Nuclear Physics Over The Years: From the high spin era to rare isotopes

Contribution List

32. Welcome Remarks by the Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNC

Prof. Fabian Heitsch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

9/19/25, 8:30 AM

Session 0: Open Ceremony

33. Welcome Remarks by the TUNL Director

Prof. Calvin Howell (Duke University)

9/19/25, 8:40 AM

Session 0: Open Ceremony

2. Superdeformation at ATLAS: from the Notre Dame BGO Array to GRETINA

Dr Michael Carpenter (Argonne National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 8:50 AM

Session 1: High spin collectivity & superdeformation

3. Exotic Nuclear Structure under the Microscope - Seeing ‘AYEBALL to AYEBALL’ with Robert

Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey)

9/19/25, 9:10 AM

Session 1: High spin collectivity & superdeformation

4. Taking Nuclei for a Spin

Prof. Partha Chowdhury (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)

9/19/25, 9:30 AM

Session 1: High spin collectivity & superdeformation

5. A High-Spin Journey with Robert

Prof. Daryl Hartley (United States Naval Academy)

9/19/25, 9:50 AM

Session 1: High spin collectivity & superdeformation

6. States, Levels, and Excitations in Weakly Bound Nuclei

Dr Ben Kay (Argonne National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 10:35 AM

Session 2: Neutron-rich nuclei – Single particle aspects

7. Solenoidal Spectrometers for Nuclear Reaction Studies

Prof. Alan Wuosmaa (University of Connecticut)

9/19/25, 10:55 AM

Session 2: Neutron-rich nuclei – Single particle aspects

8. Dipping a toe into the neutron-rich waters of the fp-shell

Prof. Sean Freeman (The University of Manchester)

9/19/25, 11:15 AM

Session 2: Neutron-rich nuclei – Single particle aspects

9. Unveiling exotic features in neutron-rich nuclei with direct reactions

Dr Ritu Kanungo (TRIUMF)

9/19/25, 11:35 AM

Session 2: Neutron-rich nuclei – Single particle aspects

11. The Thrill of Searching for Hidden Shell Gaps Together

Prof. Bogdan Fornal (Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

9/19/25, 11:55 AM

Session 2: Neutron-rich nuclei – Single particle aspects

22. From the ANL-Notre Dame BGO Array to the Ultimate Compton Suppression.

Dr David Radford (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 1:20 PM

Session 3: The Nucleus as a Probe of Various Fundamental Processes

24. Trapped at Argonne

Dr Jason Clark (Argonne National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 1:40 PM

Session 3: The Nucleus as a Probe of Various Fundamental Processes

25. Probing the Neutron-Neutron Interaction and the Structure of the Neutron at Low Energies

Dr Calvin Howell (Duke University & TUNL)

9/19/25, 2:00 PM

Session 3: The Nucleus as a Probe of Various Fundamental Processes

26. Gammasphere experiments with Robert: examples from a herculean effort

Dr Walter Reviol (Argonne National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 2:20 PM

Session 3: The Nucleus as a Probe of Various Fundamental Processes

14. Highlights in the neutron-rich Ni isotopes

Prof. Benjamin Crider (Mississippi State Universit)

9/19/25, 3:05 PM

Session 4: Production and features of exotic nuclei

15. The Quest for the Driplines

Prof. Bradley Sherrill (FRIB/MSU)

9/19/25, 3:25 PM

Session 4: Production and features of exotic nuclei

16. Building the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Prof. Thomas Glasmacher (FRIB/MSU)

9/19/25, 3:45 PM

Session 4: Production and features of exotic nuclei

17. Marrying In‑Beam and Decay Spectroscopy to Reveal the Structure of Exotic Nuclei

Dr Dariusz Seweryniak (Argonne National Lab)

9/19/25, 4:05 PM

Session 4: Production and features of exotic nuclei

18. Open nuclear systems in Structure and Astrophysics

Prof. Ingo Wiedenhoever (Florida State University)

9/19/25, 4:50 PM

Session 5: Nuclear Astrophysics

19. To TUNL and beyond! Robert's contributions to studying the cosmos at TUNL

Prof. Richard Longland (North Carolina State University)

9/19/25, 5:10 PM

Session 5: Nuclear Astrophysics

20. Spectroscopy for Astrophysics in the Janssens Era

Dr Kelly Chipps (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

9/19/25, 5:30 PM

Session 5: Nuclear Astrophysics

21. The Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance in Exotic Nuclei and the Asymmetry Term of Nuclear Incompressibility

Prof. Umesh Garg (University of Notre Dame)

9/19/25, 5:50 PM

Session 5: Nuclear Astrophysics

10. Connecting Shape Coexistence at Spin 0 to Superdeformation at High Spins

Prof. Silvia Leoni (Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN)

9/20/25, 9:05 AM

Session 6: Neutron-rich nuclei – Shape coexistence

23. Innovations in Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence with the Clover Array

Dr Samantha Johnson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & TUNL)

9/20/25, 9:25 AM

Session 6: Neutron-rich nuclei – Shape coexistence

12. Collectivity across the nuclear chart

Dr Heather Crawford (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

9/20/25, 9:45 AM

Session 6: Neutron-rich nuclei – Shape coexistence

13. Exploring N=32,34 and 40 and the inverse-impact law

Prof. Alexandra Gade (FRIB/MSU)

9/20/25, 10:05 AM

Session 6: Neutron-rich nuclei – Shape coexistence

31. Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at TRIUMF-ISAC: Past, Present, Future

Dr Greg Hackman (TRIUMF)

9/20/25, 10:50 AM

Session 7: The unknowns

29. Some notes on the last 50 years of nuclear physics and the next 50 years

Prof. Alex Brown (FRIB/MSU)

9/20/25, 11:10 AM

Session 7: The unknowns

30. On the birth of an alpha particle

Prof. Robert Grzywacz (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

9/20/25, 11:30 AM

Session 7: The unknowns

28. The Rumsfeld Matrix and Weak Binding Speculations

Dr Augusto Macchiavelli (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

9/20/25, 11:50 AM

Session 7: The unknowns

27. Closing Remarks

Prof. Robert V. F. Janssens (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & TUNL)

9/20/25, 12:10 PM

34. Chair Time

Session 4: Production and features of exotic nuclei