Dr Lee J. Evitts
Lecturer in Nuclear Medicine
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
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
Activities
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)
Projects
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A study in the research and development of novel radiotherapies
01/06/2021 – 28/02/2022 (Finished)