Group Members

Rudy Bauer is testing the nuclear Ramsauer model to determine the limits of its applicability to light and heavy nuclei over a wide energy range. He is analyzing neutron-induced reactions on fissile nuclei, with a recent focus on (n,2n) cross sections in uranium and plutonium isotopes. He is also working in nuclear structure studies collaborating in gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments using Gamma-Sphere.

David's interests include the study of two particle correlations in relativistic heavy-ion reactions, inverse problems and imaging and non-equilibrium field theory and transport theory.

David is also one of the lead developers in the group's Reaction Code Development project.

Frank Dietrich develops nuclear reaction models at low and medium energies, including optical potentials and radiative capture models. He also performs experiments to verify these models.

Jutta's research interests are focused on the theoretical description of nuclear and astrophysical phenomena. She studies structural properties of stable and unstable nuclei and nuclear reactions of astrophysical relevance. In addition, she works on algebraic theories for quantum many-body systems.

Rob Hoffman specializes in theoretical nuclear reaction model calculations for both applied and basic science applications. On the applied front he is developing a number of cross section data sets for radiochemical diagnostics in support of the stockpile stewardship program. Rob Hoffman's basic research centers on the synthesis of both stable and exotic nuclei as well as understanding nuclear energy generation and gamma-ray line sources in stellar environments.

Petr works on the ab initio shell model for light nuclei, effective interaction theory, reactions on light nuclei, and algebraic models of nuclear structure.

Erich's research deals with the structure of nuclei. The topics include ab intio approaches to light nuclei, large-scale applications of traditional shell-model methods, nuclei far from stability, weak and neutrino interactions in nuclei, and level densities. Erich also studies the evolution of the giant-dipole resonance in highly excited nuclei.

Jason Pruet studies theoretical astrophysics, specializing in weak interaction physics related to aspects of core collapse supernova and gamma-ray bursts. He is also interested in nucleosynthesis, especially the r-process, and the weak interaction physics that may drive it.