Chloe, Miriam and Jes went to DC to present their NNSA-sponsored work at the annual NNSA SSAP meeting. Chloe presented her efforts to use HECTOR as a neutron detector, Miriam talked about her summer experience in using the DANCE array at LANL, and Jes showed gamma-decay probabilities from their Zn data obtained with Hyperion.

Miriam, Jes and John presented their research at the DNP-JPS meeting in Waikoloa, HI. Each of them gave a talk on their most recent achievments:

Jes and Miriam presented their work at the 2023 Annual NNSA SSAP Meeting held in Santa Fe, NM. Jes presented their work on indirect measurements of neutron capture cross sections on Zn isotopes using Hyperion. Miriam showed the first results of the commissioning of the Neutron Irradiation Station at Notre Dame.

Cornelius P. Browne served as the director for the Nuclear Structure Lab for nearly thirty years. Through his hard work and dedication he steered the lab through the most successful period in its history. In honor of Dr. Browne this award is presented annually to an outstanding Nuclear Physics graduate student who has exemplified Professor …

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After a year-long delay, the measurements with Hyperion for Jes’ thesis were completed. A week of 28 MeV protons on Zn targets resulted in a great data set containing (p,p’), (p,d) and (p,t) reactions that Jes will use as a surrogate-type approach to extract neutron capture cross sections on several Zn isotopes. Orlando and Miriam …

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After nearly two years of a sabbatical at CASPAR, HECTOR made it back from South Dakota to the NSL. During the past two weeks, Beka has measured over 400 data points to investigate the proton capture cross section on 92 and 94 molybdenum isotopes. In the photo, Beka showing Miriam, Jane and John how the …

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