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Astrophysics


Paving the way to study the chronology of the early solar system
Dr Stefan Pavetich, Dr Michaela Froehlich , A/Prof Stephen Tims, Mr Dominik Koll


Radioimpurities in particle detectors for dark matter studies
Dr Michaela Froehlich , Dr Zuzana Slavkovska, A/Prof Stephen Tims, Professor Gregory Lane
Atomic and Molecular Physics


Positron applications in medical physics
A/Prof. James Sullivan, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek


Measuring and modelling free-ion hyperfine fields
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Dr Brendan McCormick


Interactions between antimatter and ultracold atoms
Dr Sean Hodgman, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek


Benchmark positron scattering experiments
A/Prof. James Sullivan, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek
Biophysics


Positron applications in medical physics
A/Prof. James Sullivan, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek
Engineering in Physics


Understanding energy dissipation in colliding quantum many-body systems
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Dr Ian Carter, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde


Ultra-fast lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states
Professor Gregory Lane, Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi


Directional dark matter measurements with CYGNUS
Dr Lindsey Bignell, Dr Peter McNamara , Dr Zuzana Slavkovska, Professor Gregory Lane


Nuclear lifetimes - developing new apparatus and methods
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Professor Gregory Lane, Mr Ben Coombes
Environmental Physics
Radioactivity in our environment
Materials Science and Engineering


Controlling the properties of 2D materials by defect engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


Simulation of x-ray scattering from nano-objects


Controlling the properties of 2D materials by defect engineering
Physics of the Nucleus


Paving the way to study the chronology of the early solar system
Dr Stefan Pavetich, Dr Michaela Froehlich , A/Prof Stephen Tims, Mr Dominik Koll


Nuclear batteries: Energy-storage applications of nuclear isomers


Understanding energy dissipation in colliding quantum many-body systems
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Dr Ian Carter, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde


Measuring and modelling free-ion hyperfine fields
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Dr Brendan McCormick


Ultra-fast lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states
Professor Gregory Lane, Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi


Nuclear magnetism - magnetic moment measurements
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Professor Gregory Lane, Dr Brendan McCormick


Radioimpurities in particle detectors for dark matter studies
Dr Michaela Froehlich , Dr Zuzana Slavkovska, A/Prof Stephen Tims, Professor Gregory Lane


Towards a global understanding of nuclear fission
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Professor David Hinde, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta


Directional dark matter measurements with CYGNUS
Dr Lindsey Bignell, Dr Peter McNamara , Dr Zuzana Slavkovska, Professor Gregory Lane


Nuclear lifetimes - developing new apparatus and methods
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Professor Gregory Lane, Mr Ben Coombes


Nuclei that fall apart: the role of sub-zeptosecond processes in reactions of weakly-bound nuclei
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde
Quantum Science and Technology


Interactions between antimatter and ultracold atoms
Dr Sean Hodgman, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek
Theoretical Physics


Nuclear magnetism - magnetic moment measurements
Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi, Professor Gregory Lane, Dr Brendan McCormick
Topological and Structural Science


Simulation of x-ray scattering from nano-objects
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