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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Zganjar continues his active and funded research program at the same level of intensity as when he was a full-time faculty member. His interests involve the study of the atomic nucleus, particularly those nuclei which lie farthest from beta stability and are often referred to as exotic nuclei. His long-standing program in experimental nuclear spectroscopy has been largely conducted at the Holified Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with occasional experiments at the Argonne National Laboratory, Berkeley National Laboratory, and several European Institutions. In 2001 he started an intense research program at ISAC (Isotope Separator and ACelerator) at TRIUMF (Tri-University Meson Facility) in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Professor Zganjar has designed and constructed highly specialized spectrometers and spectroscopic equipment to conduct his research at HRIBF and ISAC.
The study of the atomic nucleus is essentially the study of a many-body system in which the particles are limited in number, interact between themselves by a short-range force, and are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Because of this, the nucleus occupies a unique position within the hierarchy of many-body systems. Its main excitations are well defined and the properties of those excitations are readily measured. From an experimental point of view, the main advantage to studying the many-body problem via the study of the nucleus is that the parameters controlling the nuclear excitations can be varied by going from one nucleus to another. In order to accomplish this, however, one must venture far from the line of nuclear stability (Z vs. N). This is done by creating new, hitherto unstudied nuclear species, and is most readily accomplished at a radioactive-beam facility such as HRIBF or ISAC. While the main emphasis of Professor Zganjar's program is the study of fundamental nuclear structure, parts of the program also focus on aspects of nuclear astrophysics
CURRENT AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- G.F. Grinyer, et al., "Half-life of the superallowed beta+ emitter Ne-18," Phys. Rev. C 76, 025503 (2007).
- C.M. Mattoon, et al., "Beta Decay of Na32," Phys. Rev. C 75, 017302 (2007).
- R.S. Chakrawarthy, et al., "Kpi=0+ 2.29 s isomer in neutron-rich Tm174," Phys. Rev. C 73, 024306 (2006).
- M.N. Tantawy, et al., "Systematics of isomeric configurations in N=77 odd-Z isotones near the proton drip line," Phys. Rev. C 73, 024316 (2006).
- J.C. Batchelder, et al., "New Isomeric state in Ag-116," Phys. Rev. D 72, 044306 (2006).
- B. Hyland, et al., "Precision Branching Raio Measurement for the Superallowed β+ Emitter 62Ga and Isopin-Symmetry-Breaking Corrections in A≥62 Nuclei," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 102501 (2006).
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