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Instrumentation And Methods For Time-of-flight (tof) Spectroscopy

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Very Low-energy Charged Particle Detectors

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Gamma Detectors (scintillators, Czt, Hpg, Hgi Etc)

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Relativistic Coulomb Excitation Of The Ivgdr

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Transition From Spherical To Deformed Nuclei

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Stellenbosch University - (Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa)

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University of the Witwatersrand - (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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University of Cambridge - (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

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University of York - (York, York, United Kingdom)

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Nuclear-structure experiments at iThemba LABS to investigate discrepancies between (p, p') and (, xn) data

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Transfer Reactions in Nuclear Astrophysics

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The impact of $^{17}$O$+$ reaction rate uncertainties on the s-process in rotating massive stars

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New measurement of the E c.m.=323 keV resonance in the ¹⁹F(p, ) ²⁰Ne reaction

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Measurement of the photoabsorption cross section of 24Mg.

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Evaluation of Experimental Constraints on the $^{44}$Ti($$,p)$^{47}$V Reaction Cross Section Relevant for Supernovae

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Proton-unbound states in $^{24}{
m Al}$ relevant for the $^{23}{
m Mg}(p,)$ reaction in novae

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Spectroscopy of states in ¹³⁶Ba using the ¹³⁸Ba(p, t) reaction

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Searching for resonance states in $^{22}$Ne($p,$)$^{23}$Na

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CAKE: the coincidence array for K600 experiments

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Narrow resonances in the continuum of the unbound nucleus $^{15}$F

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Characterization of the proposed 4- cluster state candidate in 16O

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Towards ²⁶Na via (d,p) with SHARC and TIGRESS and a novel zero-degree detector

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Two-neutron transfer reaction mechanisms in ¹²C(⁶He,⁴He)¹⁴C using a realistic three-body ⁶He model

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Study of key resonances in the ³⁰P(p, )³¹S reaction in classical novae

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Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond

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Pygmy Dipole Response in Samarium isotopes

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Study of N=50 gap evolution around Z=32: new structure information for 82Ge

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Reevaluation of the ²³Ne(, )²⁶Mg and ²²Ne(, n)²⁵Mg reaction

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Study of a 5-Alpha Cluster Candidate with the 22Ne(p,t)20Ne and 22Ne(p,3He)20F Reactions

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Isospin mixing and the cubic isobaric multiplet mass equation in the lowest T=2, A=32 quintet

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Proton-unbound states in ²⁴Al relevant for the ²³Mg(p, ) reaction in novae

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Probing nuclear forces beyond the nuclear drip line: the cases of ¹⁶F and ¹⁵F

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Refining the deep sub-barrier 12C+12C excitation function with STELLA

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Exploring the astrophysical energy range of the ²⁷Al(p, )²⁴Mg reaction: A new recommended reaction rate

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Inverse kinematics study of the energy levels of 21Ne populated with the 20Ne+d reaction

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Study of a 5-Alpha Cluster Candidate with the ²²Ne(p,t)²⁰Ne and ²²Ne(p, ³He)²⁰F Reactions

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Effectiveness of using a magnetic spectrograph with the Trojan Horse method

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PANDORA Project for the study of photonuclear reactions below A=60

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Experimental Determination of  Widths of ^{21}Ne Levels in the Region of Astrophysical Interest: New ^{17}O+ Reaction Rates and Impact on the Weak s Process.

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Charged-Particle Decays of Highly Excited States in F

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clustering in ²⁸Si probed through the identification of high-lying 0⁺ states

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Probing nuclear forces beyond the nuclear drip line: The cases of $^{16}$F and $^{15}$F

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Isoscalar giant monopole strength in 58Ni, 90Zr, 120Sn, and 208Pb

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Spectroscopy of states in $^{136}
m{Ba}$ using the $^{138}
m{Ba}(p,t)$ reaction

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Refining the deep sub-barrier 12C+12C fusion excitation function with the STELLA apparatus

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Benchmarking ¹³⁶Xe neutrinoless decay matrix element calculations with the ¹³⁸Ba(p, t) reaction (vol 809, 135702, 2020)

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Investigating the pygmy dipole resonance in ⁹⁶Mo using the (p,d) reaction

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Evolution of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in the Ca isotope chain

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Examination of how properties of a fissioning system impact isomeric yield ratios of the fragments

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Isoscalar giant monopole resonance in $^{24}$Mg and $^{28}$Si: Effect of coupling between the isoscalar monopole and quadrupole strength

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Fine structure of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in $^{48}$Ca

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A new ¹²C+¹²C reaction rate: Impact on stellar evolution

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Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of ²⁶Al

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Evaluation of experimental constraints on the ⁴⁴Ti(, p) ⁴⁷V reaction cross section relevant for supernovae

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Measurement of the 27Al(p, )24Mg fusion reaction at astrophysical energies via the Trojan Horse Method

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Alpha clustering in $^{28}$Si probed through the identification of high-lying $0^+$ states

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SHARC: Silicon Highly-segmented Array for Reactions and Coulex used in conjunction with the TIGRESS -ray spectrometer

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Fine structure of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in ⁵⁸Ni, ⁹⁰Zr, ¹²⁰Sn, and ²⁰⁸Pb

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Re-examining the $^{26}$Mg($,^prime$)$^{26}$Mg reaction - probing astrophysically important states in $^{26}$Mg

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^{138}Ba(d,) Study of States in ^{136}Cs: Implications for New Physics Searches with Xenon Detectors.

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Study of the ²⁶Al(n,p)²⁶Mg and ²⁶Al(n,)²³Na reactions using the ²⁷Al(p,p)²⁷Al inelastic scattering reaction

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Deformation dependence of the isovector giant dipole resonance: Theneodymium isotopic chain revisited

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Nuclear structure studies relevant to ¹³⁶Xe decay

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Beam suppression of the DRAGON recoil separator for ³He(,)⁷Be

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Understanding the total width of the $3_{1}^{-}$ state in $mathrm{^{12}C}$

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A new $^{12}$C + $^{12}$C nuclear reaction rate: impact on stellar evolution

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Proton decays from  -unbound states in 22Mg and the 18Ne(, p0)21Na cross section

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Experimental study of the $^{30}$Si($^{3}$He,$d$)$^{31}$P reaction and thermonuclear reaction rate of $^{30}$Si($p$,$$)$^{31}$P

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Prompt and delayed spectroscopy of neutron-rich ⁹⁴Kr and observation of a new isomer

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Re-analysis of the $^{24}$Mg($,$)$^{28}$Si reaction rate at stellar temperatures

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Isoscalar giant monopole resonance in ²⁴Mg and ²⁸Si: Effect of coupling between the isoscalar monopole and quadrupole strength

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Charged-particle branching ratios above the neutron threshold in ¹⁹F: Constraining ¹⁵N production in core-collapse supernovae

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A New Reaction Rate of the ²⁷Al(p,)²⁸Si Reaction Based on Indirect Low-energy Cross-section Measurements

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Multi-probe study of excited states in $mathrm{^{12}C}$: disentangling   the sources of monopole strength between the Hoyle state and $E_{x} = 13$ MeV

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Asymmetry in the analogous spin-isospin-flip excitations of the [J, T] = [2+,1]1 and [2+,1]2 states in 146 C8, 147 N7, and 148 O6 from the [1+,0]1 ground state of 14N

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Characterization of a potential 4- cluster state

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Refuting The Nature Of The Sixth 0+ Hoyle-analogue State Candidate In 16O

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Damping mechanism of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in 58Ni

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Investigation of -cluster Transfer in Peripheral Collisions of 40Ca (12.3 MeV/nucleon) + 27Al using the MARS Spectrometer

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Investigating Single-Particle Structure in 26 Na Using the New SHARC Array

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Characterization of the proposed 4- cluster state candidate in ¹⁶O

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Two-neutron transfer reaction mechanisms in $^{12}$C($^6$He,$^{4}$He)$^{14}$C using a realistic three-body $^{6}$He model

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New narrow resonances observed in the unbound nucleus ¹⁵F

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Study of the ⁴⁴Ti(, p)⁴⁷V reaction rate using high-precision ⁵⁰Cr(p, t)⁴⁸Cr measurements

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New measurement of the $E_{mathrm{c.m.}}=323$ keV resonance in the $^{19}$F$($p,$)$^{20}$Ne reaction

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First lifetime investigations of N > 82 iodine isotopes: The quest for collectivity

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Understanding globular cluster abundances through nuclear reactions

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Advances in the Direct Study of Carbon Burning in Massive Stars.

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Neutron occupancies and single-particle energies across the stable tin isotopes

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Status of the ²⁴Mg(, )²⁸Si reaction rate at stellar temperatures

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Second T = 3/2 state in $^9$B and the isobaric multiplet mass equation

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Isospin Mixing and the Cubic Isobaric Multiplet Mass Equation in the Lowest T = 2, A = 32 Quintet

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Spectroscopy of ¹⁹Ne for the thermonuclear ¹⁵O(, )¹⁹Ne and ¹⁸F(p, )¹⁵O reaction rates

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Extending the Hoyle-State Paradigm to ^{12}C+^{12}C Fusion.

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Recent results on heavy-ion direct reactions of interest for 0 decay at INFN - LNS

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Deformation dependence of the isovector giant dipole resonance: The neodymium isotopic chain revisited

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Fine structure of the isovector giant dipole resonance in ¹⁴²⁻¹⁵⁰Nd and ¹⁵²Sm

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Understanding the total width of the ${3}_{1}^{ensuremath{-}}$ state in $^{12}mathrm{C}$

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Second T=3/2 state in ⁹B and the isobaric multiplet mass equation

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Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond

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The ²⁰Ne(d,p)²¹Ne transfer reaction in relation to the s-process abundances

# publications[].label
Transfer Reactions in Nuclear Astrophysics

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The impact of ¹⁷O + reaction rate uncertainties on the s-process in rotating massive stars

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Search for in-band transitions in the candidate superdeformed band in ²⁸Si

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Occupation probabilities of valence orbitals relevant to neutrinoless double  decay of 124Sn

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Fine structure of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in ⁴⁸Ca

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A practical guide to using the AngCor package

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Constraining (n,) cross sections via surrogate measurements with hyperion

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Multiprobe study of excited states in ¹²C: Disentangling the sources of monopole strength between the energy of the Hoyle state and Ex=13 MeV

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Angular momentum generation in nuclear fission.

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Benchmarking $^{136}$Xe Neutrinoless $$ Decay Matrix Element Calculations with the $^{138}{<br />m Ba}(p,t)$ Reaction

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High-resolution study of levels in the astrophysically important nucleus ²⁶Mg and resulting updated level assignments

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Isoscalar monopole and dipole transitions in ²⁴Mg, ²⁶Mg, and ²⁸Si

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21 Ne energy levels approaching the -particle threshold

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SPECTROSCOPY OF NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS WITH THE -BALL SPECTROMETER

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Cross section measurements in the ¹²C+¹²C system

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Charged-particle decays of highly excited states in $^{19}$F

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A new ¹²C+¹²C nuclear reaction rate: Impact on stellar evolution

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Probing the j dependence of angular distributions and N=20 shell rigidity via the S36(p,d)S35 reaction

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Fusion cross section measurements of astrophysical interest for light heavy ions systems within the STELLA project

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Constraints on key ¹⁷O(?,?) ²¹Ne resonances and impact on the weak s process

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Direct Measurement of Carbon Fusion at Astrophysical Energies with Gamma-Particle Coincidences

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The 22Ne(  ,n)25Mg reaction - state of the art, astrophysics, and perspectives.

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Photon strength functions from (p,) reactions

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Constraints on key $^{17}$O($,$)$^{21}$Ne resonances and impact on the weak s-process

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Large quadrupole deformation in Ne20 challenges rotor model and modern theory

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Neutron occupancies and single-particle energies across the stable tin isotopes

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Searching for resonance states in 22Ne(p, ) 23Na

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A New Reaction Rate of the ²⁷Al(p/)²⁴Mg Reaction Based on Indirect Measurements at Astrophysical Energies and Implications for ²⁷Al Yields of Intermediate-mass Stars

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Proton decays from $$-unbound states in $^{22}$Mg and the $^{18}$Ne($, p_{0}$)$^{21}$Na cross section

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-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF ⁸⁵Se PRODUCED IN ²³²Th FISSION

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Investigation of a light Dark Boson existence: The New JEDI project

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The STELLA Apparatus for Particle-Gamma Coincidence Fusion Measurements with Nanosecond Timing

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STRUCTURE OF ²⁶Na VIA A NOVEL TECHNIQUE USING (d, p) WITH A RADIOACTIVE ²⁵Na BEAM

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Benchmarking ¹³⁶Xe neutrinoless decay matrix element calculations with the ¹³⁸Ba(p, t) reaction

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No evidence of a reduction in the dipole polarisability at shell closures

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Investigating the predicted breathing-mode excitation of the Hoyle state

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Spectroscopy of low lying states in 136Cs

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CAKE: The Coincidence Array for K600 Experiments

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Cross section measurements of the ³He(, )⁷Be reaction using DRAGON at TRIUMF

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What can we learn from giant resonances in light nuclei?

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Understanding globular cluster abundances through nuclear reactions

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A high-resolution study of levels in the astrophysically important nucleus $^{26}$Mg and resulting updated level assignments

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Isoscalar monopole and dipole transitions in $^{24}$Mg, $^{26}$Mg and $^{28}$Si

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Reorientation-effect measurement of the 2₁⁺(E)over-cap22₁⁺ matrix element in ³⁶Ar

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Charged-particle branching ratios above the neutron threshold in $^{19}$F: constraining $^{15}$N production in core-collapse supernovae

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Evolution of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in the Ca isotope chain

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Experimental study of the ³⁰Si(³He, d) ³¹P reaction and thermonuclear reaction rate of ³⁰Si(p, ) 31P

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Sub-threshold states in ¹⁹Ne relevant to ¹⁸F(p, ) ¹⁵O

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The STELLA apparatus for particle-Gamma coincidence fusion measurements with nanosecond timing

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Spectroscopy and lifetime measurements in 134,136,138Te isotopes and implications for the nuclear structure beyond N=82

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Sub-barrier fusion cross section measurements with STELLA

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Investigating the predicted breathing-mode excitation of the Hoyle state

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Fine Structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in $^{142-150}$Nd and $^{152}$Sm

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Re-examining the ²⁶Mg(,)²⁶Mg reaction: Probing astrophysically important states in ²⁶Mg

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Cross sections of [Formula: see text]Sm([Formula: see text]Li,x) reactions for the production of [Formula: see text]Tb for targeted alpha therapy.

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Experimental Study of the $${^{30}}{	ext {P}({	ext {p}}}{,}{upgamma })^{31}	ext {S}$$Reaction in Classical Novae

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The $^{22}$Ne($$,n)$^{25}$Mg reaction -- state of the art, astrophysics, and perspectives

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$^{138}{
m Ba}(d,)$ study of states in $^{136}{
m Cs}$: Implications for new physics searches with xenon detectors

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Proton partial widths evaluation through the 30Si(3He,d)31P transfer reaction for understanding abundance anomalies in Globular Clusters