Project title: “Developing theoretical calculations for nuclear reactions of exotic nuclei”
Dates and places of research: Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 2023-2025.
Sources of funding: The Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara) & The British Academy
Collaboration: Dr David Sharp, Prof. Niels Walet, Dr Jagjit Singh, Prof. J. Lubian, Prof. K. Rusek, Prof. N. Keeley
Output of the project:
A. Articles:
H.M. Maridi, D.K. Sharp, J. Lubian, “Simultaneous calculation of elastic scattering, transfer, breakup, and other direct cross sections for d+197Au reaction”, Nucl. Phys. A 1060, 123137 (2025).
H.M. Maridi, J. Singh, N.R. Walet, D.K. Sharp, “Two-cluster approach to the properties of one- and two-neutron-halo nuclei”, Phys. Rev. C 111, 034616 (2025).
H.M. Maridi, N. Keeley, and K. Rusek, “Simultaneous calculation of elastic scattering, fusion, and direct cross sections for reactions of weakly-bound projectiles”, Phys. Rev. C 109, 034601 (2024).
B. Presentations:
“A two-cluster approach to the properties of halo nuclei”, UK Nuclear Physics Early Career Research Workshop, University of Edinburgh, UK, 16 Jan 2025.
“A two-cluster approach for weakly-bound and halo nuclei”, University of Seville, Spain, 11 Nov 2024.
“Coulomb Breakup of Weakly-Bound and Halo Nuclei”, University of York, UK, 23 Oct 2024.
“Simultaneous calculations of elastic scattering, breakup, and transfer cross sections for the d+197Au”, Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Poland, 16 Oct 2024.
“Elastic scattering and breakup reactions of Halo Nuclei”, General Interest Seminars, University of Edinburgh, UK, 03 Oct 2024.
“Simultaneous Calculation of Elastic Scattering, Transfer, and Breakup Cross Sections for d+197Au Reaction”, Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2024) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, 18-23 Aug 2024.
“Simultaneous calculation of elastic scattering & direct cross sections for exotic projectiles”, the Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams (DREB2024) Conference, Wiesbaden, Germany 24-28 June 2024.
“Coulomb Breakup of Light Exotic Nuclei”, for Nuclear Physics Seminars, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 22 May 2024.
“Simultaneous calculations for elastic scattering, fusion, breakup and other direct cross sections for reactions of exotic nuclei”, Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Poland, 24 Jan 2024.
“Coulomb dynamical polarization potentials of exotic nuclei”, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, 07 Nov 2023.
Study of the elastic scattering and breakup of exotic projectiles at low energies
Study of the polarization and Coulomb dissociation of exotic projectiles
Extract structure information from particle-transfer reactions