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2022

• PublishedCoulomb excitation of the $|T_z|=12, A=23$ mirror pair
  Henderson, J., Hackman, G., Ruotsalainen, P., Holt, J. D., Stroberg, S. R., Andreoiu, C., Ball, G. C., Bernier, N., Bowry, M., Caballero-Folch, R., Cruz, S., Diaz Varela, A., Evitts, L. J., Frederick, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Holl, M., Lassen, J., Measures, J., Olaizola, B., O'Sullivan, E., Paetkau, O., Park, J., Smallcombe, J., Svensson, C. E., Whitmore, K. & Wu, C. Y., 28 Mar 2022, In: Physical Review C. 105, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printPredicting the thermal expansion of body-centred cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys in the Mo-Nb-Ta-Ti-W system
  Wilson, J., Evitts, L. J., Fraile, A., Wilson, R., Rushton, M., Goddard, D., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 4, 3, 034002.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedDiffusion in doped and undoped amorphous zirconia
  Owen, M., Rushton, M., Evitts, L. J., Claisse, A., Puide, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 555, 153108.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSynthesis of new M-layer solid-solution 312 MAX phases (Ta1−xTix)3AlC2 (x = 0.4, 0.62, 0.75, 0.91 or 0.95), and their corresponding MXenes
  Rigby, M. T. P., Natu, V., Sokol, M., Kelly, D. J., Hopkinson, D. G., Zou, Y., Bird, J. R. T., Evitts, L. J., Smith, M., Race, C. P., Frankel, P., Haigh, S. J. & Barsoum, M. W., 22 Jan 2021, In: RSC Advances. 11, 5
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe accommodation of lithium in bulk ZrO2
  Stephens, G. F., Than, Y. R., Nelson, W., Evitts, L. J., Wenman, M., Murphy, S., Grimes, R. W., Cole-Baker, A., Ortner, S., Gotham, N., Rushton, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 15 Dec 2021, In: Solid State Ionics. 373, 115813.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe future of medical radioisotope production in the UK: An introduction to nuclear medicine
  Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Aug 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 4, p. 18-20 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedThe future of medical radioisotope production in the UK -- Part Two
  Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Nov 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 6, p. 17-19 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedUtilizing neutronics modelling to predict changing Pu ratios in UO2 in the presence of Th
  Evitts, L., Gilbert, M. R., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Dahlfors, M., 1 Jul 2021, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 137, 103762.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedDecay spectroscopy of Cd-129
  Saito, Y., Dillmann, I., Krücken, R., Bernier, N., Ball, G. C., Bowry, M., Andreoiu, C., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Boubel, P., Burbadge, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Dunlop, M. R., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garcia, F. H., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Grawe, H., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Ilyushkin, S., Jungclaus, A., Kisliuk, D., Lassen, TRIUMF., Li, R., MacConnachie, E., MacLean, A. D., McGee, E., Moukaddam, M., Olaizola, B., Padilla-Rodal, E., Park, J., Paetkau, O., Petrache, C. M., Pore, J. L., Radich, A. J., Ruotsalainen, P., Smallcombe, J., Svensson, C. E., Teigelhöfer, A., Turko, J. & Zidar, T., 31 Aug 2020, In: Physical Review C. 102, 2, 024337.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence of excess oxygen accommodation in yttria partially-stabilized zirconia
  Middleburgh, S. C., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M. J. D., Assinder, B., Grimes, R. W. & Lee, W. E., 15 Jan 2020, In: Scripta Materialia. 175, p. 7-10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh-precision branching ratio measurement and spin assignment implications for Ga-62 superallowed beta decay
  MacLean, A. D., Laffoley, A. T., Svensson, C. E., Ball, G. C., Leslie, J. R., Andreoiu, C., Babu, A., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Bidaman, H., Bildstein, V., Burbadge, C., Bowry, M., Cheng, C., Cross, D. S., Diaz-Varela, A., Dillmann, I., Dunlop, M. R., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Finlay, P., Gillespie, S., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Gopaul, E., Grinyer, G. F., Hackman, G., Jigmeddorj, B., Leach, K. G., Kassanda, E., McAfee, J., Moukaddam, M., Natzke, C., Nittala, S., Olaizola, B., Park, J., Paxman, C., Pore, J. L., Porzio, C., Radich, A. J., Ruotsalainen, P., Saito, Y., Sharma, S., Smallcombe, J., Sultana, R., Turko, J., Yates, D. & Zidar, T., 19 Nov 2020, In: Physical Review C. 102, 5, 054325.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImproved precision on the experimental $E0$ decay branching ratio of the Hoyle state
  Eriksen, T. K., Kibédi, T., Reed, M. W., Stuchbery, A. E., Cook, K. J., Akber, A., Alshahrani, B., Avaa, A. A., Banerjee, K., Berriman, A. C., Bezzina, L. T., Bignell, L., Buete, J., Carter, I. P., Coombes, B. J., Dowie, J. T. H., Dasgupta, M., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Gerathy, M. S. M., Gray, T. J., Hinde, D. J., Hoang, T. H., Hota, S. S., Ideguchi, E., Lane, G. J., McCormick, B. P., Mitchell, A. J., Palalani, N., Palazzo, T., Ripper, M., Smallcombe, J., Swinton-Bland, B. M. A., Tanaka, T., Tornyi, T. G. & de Vries, M. O., 17 Aug 2020, In: Physical Review C. 102, 2, p. 024320 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInfluence of boron isotope ratio on the thermal conductivity of uranium diboride (UB2) and zirconium diboride (ZrB2)
  Evitts, L., Middleburgh, S., Kardoulaki, E., Ipatova, I., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 528, 151892.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShort communication on further elucidating the structure of amorphous U2O7 by extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy and DFT simulations
  Thompson, N., Middleburgh, S., Evitts, L., Gilbert, M., Sennett, M. & Hyatt, N., 15 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 542, 152476.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpectroscopic study of Ca-47 from the beta(-) decay of K-47
  Garnsworthy, A. B., Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Beadle, Z., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Varela, A. D., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Svensson, C. E., Yates, S. W., Smith, J. K. & Williams, S. J., 11 Nov 2020, In: Physical Review C. 102, 5, p. 054314 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedDetailed spectroscopy of ⁴⁶Ca: A study of the β^- decay of ⁴⁶K
  Pore, J. L., Andreoiu, C., Smith, J. K., MacLean, A. D., Chester, A., Holt, J. D., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Braid, R., Diaz Varela, A., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Ilyushkin, S. V., Jigmeddorj, B., Kuhn, K., Kunz, P., Laffoley, A. T., Leach, K. G., Miller, D., Mills, W. J., Moore, W., Moukaddam, M., Morrison, L. N., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Radich, A. J., Rand, E. T., Sarazin, F., Southall, D., Svensson, C. E., Williams, S. J. & Yates, S. W., 25 Nov 2019, In: Physical Review C. 100, 054327
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedE0 transition strength in stable Ni isotopes
  Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Kibédi, T., Smallcombe, J., Reed, M. W., Stuchbery, A. E., Lane, G. J., Eriksen, T. K., Akber, A., Alshahrani, B., de Vries, M., Gerathy, M. S. M., Holt, J. D., Lee, B. Q., McCormick, B. P., Mitchell, A. J., Moukaddam, M., Mukhopadhyay, S., Palalani, N., Palazzo, T., Peters, E. E., Ramirez, A. P. D., Tornyi, T. & Yates, S. W., 11 Feb 2019, In: Physical Review C. 99, 2, 11 p., 024306.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsospin symmetry in B(E2) values: Coulomb excitation study of ²¹Mg
  Ruotsalainen, P., Henderson, J., Hackman, G., Sargsyan, G. H., Launey, K. D., Saxena, A., Srivastava, P. C., Stroberg, S. R., Grahn, T., Pakarinen, J., Ball, G. C., Julin, R., Greenlees, P. T., Smallcombe, J., Andreoiu, C., Bernier, N., Bowry, M., Buckner, M., Caballero-Folch, R., Chester, A., Cruz, S., Evitts, L. J., Frederick, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Holl, M., Kurkjian, A., Kisliuk, D., Leach, K. G., McGee, E., Measures, J., Mucher, D., Park, J., Sarazin, F., Smith, J. K., Southall, D., Starosta, K., Svensson, C. E., Whitmore, K., Williams, M. & Wu, C. Y., 6 May 2019, In: Physical Review C. 99, 5
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShell evolution approaching the N=20 island of inversion: Structure of ²⁹Mg
  Matta, A., Catford, W. N., Orr, N. A., Henderson, J., Ruotsalainen, P., Hackman, G., Garnsworthy, A. B., Delaunay, F., Wilkinson, R., Lotay, G., Tsunoda, N., Otsuka, T., Knapton, A. J., Ball, G. C., Bernier, N., Burbadge, C., Chester, A., Cross, D. S., Cruz, S., Diget, C. A., Domingo, T., Drake, T. E., Evitts, L. J., Garcia, F. H., Hallam, S., MacConnachie, E., Moukaddam, M., Muecher, D., Padilla-Rodal, E., Paetkau, O., Park, J., Pore, J. L., Rizwan, U., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Starosta, K., Svensson, C. E., Williams, J. & Williams, M., 29 Apr 2019, In: Physical Review C. 99, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStoichiometry deviation in amorphous zirconium dioxide
  Rushton, M. J. D., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Lee, W. E. & Middleburgh, S. C., 28 May 2019, In: RSC Advances. 9, 29, p. 16320-16327
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe GRIFFIN facility for Decay-Spectroscopy studies at TRIUMF-ISAC
  GRIFFIN Collaboration, 21 Feb 2019, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 918, p. 9-29
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedE0 transition strengths in ¹¹⁰Pd
  Smallcombe, J., Berean-Dutcher, J., Moukaddam, M., Garnsworthy, A. B., Andreoiu, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Drake, T. E., Evitts, L. J., Hackman, G., Henderson, J., Kurkjian, A., Olaizola, B., Peters, E. E., Southall, D., Ruotsalainen, P., Svensson, C. E., Wiens, M., Yates, S. W. & Zidar, T., 5 Oct 2018, In: The European Physical Journal A. 54, 10, 165.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIdentification of significant E0 strength in the 2₂⁺ → 2₁⁺ transitions of ^58,60,62Ni
  Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Kibedi, T., Smallcombe, J., Reed, M. W., Brown, B. A., Stuchbery, A. E., Lane, G. J., Eriksen, T. K., Akber, A., Alshahrani, B., de Vries, M., Gerathy, M. S. M., Holt, J. D., Lee, B. Q., McCormick, B. P., Mitchell, A. J., Moukaddam, M., Mukhopadhyay, S., Palalani, N., Palazzo, T., Peters, E. E., Ramirez, A. P. D., Stroberg, S. R., Tornyi, T. & Yates, S. W., 10 Apr 2018, In: Physics Letters B.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
• PublishedIn-beam internal conversion electron spectroscopy with the SPICE detector
  Moukaddam, M., Smallcombe, J., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Andreoiu, C., Ball, G. C., Berean-Dutcher, J., Bishop, D., Bolton, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Constable, M., Cross, D. S., Drake, T. E., Dunlop, R., Garrett, P. E., Georges, S., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Henderson, J., Henderson, R., Krucken, R., Kurchaninov, L., Kurkjian, A., Olaizola, B., O'Sullivan, E., Lu, P., Park, J., Peters, E. E., Pore, J. L., Rand, E. T., Ruotsalainen, P., Smith, J. K., Southall, D., Spencer, M., Svensson, C. E., Wiens, M., Williams, M., Yates, S. W. & Zidar, T., 11 Oct 2018, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 905, p. 180-187
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLifetimes of low-lying excited states in ⁸⁶Kr
  Henderson, J., Chester, A., Ball, G. C., Caballero-Folch, R., Domingo, T., Drake, T. E., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Moukaddam, M., Ruotsalainen, P., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Starosta, K., Svensson, C. E. & Williams, J., 16 Apr 2018, In: Physical Review C. 97, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRecoil distance method lifetime measurements at TRIUMF-ISAC using the TIGRESS Integrated Plunger
  Chester, A., Ball, G. C., Bernier, N., Cross, D. S., Domingo, T., Drake, T. E., Evitts, L. J., Garcia, F. H., Garnsworthy, A. B., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Henderson, J., Henderson, R., Krucken, R., MacConnachie, E., Moukaddam, M., Padilla-Rodal, E., Paetkau, O., Pore, J. L., Rizwan, U., Ruotsalainen, P., Shoults, J., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Starosta, K., Svensson, C. E., Van Wieren, K., Williams, J. & Williams, M., 21 Feb 2018, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 882, p. 69-83
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTesting microscopically derived descriptions of nuclear collectivity: Coulomb excitation of ²²Mg
  Henderson, J., Hackman, G., Ruotsalainen, P., Stroberg, S. R., Launey, K. D., Holt, J. D., Ali, F. A., Bernier, N., Bentley, M. A., Bowry, M., Caballero-Folch, R., Evitts, L. J., Frederick, R., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Jigmeddorj, B., Kilic, A. I., Lassen, J., Measures, J., Muecher, D., Olaizola, B., O'Sullivan, E., Paetkau, O., Park, J., Smallcombe, J., Svensson, C. E., Wadsworth, R. & Wu, C. Y., 10 Jul 2018, In: Physics Letters B. 782, p. 468-473
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedHalf-lives of neutron-rich ^128-130Cd
  Dunlop, R., Bildstein, V., Dillmann, I., Jungclaus, A., Svensson, C. E., Andreoiu, C., Ball, G. C., Bernier, N., Bidaman, H., Boubel, P., Burbadge, C., Caballero-Folch, R., Dunlop, M. R., Evitts, L. J., Garcia, F., Garnsworthy, A. B., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Henderson, J., Ilyushkin, S., Kisliuk, D., Krucken, R., Lassen, J., Li, R., MacConnachie, E., MacLean, A. D., McGee, E., Moukaddam, M., Olaizola, B., Padilla-Rodal, E., Park, J., Paetkau, O., Petrache, C. M., Pore, J. L., Radich, A. J., Ruotsalainen, P., Smallcombe, J., Smith, J. K., Tabor, S. L., Teigelhofer, A., Turko, J. & Zidar, T., 16 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review C. 93, 6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMeasurement of lifetimes in ²³Mg
  Kirsebom, O. S., Bender, P., Cheeseman, A., Christian, G., Churchman, R., Cross, D. S., Davids, B., Evitts, L. J., Fallis, J., Galinski, N., Garnsworthy, A. B., Hackman, G., Lighthall, J., Ketelhut, S., Machule, P., Miller, D., Nielsen, S. T., Nobs, C. R., Pearson, C. J., Rajabali, M. M., Radich, A. J., Rojas, A., Ruiz, C., Sanetullaev, A., Unsworth, C. D. & Wrede, C., 2 Feb 2016, In: Physical Review C. 93, 2, 025802.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedObservation of a large beta-delayed neutron emission component in ¹⁰²Rb decay and identification of excited states in ¹⁰²Sr
  Wang, Z. M., Garnsworthy, A. B., Andreoiu, C., Ball, G. C., Bender, P. C., Bildstein, V., Cross, D. S., Demand, G., Dunlop, R., Evitts, L. J., Garrett, P. E., Hackman, G., Hadinia, B., Ketelhut, S., Krucken, R., Leach, K. G., Laffoley, A. T., Miller, D., Moukaddam, M., Pore, J., Radich, A. J., Rajabali, M. M., Svensson, C. E., Tan, A., Tardiff, E., Unsworth, C., Voss, A. & Voss, P., 2 May 2016, In: Physical Review C. 93, 5, 054301.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedSimulated performance of the in-beam conversion-electron spectrometer, SPICE
  Ketelhut, S., Evitts, L. J., Garnsworthy, A. B., Bolton, C., Ball, G. C., Churchman, R., Dunlop, R., Hackman, G., Henderson, R., Moukaddam, M., Rand, E. T., Svensson, C. E. & Witmer, J., 21 Jul 2014, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 753, p. 154-163
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Utilizing neutronics modelling to predict the presence of Th in a standard PWR with UO2 fuel

  27 Nov 2020

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
• Universities' Nuclear Technology Forum

  10 Nov 2020

  Activity: Participation in conference (Organiser)
• Modelling in Nuclear Science and Engineering Seminar

  4 Nov 2020 – 5 Nov 2020

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• Postdocs in Nuclear Energy

  30 Oct 2020

  Activity: Participation in conference (Organiser)

2019

• UK Future Irradiation Needs Workshop

  6 Nov 2019

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
• VASP Workshop: Electronic Structure Modelling for Surface and Interface Science

  22 Oct 2019 – 23 Oct 2019

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
• Influence of boron isotope ratio on the thermal conductivity or uranium diboride and zirconium diboride

  12 Sep 2019

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• UK Nuclear Academics Meeting 2019

  Assisted in setting up and running of conference.

  10 Sep 2019 – 11 Sep 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Organiser)
• The Lifecycle of Radionuclides in Medicine

  7 Jun 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Advanced accident and radiation-tolerant materials

  25 Mar 2019 – 26 Mar 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Uranium Science

  21 Jan 2019 – 22 Jan 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)

• A study in the research and development of novel radiotherapies

  01/06/2021 – 28/02/2022 (Finished)