Ongoing Research Projects
Members of the Nuclear Astrophysics Group
Faculty:
Richard N. Boyd,
boyd@mps.ohio-state.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher:
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Alexander Murphy, asmurphy@mps.ohio-state.edu
Graduate Students:
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Arthur Cole, cole@mps.ohio-state.edu
Meredith Howard,
meredith@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
Edward Smith, edesmith@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
Juergen J. Zach (WEBMASTER), jjzach@campbell.mps.ohio-state.edu
Staff (shared with the other Experimental Nuclear Physics Groups):
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Howard Dyke, Senior Design Engineer,
dyke@mps.ohio-state.edu
Mary Smith, Secretary, msmith@mps.ohio-state.edu
Alumni of the Nuclear Astrophysics Group: former students and staff.
Papers by the Nuclear Astrophysics Group
Current research projects of The Nuclear Astrophysics Group
The Observatory for Multi Flavour Neutrinos from Supernovae (OMNIS)
Ongoing Progress:
- Project DAMOCLES - Optimization of OMNIS Detector Maintained by Juergen J. Zach
- Dr. Richard N. Boyd, Principal Investigator
Dr. Alexander StJ Murphy, Research Scientist, Experimental Detector Work and OMNIS Webmaster
Juergen J. Zach, Graduate Student, Monte Carlo Simulations and Detection Schemes for OMNIS
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Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS)
Dr. Alexander StJ Murphy is the OMNIS Representative to the SNEWS-collaboration
Supernova Tracing in Ice Core Samples
Arthur Cole is looking for signatures of past supernovae in icecore samples
Interaction of Supernova Neutrinos with Strange Matter in (Proto-) Neutronstars
Juergen J. Zach is involved in trying to find out what the introduction of strange matter in neutron stars would do to the supernova neutrino signal
Isobaric analogue states
Dr. Murphy is using levels in a known nucleus (Ti46) to deduce the properties of unknown levels in another nucleus (Cr46). This is so that the V45(p,g)Cr46 reaction rate, which is an important link in the production of Ti46, may be estimated.
Pycnonuclear reactions
He is also looking into rates in extremely dense, but relatively cold environments (older neutron stars for example)
Group members involved:
Some of the past research projects of The Nuclear Astrophysics Group
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Last modified Aug 2001 by Juergen J. Zach , the GROUP WEBMASTER: jjzach@campbell.mps.ohio-state.edu