Scholarship Description: The group’s research is focused on the study of atomic nuclei under extreme conditions, e.g. nuclei at high excitation energy at the transition from quantum order to chaos, of exotic nuclei with an unusual ratio of protons and neutrons, or of very (super)heavy nuclei. To obtain experimental information under such conditions is crucial in order to constrain and improve theoretical models of the nuclear many-body system. Experiments are performed both at the Oslo Cyclotron and at accelerator facilities abroad.
The goal of the PhD project is the measurement of electromagnetic transition probabilities from short-lived excited states in exotic neutron-rich nuclei. An experiment will be performed at the Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) in Caen (France), where neutron-rich nuclei will be produced using fusion-fission reactions. Transition rates will be obtained by measuring the lifetimes of excited states, typically some 10-12 s, in a variety of fission fragments. The experiment will be performed within a large international collaboration. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to take a leading role throughout the entire project, which includes the preparation and realization of the experiment, data analysis and interpretation, and publication of the results.
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