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Jacinta Den Besten

First Year Coordinator/Senior Lecturer
Physics
technology
science & technology
materials science, multidisciplinary
physics, condensed matter
temperature factors
scattering
physics
fast electrons
materials science
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Rutherford backscattering analysis on thin crystals modelled using a Bloch-wave formulation

JL Den Besten, DN Jamieson, LJ Allen

Journal article  |  1999  |  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

The Lindhard model for the channeling of MeV ions in crystals is well established. Simulations usually use a Monte Carlo method, w..

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Quantum mechanical model for Rutherford backscattering of ion beams by thin crystalline lattices

JL den Besten, LJ Allen, DN Jamieson

Journal article  |  1999  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW B

During the 1960s there was much discussion about the transition from a quantal to a classical description of ion-beam channeling. ..

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Curious Kids: What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?

Jacinta den Besten

In fact, some things are slowing the Earth down or could change its spinning in the future. ShutterstockThis is an article from Curious Kids..

June 12, 2018
conversation Article
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Curious Kids: If Australia is at the bottom of the world, why are we the right way up?

Jacinta den Besten

For the Earth, which is shaped like a ball, the force of gravity pulls you to the centre from every point on the ground. Cindy Zhi/The Conve..

April 3, 2018
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Alien life as we know it

Jacinta Den Besten

The old-fashioned expression ‘That’s life Jim, but not as we know it’ can be applied to the latest sci-fi horror movie, LIFE.Directed by Dan..

March 31, 2017
pursuit Article
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Equality in science: A mission still not accomplished

Jacinta Den Besten, Katie Mack

Before NASA had computers, they had people, generally women, who performed calculations by hand, or with the aid of slide rules and adding m..

February 9, 2017
pursuit Article

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Credentials

Positions

First Year Coordinator/Senior Lecturer

Physics

Member

Australian Institute of Physics

Education

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION

University of Melbourne

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Hons)

University of Melbourne