Dr Kaitlin Cook

Department	Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications
Research group	Nuclear reaction dynamics group
Office phone	(02) 612 52077
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Office	Nuclear Physics 2 45

Publications

Journal article

Swinton-Bland B, Buete J, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Tanaka T, Berriman A, Jeung D, Bezzina L, Carter I, Cook K, Sengupta C, Simenel C
Multi-modal mass-asymmetric fission of ¹⁷⁸Pt from simultaneous mass-kinetic energy fitting
Physics Letters B 837(2023)

Jeung D, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Simenel C, Cook K, Buete J, Carter I, Lobanov N, Sengupta C, Smith j, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J, Williams E
Sequential fission and the influence of ²⁰⁸Pb closed shells on the dynamics of superheavy element synthesis reactions
Physics Letters B 837(2023)

Berriman A, RSD S, Berriman A, RSD S, Hinde D, Hinde D, Jeung D, Jeung D, Dasgupta M, Dasgupta M, Haba H, Tanaka T, Haba H, Tanaka T, Tanaka T, Tanaka T, Banerjee K, Banerjee K, Banerjee T, Bezzina L, Banerjee T, Bezzina L, Bezzina L, Buete J, Bezzina L, Buete J, Buete J, Cook K, Buete J, Cook K, Cook K, Cook K, Parker-Steele S, Parker-Steele S, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Simenel C, Swinton-Bland B, Simenel C, Swinton-Bland B, Simpson E, Williams E, Simpson E, Williams E, Stoyer M, RSD S, Stoyer M, RSD S, Swinton-Bland B, RSD S, Swinton-Bland B, RSD S, Williams E, Swinton-Bland B, Williams E, Swinton-Bland B, Williams E, Williams E
Energy dependence of p+ Th 232 fission mass distributions: Mass-asymmetric standard I and standard II modes, and multichance fission
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 105, 6(2022)

Hinde D, Jeung D, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Thomas R, Evers M
Experimental investigation of the role of shell structure in quasifission mass distributions
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 106, 6(2022)

Banerjee K, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Sadhukhan J, Simpson E, Jeung D, Simenel C, Swinton-Bland B, Williams E, Bezzina L, Carter I, Cook K, Albers H, Dullmann C, Khuyagbaatar J, Kindler B, Lommel B, Mokry C, Prasad E, Runke J, Schunck N, Sengupta C, Smith j, Thorle-Pospiech P, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J
Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)
Physics Letters B 820(2021) 1-7

Cook K, Cook K, Chevis A, Eriksen T, Simpson E, Kibedi T, Bezzina L, Berriman A, Buete J, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Jeung D, McGlynn P, Parker-Steele S, Swinton-Bland B, Tanaka T, Wojtaczka W
High-precision proton angular distribution measurements of 12C(p,p?) for the determination of the E0 decay branching ratio of the Hoyle state
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 104, 2(2021) 1-9

Tanaka T, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Williams E, Vo-Phuoc K, Simenel C, Simpson E, Jeung D, Carter I, Cook K, Lobanov N, Luong D, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Ramachandran K
Mass Equilibration and Fluctuations in the Angular Momentum Dependent Dynamics of Heavy Element Synthesis Reactions
Physical Review Letters 127, 22(2021)

Albers H, Khuyagbaatar J, Hinde D, Carter I, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Dullmann C, Eberhardt K, Jeung D, Devi S, Kindler B, Lobanov N, Lommel B, Mokry C, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Runke J, Sekizawa K, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Simpson E, Smith j, Th?rle-Pospiech P, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J, Williams E
Zeptosecond contact times for element Z=120 synthesis
Physics Letters B 808(2020) 1-6

Eriksen T, Kibedi T, Reed M, Stuchbery A, Cook K, Cook K, Akber A, Alshahrani B, Avaa A, Banerjee K, Berriman A, Bezzina L, Bignell L, Buete J, Carter I, Coombes B, Dowie J, Dasgupta M, Evitts L, Garnsworthy B, Gerathy M, Gray T, Hinde D, Hoang T, Hota S, Ideguchi E, Jones P, Lane G, McCormick B, Mitchell A, Palalani N, Palazzo T, Ripper M, Simpson E, Smallcombe J, Swinton-Bland B, Tanaka T, Gabor Tornyi T, de Vries M
Improved precision on the experimental E0 decay branching ratio of the Hoyle state
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 102, 2(2020) 1-11

Prasad E, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Berriman A, Swinton-Bland B, Simenel C, Simpson E, Bernard R, Williams E, Cook K, Rafferty D, Sengupta C, Smith j, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J
Systematics of the mass-asymmetric fission of excited nuclei from 176Os to 206Pb
Physics Letters B 811(2020) 1-6

Swinton-Bland B, Stoyer M, Berriman A, Hinde D, Simenel C, Buete J, Tanaka T, Banerjee K, Bezzina L, Carter I, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Sengupta C, Simpson E, Vo-Phuoc K
Mass-asymmetric fission of Bi 205,207,209 at energies close to the fission barrier using proton bombardment of Pb 204,206,208
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 102, 5(2020) 1-12

Cook K, Nakamura T, Kondo Y, Hagino K, Ogata K, Ogata K, And many more authors (
Halo Structure of the Neutron-Dripline Nucleus B-19
Physical Review Letters 124, 21(2020) 212503

Banerjee K, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Simpson E, Jeung D, Simenel C, Swinton-Bland B, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, David H, D�llmann C, Khuyagbaatar J, Kindler B, Lommel B, Prasad E, Sengupta C, Smith j, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J, Yakushev A
Mechanisms Suppressing Superheavy Element Yields in Cold Fusion Reactions
Physical Review Letters 122, 23(2019) 1-6

Cook K, Cook K, Simpson E, Bezzina L, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Banerjee K, Berriman A, Sengupta C
Origins of Incomplete Fusion Products and the Suppression of Complete Fusion in Reactions of Li 7
Physical Review Letters 122, 10(2019) 1-6

Hammerton K, Morrissey D, Kohley Z, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Wakhle A, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Greene J, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Stiefel K
Entrance channel effects on the quasifission reaction channel in Cr plus W systems
Physical Review C 99, 5(2019) 1-10

Randhawa J, Cortesi M, Ayyad Y, Mittig W, Ahn T, Bazin D, Beceiro-Novo S, Carpenter L, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Henderson S, Hinde D, Kolata J
Beam-induced space-charge effects in time projection chambers in low-energy nuclear physics experiments
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section A 948, 162830(2019) 1-6

Williams E, Sekizawa K, Hinde D, Simenel C, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Jeung D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Ramachandran K, Wakhle A
Exploring Zeptosecond Quantum Equilibration Dynamics: From Deep-Inelastic to Fusion-Fission Outcomes in Ni 58 + Ni 60 Reactions
Physical Review Letters 120, 2(2018) 5

Wakhle A, Hammerton K, Kohley Z, Morrissey D, Stiefel K, Yurkon J, Walshe J, Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Jeung D, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Simpson E, Vo-Phuoc K, King J, Loveland W, Yanez R
Capture cross sections for the synthesis of new heavy nuclei using radioactive beams
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 97, 2(2018) 1-5

Mohanto G, Hinde D, Banerjee K, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Simenel C, Simpson E, Wakhle A, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Luong D, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D
Interplay of spherical closed shells and N/Z asymmetry in quasifission dynamics
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 97, 5(2018) 1-10

Khuyagbaatar J, David H, Hinde D, Carter I, Cook K, Dasgupta M, D�llmann C, Jeung D, Kindler B, Lommel B, Luong D, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Simpson E, Smith F, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J, Wakhle A, Williams E, Yakushev A
Nuclear structure dependence of fusion hindrance in heavy element synthesis
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 97, 6(2018) 1-7

Cook K, Carter I, Simpson E, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Bezzina L, Devi S, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Swinton-Bland B, Vo-Phuoc K, Williams E
Interplay of charge clustering and weak binding in reactions of 8Li
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 97, 2(2018) 1-5

Palshetkar C, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Williams E, Ramachandran K, Carter I, Wakhle A, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Rafferty D, Cook K
Fission cross sections as a probe of fusion dynamics at high angular momentum
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 98, 4(2018) 1-14

Dasgupta M, Simpson E, Devi S, Cook K, Cook K, Carter I, Hinde D, Luong D
Challenges in describing nuclear reactions outcomes at near-barrier energies
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Print) 777, 1(2017)

Morjean M, Hinde D, Simenel C, Jeung D, Airiau M, Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Drouart A, Jacquet D, Devi S, Palshetkar C, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Simpson E, Tassan-Got L, Vo-Phuoc K, Williams E
Evidence for the Role of Proton Shell Closure in Quasifission Reactions from X-Ray Fluorescence of Mass-Identified Fragments
Physical Review Letters 119, 22(2017) 1-6

Prasad E, Hinde D, Williams E, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Ramachandran K, Simenel C, Wakhle A
Fusion and quasifission studies for the Ca 40 + W 186, Os 192 reactions
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 96, 3(2017) 034608 1-13

Simpson E, Cook K, Cook K, Devi S, Luong D, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D
Classical dynamical modelling of near-barrier breakup
EPJ Web of Conferences 163(2017) 1-6

Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Simpson E, Luong D, Devi S
Importance of lifetime effects in breakup and suppression of complete fusion in reactions of weakly bound nuclei
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 93, 6(2016) 1-15

Devi S, Simpson E, Luong D, Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Carter I, Jeung D, Mohanto G, Palshetkar C, Edayillam P, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Vo-Phuoc K, Williams E, Gasques L, Gomes P, Linares R
Asymptotic and near-target direct breakup of ⁶Li and ⁷Li
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 93, 6(2016) 1-13

Irvine M, Jackson E, Kenyon E, Cook K, Keeling M, Bull J
Fractal measures of spatial pattern as a heuristic for return rate in vegetative systems
Royal Society Open Science 3, 3(2016) 27069643

Rafferty D, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Simenel C, Simpson E, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Luong D, McNeil S, Kandasamy R, Vo-Phuoc K, Wakhle A
Multinucleon transfer in ^16,18O, ¹⁹F + ²⁰⁸Pb reactions at energies near the fusion barrier
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 94, 2(2016) 024607 1-14

Simpson E, Cook K, Luong D, Devi S, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Williams E
Disintegration locations in Li-7 -> Be-8 transfer-triggered breakup at near-barrier energies
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 93, 2(2016) 024605 /1-9

Edayillam P, Hinde D, Kandasamy R, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, McNeil S, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Wakhle A, Khuyagbaatar J, Palshetkar C, Williams E, Luong D, Jeung D, Dullmann C, Lommel B, Kindler B
Observation of mass-asymmetric fission of mercury nuclei in heavy ion fusion
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 91, 6(2015) 1-7

Hammerton K, Kohley Z, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Wakhle A, Williams E, Oberacker V, Umar A, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Greene J, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Stiefel K
Reduced quasifission competition in fusion reactions forming neutron-rich heavy elements
Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics 91, 4(2015) 5

(33 publications)

Conference paper

Sengupta C, Cook K, Cook K, Simpson E, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Banerjee K, Bezzina L, Stoyer M
Elastic Scattering and Reaction Cross-section of Li-8 on Bi-209
10th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics 2019 ?, ?(2020) 1-5

Swinton-Bland B, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Williams E, Cook K, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Sengupta C, Simenel C, Simpson E, Smith j, Vo-Phuoc K, Walshe J
Systematic Study of Quasifission in Ca-48-induced reactions
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium (HIAS 2019) ?, ?(2020)

Hammerton K, Morrissey D, Kohley Z, Wakhle A, Stiefel K, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Greene J
Results on the influence of neutron-richness on quasifission in intermediate mass reactions
6th International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei (ICFN) 2018 0, 0(2018) 289-294

Hinde D, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Simpson E, Cook K, Cook K, Devi S, Luong D, Williams E, Cook K
Applications of a superconducting solenoidal separator in the experimental investigation of nuclear reactions
Journal of Physics: Conference Series ?, ?(2017)

Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Mohanto G, Prasad E, Simenel C, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Devi S, Rafferty D, Simpson E, David H, D�llmann C, Khuyagbaatar J
Quasifission Dynamics in the Formation of Superheavy Elements
2017 20th International Conference on Information Fusion ?, ?(2017) 1-8

Palshetkar C, Hinde D, Williams E, Ramachandran K, Dasgupta M, Cook K, Cook K, Wakhle A, Jeung D, Rafferty D, McNeil S, Carter I, Luong D
Investigating fusion dynamics at high angular momentum via fission cross sections
2017 20th International Conference on Information Fusion ?, ?(2017) 1-6

Sengupta C, Carter I, Cook K, Simpson E, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Jeung D, Devi S, Vo-Phuoc K, Prasad E, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Williams E
First Elastic Scattering Measurement of 8Li on 209Bi at the Australian National University
FUSION17 ?, ?(2017) 1-5

Williams E, Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Kandasamy R, Simenel C, Simpson E, Wakhle A
Exploring dissipative processes at high angular momentum in 58Ni+60Ni reactions
12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, NN 2015 ?, ?(2016) 08021 6

Simpson E, Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Devi S, Luong D, Carter I, Hinde D, Williams E
Resonances in transfer-triggered Breakup of 7Li in near-barrier collisions
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2015 ?, ?(2016)

Rafferty D, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Simenel C, Simpson E, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Luong D, McNeil S, Ramachandran K, Vo-Phuoc K, Wakhle A
Probing cluster structures through sub-barrier transfer reactions
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2015 123, 03004 (2016) 1-5

Hinde D, Williams E, Mohanto G, Simenel C, Dasgupta M, Wakhle A, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, Palshetkar C, Edayillam P, Rafferty D, DuRietz R, Simpson E
Systematic study of quasifission characteristics and timescales in heavy element formation reactions
12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, NN 2015 ?, ?(2016) 08006 8

Hinde D, Williams E, Mohanto G, Simenel C, Jeung D, Dasgupta M, Wakhle A, Vo-Phuoc K, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Luong D, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Simpson E
Nuclear structure effects in quasifission - Understanding the formation of the heaviest elements
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2015 ?, ?(2016)

Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Jeung D, Mohanto G, Prasad E, Simenel C, Walshe J, Wakhle A, Williams E, Carter I, Cook K, Devi S, Rafferty D, DuRietz R, Simpson E, David H, D�llmann C, Khuyagbaatar J
Quasifission in heavy and superheavy element formation reactions
2016 Nobel Symposium NS 160 - Chemistry and Physics of Heavy and Superheavy Elements 131, 04004(2016) 1-6

Edayillam P, Hinde D, Williams E, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Jeung D, Luong D, McNeil S, Palshetkar C, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Wakhle A, Ramachandran K, Khuyagbaatar J, Dullmann C, Lommel B, Kindler B
Mass-asymmetric fission in the 40Ca+142Nd reaction
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2015 ?, ?(2016) 03006 6

Dasgupta M, Simpson E, Luong D, Devi S, Cook K, Cook K, Carter I, Hinde D, Williams E
Breakup locations: Intertwining effects of nuclear structure and reaction dynamics
12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, NN 2015 ?, ?(2016) 8

Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Luong D, Kandasamy R, Williams E, Cook K, Cook K, Muirhead A, Marshall S, Tunningley T
Recent developments of SOLEROO: Australia's first high energy radioactive Ion Beam capability
Heavy-Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2014 ?, ?(2015) 1-5

Cook K, Cook K, Luong D, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, McNeil S, Rafferty D, Ramachandran K, Simenel C, Williams E
Breakup following interactions with light targets: Investigating new methods to probe nuclear physics input to the cosmological lithium problem
Heavy-Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2014 ?, ?(2015)

Rafferty D, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Simenel C, Cook K, Carter I, Luong D, McNeil S, Kandasamy R, Wakhle A, Williams E
Investigating energy dissipation through nucleon transfer reactions
Heavy-Ion Accelerator Symposium, HIAS 2014 ?, ?(2015) 7

Hinde D, DuRietz R, Williams E, Simenel C, Lin C, Wakhle A, Cook K, Cook K, Dasgupta M, Evers M, Luong D
Mass-angle distributions: Insights into the dynamics of heavy element formation
INPC 2013 - International Nuclear Physics Conference 66(2014) 1-6

Carter I, Kandasamy R, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Rafiei R, Luong D, Williams E, Cook K, McNeil S, Rafferty D, Harding A, Muirhead A, Tunningley T
An ion beam tracking system based on a parallel plate avalanche counter
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013 63(2013)

Cook K, Cook K, Luong D, Williams E, Carter I, Dasgupta M, Hinde D, Kandasamy R
Developing new methods to investigate nuclear physics input to the cosmological lithium problem
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013 63(2013)

Hinde D, Dasgupta M, Carter I, Cook K, Cook K, Evers M, Luong D, Kandasamy R, Rafferty D, Simenel C, Wakhle A, Williams E
Nuclear reaction dynamics research at the Australian National University
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013 63(2013)

Cook K, Luong D, Williams E
Nuclear Physics Solutions to the Primordial Lithium Problem
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2012 35(2012) 1-4

(23 publications)

Conference written presentation

Hinde D, Williams E, DuRietz R, Dasgupta M, Wakhle A, Simenel C, Luong D, Cook K, Cook K
Mapping quasifission characteristics in heavy element formation reactions
6th International Conference on FUSION 2014 86(2014) 1-6

(1 publications)

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