grab 'em and emasure them

Nuclear hyperdeformation, although predicted by state-of-the-art nuclear model calculations, has yet to be observed. We will investigate the predicted best candidate using discrete and quasicontinuum gamma ray spectroscopy.

The magnetic dipole moments of excited nuclear states will be measured to probe nuclear structure, especially the emergence of collectivity near closed shells. Experiments may be performed at large scale international radioactive beam facilities as well as in the ANU heavy ion accelerator laboratory.

The project aims to develop numerical procedures to evaluate the energy spectra of X-rays and Auger electrons emitted in nuclear decay.

The project is aiming to develop a highly sensitive magnetic pair spectrometer to measure the weak decay branches from the Hoyle state. This state is formed in the triple-alpha reaction in stars and is responsible for the carbon production in the Universe.

A variety of projects are available studying aspects of nuclear superdeformation in Hg/Pb nuclei

This project has a theoretical/computational emphasis. The goal is to model the hyperfine interactions of highly charged free ions, examine the conditions under which these ions behave as open versus closed quantum systems, and explore their utility as a laboratory for studies of quantum decoherence.

This project combines a variety of experiments on beams from the ANU 14UD accelerator with theory to build a better understanding of the hyperfine fields present in free ions. These hyperfine fields have important applications to measuring the magnetic properties of exotic nuclei.

This project will look for evidence of magnetic rotation, predicted in the polonium isotopes but not yet observed, in the isotope 200Po.