Max Thompson

A novel measurement of the beta-decay half-life of O-14, and its relevance to the standard model

VT Takau, MN Thompson, RJ Scott, RP Rassool, GJ O'Keefe

Journal article  |  2012  |  RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

The half-life of the super-allowed Β-decay of 14O has been measured to be 70.623±0.053s. The 14O was produced via the reaction 12C..

Precise measurement of the half-life of the Fermi beta decay of Al-26(m)

Rebecca J Scott, Graeme J O'Keefe, Maxwell N Thompson, Roger P Rassool

Journal article  |  2011  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW C

State-of-the-art signal digitization and analysis techniques have been used to measure the half-life of the Fermi β decay of 26Alm..

Imaging high energy photons with PILATUS II at the tagged photon beam at MAX-lab

V Lee, DJ Peake, B Sobott, B Schroder, Ch Broennimann, B Henrich, K Hansen, GJ O'Keefe, GN Taylor, MJ Boland, MN Thompson, RP Rassool

Journal article  |  2009  |  NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

In photonuclear experiments precise location of the photon beam relative to the experimental sample is critical. Previously used t..

A new technique for precise measurement of the half-life of the Fermi beta-decay of Al-26m

RJ Scott, RP Rassool, MN Thompson, DV Webb

Journal article  |  2005  |  NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Two recent publications presenting very different approaches to applying the isospin symmetry-breaking and radiative corrections t..

Measurement of the exclusive He-3(e,e ' p) reaction below the quasielastic peak

A Kozlov, AJ Sarty, KA Aniol, P Bartsch, D Baumann, W Bertozzi, K Bohinc, R Bohm, JP Chen, D Dale, L Dennis, S Derber, M Ding, MO Distler, P Dragovitsch, I Ewald, KG Fissum, J Friedrich, JM Friedrich, R Geiges, et al.

Journal article  |  2004  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

New, high-precision measurements of the 3He(e,e(')p) reaction using the A1 Collaboration spectrometers at the Mainz microtron MAMI..

Proper shielding for NaI(T1) detectors in combined neutron-gamma fields using MCNP

MHH Yazdi, AA Mowlavi, MN Thompson, HM Hakimabad

Journal article  |  2004  |  NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

The importance of reducing the activation of NaI(Tl) detectors when used to detect γ-rays in the presence of an intense neutron en..

High resolution measurement of the O-16(gamma,pn)N-14(0,1,2,...) reaction

KR Garrow, F Adimi, NR Kolb, J Lu, RE Pywell, DM Skopik, JM Vogt, JW Jury, A Kuzin, MN Thompson, J Ryckebusch

Journal article  |  2001  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW C

The exclusive 16O(γ,pn)14N0,1,2, . . . reaction was measured for the photon energy range Eγ=98.5 to 141.0 MeV with an excitation e..

Excitations in the halo nucleus He-6 following the Li-7(gamma,p)He-6 reaction

MJ Boland, MA Garbutt, RP Rassool, MN Thompson, AJ Bennett, JW Jury, JO Adler, B Schroder, D Nilsson, K Hansen, M Karlsson, M Lundin, IJD MacGregor

Journal article  |  2001  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW C

A broad excited state was observed in 6He with energy Ex=5±1 MeV and width Γ=3±1 MeV, following the reaction 7Li(γ,p)6He. The stat..

The longitudinal and transverse response of the He-4(e, e ' p) reaction in the dip region

A Kozlov, KA Aniol, P Bartsch, D Baumann, W Bertozzi, R Bohm, K Bohinc, JP Chen, D Dale, L Dennis, S Derber, M Ding, MO Distler, P Dragovitsch, I Ewald, KG Fissum, REJ Florizone, J Friedrich, JM Friedrich, R Geiges, et al.

Journal article  |  2001  |  NUCLEAR PHYSICS A