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Dr. Kirby W. Kemper

 

Research:

Cluster Structure of Light Nuclei: Use of polarized beams to probe the alpha particle transfer reaction (7Li,t)

The (7Li,d) reaction and final spin determinations from analyzing powers

Shell structure in the vicinity of 42Si

Inelastic Proton Scattering on the N=28 Nucleus 46Ar

The Mechanism of Intermediate Energy Fragmentation Reactions

Publications:

11Be continuum studied through proton scattering
Phys Lett. B596, 54 (2004).

Reduced Occupancy of the deeply bound 0d5/2 neutron state in 32Ar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 042501 (2004).

Important pickup coupling effect on 8He(p,p) elastic scattering
Phys. Lett. B619, 82 (2005).

Fabrication of a modular neutron array:  A collaborative approach to undergraduate research
Am. J. Phys. 73, 122 (2005). 

Thick-target inverse-kinematics proton scattering from 46Ar and the N = 28 shell below 48Ca
Phys.Rev. C 72, 024311 (2005).

'Magic' nucleus 42Si
Nature (London) 435, 922 (2005). 

Construction of a Modular Large-Area Neutron Detector for the NSCL
Nucl. Instrum. and Methods 543, 517 (2005).

p-sd shell gap reduction in neutron-rich systems and cross-shell excitations in 20O
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 132501 (2005).

Generation of a repulsive dynamic polarization potential by transfer couplings
Phys. Rev. C71, 014611 (2005).

Knockout from 46Ar:l=3 neutron removal and deviations from eikonal theory
Phys. Rev. C71, 051301(R)  (2005).

7Li+11B elastic and inelastic scattering in a coupled-reaction-channels approach
Phys. Rev. C72, 034608 (2005).

A coupled-reaction-channels approach to 7Li+11B scattering
Ukrainian Journal of Physics 50, 907 (2005).

Reduction of the Spin-Orbit Splittings at the N=28 Shell Closure
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97
, 092501 (2006).

Evolution of the E(1/21+)-E(3/21+) energy spacing in odd-mass K, Cl, and P isotopes for N=20-28
Phys. Rev. C74, 034322 (2006).

N=14 Shell Closure in 22O Viewed through a Neutron Sensitive Probe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 012501 (2006).

Target structure independent 7Li elastic scattering at low momentum transfers
Phys.Lett. B640
, 13 (2006).

Two-neutron knockout from neutron-deficient 34Ar, 30S, and 26Si
Phys.Rev. C 74, 021303 (2006).  

Population of bound excited states in intermediate-energy fragmentation reactions

Phys.Rev. C 73, 044605 (2006).  

Shell structure at N = 28 near the dripline: Spectroscopy of 42Si, 43P, and 44S
Phys.Rev. C 74, 034313 (2006).

Structure of 26Na from the 14C(14C,d) Reaction
Phys. Rev. C 73, 044321 (2006).

Astrophysical Reaction Rate for the Neutron-Generator Reaction 13C(a,n) in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Phys. Rev. Lett.
97, 192701 (2006).

Production cross sections for heavy-ion fragmentation reactions on a liquid deuterium target at intermediate energies
Phys. Rev. C74, 034602 (2006).

Elastic and inelastic scattering of 7Li + 18O versus 7Li + 16O
Nucl. Phys. A785, 293 (2007).

Probing the 8He ground state via the 8He(p,t)6He reaction
Phys Lett B646, 222 (2007).

Tensor analyzing powers and energy dependence of the 7Li+16O interaction
Phys. Rev. C75, 024612 (2007).

 

Dr. Kirby W. Kemper

Office: 109 Westcott
Phone: (850) 644-9694, 4-3347
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