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Understanding the properties of nuclei, how they behave when they collide with other nuclei, and how they interact with materials is critical in both foundational nuclear science and applications such as particle beam cancer therapy, satellite resilience, nuclear power, and waste storage. An enormous variety of properties and processes must be understood, covering energy scales from eV to 1012 eV, and with any combination of thousands of stable and unstable isotopes.
Making measurements for all possible processes and energies is an impossibly large task, so we need nuclear models that are applicable to a very wide range of scenarios. As we often simulate radiation moving in environments using Monte Carlo approaches, the models that we develop also need to be highly computationally efficient.
Our group develops and tests models for nuclei, their interactions and their emissions for use in foundational nuclear science and nuclear applications. Our research spans a diverse range of topics including:
Our group, led by Lindsey Bignell and Ed Simpson, collaborates closely with the other groups within the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, and other University groups both in Australia and globally.
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