Li Potentials,'' A. Nadasen, M. McMaster, M. Fingal, J. Tavomina, J.S. Winfield, , R.M. Ronningen, P. Schwandt, F.D. Becchetti, J.W. Jänecke, and R.E. Warner Phys. Rev. C 40 , 1237.

``Levels in 16O Relevant to 12C (a, g) Helium Burning Studied with 12C(7Li, t) at E(7Li) = 70 and 101 MeV,'' F.D. Becchetti, M.L. Dowell, P.M. Lister, J. Janecke, A. Nadasen and J.S. Winfield, J. Phys Soc Jpn 58 , p. 635-638.

``Large-aperture, Axially-symmetric Ion-optical Lens Systems Using New Types of Electrostatic and Magnetic Elements,'' F.D. Becchetti and W.Z. Liu, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 60 (7), 1228-1233.

``A Radioactive Beam Facility using a Large Superconducting Solenoid,'' J.J. Kolata, F.D. Becchetti, W.Z. Liu, D.A. Roberts, and J.W. Jänecke, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B40/41 , 503.

``Unique 6Li-nucleus Optical Potentials from Elastic Scattering of 210 MeV 6Li ions,'' A. Nadasen, J.W. Jänecke, F.D. Becchetti, A. Nadasen, M. McMaster, M. Fingal, J. Tavormina, P. Schwandt, J.S. Winfield, M.F. Mohar and R.E. Warner, Phys. Rev. C  39 (2), 536-545, (1989).

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1988

``Elastic Scattering of 210 MeV 6Li ions from 12C and 58Ni and unique 6Li-nucleus optical potentials,'' A. Nadasen et al. , Phys. Rev. C  37 (1), 132-138. 1989.

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1987

``Tests of a Large Air-Core Superconducting-Solenoid Reaction Product Spectrometer,'' F.D. Becchetti, R. Stern, T. Casey, J.W. Jänecke, P.M. Lister, W.Z. Liu, D. Kovar, C. Beck, R. Janssens, W. Vineyard, W.R. Phillips and J. Kolata, Rev. Sci. Instr. 58 (9), 1682-1693 1988

``Time-of-Flight Measurement of the Speed of Light Using a Laser and Low Voltage Pöckels-Cell Modulator,'' F.D. Becchetti, K. Harvey, B. Schwartz and M. Shapiro, Am. J. of Phys. 55 (7), 632-634 1988.

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1986

``Focusing of Multiply-Charged Energetic Ions Using Solenoidal B and Radial E Fields,'' W.Z. Liu, F.D. Becchetti and R. Stern, Rev. Sci. Instr. 58 (2), 220-222. 1987

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1985

"9Be (p.p. alpha) 5He Cluster Knockout Reaction with 150 MeV Polarized Protons," C.W. Wang, P.G. Roos, N.S. Chant, G. Ciangaru, F. Khazale, D.J. Mack, A. Nadasen, S.J. Mills, R.E. Warner, E. Norbeck, F.D. Becchetti, J.W. Jänecke, and P.M. Lister, Phys. Rev C 31, 1652-1672 (1985)

"Fission of Heavy Nuclei Induced by Energetic Pions," K.H. Hicks, R.G. Jeppesen, J.J. Kraushaar, P.D. Kunz, R.J. Peterson, R.S. Raymond, R.A. Ristinen, J.L. Ultmann, F.D. Becchetti, J.N. Bradbury, and M. Paciotti, Phys. Rev. C  31, pp 1323-1333 (1985)

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1984

``Bismuth Germanate Scintillator as a Fast High-energy Ion Detector,'' F.D. Becchetti, P.M. Lister and C.E. Thorn, Nucl. Instrum. Methods, 225, 280-282.

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1983

``Thin-film Cryogenic Accelerator Targets,'' F.D. Becchetti, K. Hicks and C.A. Fields, R.J. Peterson, R.S. Raymond, R.A. Ristinen, J.L. Ullmann, and C.S. Zaidins, Phys. Rev. C  28 , 1217-1223.

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1981

``An Evaluation of CdTe...as Detectors for Energetic Charged Particles,'' R. Ristinen, F.D. Becchetti, J.J. Hamill, R. Peterson and G. Entine, Nucl. Instrum. Methods 188 , 445-452.

``Ghost Anomaly in 8Be Studied with 9Be(p,d) E=14.3 and 26.2 MeV,'' F. D. Becchetti et al, Phys. Rev. C  24, 2401-2408.

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1978

"12C(7Li, t)16O and Stellar Helium Fusion,'' F.D. Becchetti, E.R. Flynn, D.L. Hanson and J.W. Sunier, Nucl. Phys. A305 , 293-312.

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1976

``Response of Plastic Scintillator Detectors to Heavy Ions, Z < 35, E < 170 MeV", F.D. Becchetti, C.E. Thorn and M.J. Levine, Nucl. Instrum. Methods 138 , 93-104.

``6Li Elastic Scattering on 12C, 16O, ,40Ca, 58Ni, 74Ge, 124Sn, 166 Er and 208Pb at E(6Li) = 50.6 MeV,'' L.T. Chua, F.D. Becchetti, J. Jänecke and F.L. Milder, Nucl. Phys.
A273, 243-252.

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1975

``208Pb(16O,15O)209Pb Reaction," F.D. Becchetti, B.G. Harvey, D. Kovar, J. Mahoney, C. Maguire, D.K. Scott, Phys. Rev. C 12 , 894-900.

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1973

``Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of 16O and 12C from A=40-96 Nuclei," F.D. Becchetti, P.R. Christensen, V.I. Manko, and R.J. Nickles, Nucl. Phys. A203, 1-16.

``A Study of 16,18O and 12C Induced Reactions on A=40-96 Nuclei,'' with P.R. Christensen, F.D. Becchetti, V.I. Manko, and R.J. Nickles, Nucl. Phys. A207, 33-77.

``Ambiguities in Spectroscopic Factors Deduced from a DWBA Analysis of the (16O, 15N) Reaction," F.D. Becchetti, P.R. Christensen, V.I. Manko, and R.J. Nickles. Phys. Lett. 43B , No. 4, 279-283.

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1972

``j Dependence of Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions,'' D.G. Kovar, F.D. Becchetti, B.G. Harvey, F. Puhlhofer, J. Mahoney, D.W. Miller, and M.S. Zisman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 29 , No. 15, 1023-1027.

``Inelastic Scattering of 16O from 208Pb," F.D. Becchetti, D.G. Kovar, B.G. Harvey, J. Mahoney, B. Mayer, and F.G. Puhlhofer, Phys. Rev. C 6 , No. 6, 2215-2218.

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