Nuclear Theses

PhD Theses

For theses published prior to 2012, please send requests to physinfo@uoguelph.ca.

Author Year Title
Georgios Palkanoglou 2023 Pairing in nuclear and cold atomic systems
Harris Bidaman 2023 Lifetime Analysis of 100Zr and Simulating the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Eva Kasanda 2023 A novel method of sub-milimeter range verification for hadron therapy using a tumour marker
Matthew Buraczynski 2023 Impurities and Inhomogeneities in Neutron Matter
Allison Radich 2023 \(^{124}Xe\)Angular Correlation Analysis and Development of the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Andrew MacLean 2021 Spectroscopy of 188Hg Following the β+EC Decay of 188,188mTl
Ryan Dunlop 2019 β and β-delayed neutron decay of the N = 82 nuclei 128-130Cd and 131In studied with the Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN)
Badamsambuu Jimeddorj 2019 Nuclear Structure of 122Xe Studied via High-Statistics β+/EC Decay of 122Cs
Michelle Dunlop 2018 High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β+ Emitters 10C and 22Mg
Evan Rand 2015 Investigation of the E2 and E3 matrix elements in 200Hg using direct nuclear reactions
Alex Laffoley 2015 High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β Emitters 14O and 18Ne
Kyle Leach 2012 Neutron Transfer Reactions on 64Zn as a Probe for Testing Shell-Model Isospin-Symmetry-Breaking Theory
Paul Finlay 2012 High-Precision Half-Life and Branching Ratio Measurements for the Superallowed β+ Emitter 26Alm
Andrew Phillips 2009 Structure of 186,188Os Studied with (3He,d) Reactions
Michael Schumaker 2009 Coulomb Excitation Structure Studies of 21Ne, 20,21Na
Gwen Grinyer 2007 High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for Superallowed Fermi Beta Decays

MSc Theses

Author Year Title
Sangeet-Pal Pannu 2024 Searching for signatures of shape coexistence in 100 Ru
Zarin Ahmed 2024 Developing The Detector Array for Energy Measurement of Neutrons (DAEMON) 
Ryan Curry 2023 Quantum Monte Carlo for Nuclear Physics: On and Off the Lattice
Samantha Buck 2023 Investigation of States Populated in the \(^{102}Ru(p,t)^{100}Ru \)Two Neutron Transfer Reaction
Devin Hymers 2022 Experimental Validation of Filtered Interaction Vertex Imaging for Intra-Fraction Relative Range Verification in Heavy-Ion Therapy
Bernard Ross 2022 Phenomenological theories for pairing and static response
Liam Schmidt 2022 Resonant Neutrino Flavor Conversion In Post Merger Accretion Disk
Rajan Anderson-Dornan 2021 Nucleonic Interaction and Neutrino Spectra in Neutron Star Merger Events
Nawar Ismail 2020 Effective Mass and Machine Learning in Strongly Interacting Neutron Matter
Samuel Martinello 2020 Neutron matter with skyrme functionals in a periodic external field
Sally Valbuena Burbano 2020 Nuclear Structure of 98RU Using Beta Decay
Robin Coleman 2020 Beta Decay of Neutron-Rich 52K
Bryn Knight 2020 Neutron capture rates for strongly interacting neutrons
Beau Greaves 2019 Investigation of High-Lying (alpha,gamma) Resonances in 22Ne through One-Neutron Transfer in Inverse Kinematics at TIGRESS
Erin McGee 2019 Searching for Shape Coexistence with 123Te(n,γ) Thermal Neutron Capture
Georgios Palkanoglou 2019 Approaching the Thermodynamic Limit in BCS Theory
William Dawkins 2019 Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations: From Few to Many Species
Tammy Zidar 2018 Beta decay of neutron-rich 33Mg21
Mateusz Buraczynski 2018 Static Response of Neutron Matter
Tyson Schilbach 2018 Accretion Disk Contributions to the Diffuse Neutrino Background
Tash Zielinski 2018 Finite-Size Effects Within the 2D BEC-BCS Crossover
Joseph Turko 2017 Detector Response Simulations of Hydrocarbon Neutron Scintillators
Harris Bidaman 2017 A study on low spin states in 154Gd using the (p, p'γ) reaction
Christina Burbadge 2017 Investigation of excited 0+ states populated in the 162Er(p,t) reaction.
Andrew MacLean 2016 Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlation Measurements with GRIFFIN
Alex Galea 2016 Diffusion Monte Carlo study of strongly interacting two-dimensional Fermi gases.
Allison Radich 2015 Nuclear structure of 124Xe studied with β+/EC-decay
Brendan Bulthuis 2015 Pairing Correlations in Heavy Nuclei Near the Proton Dripline
Drew Jamieson 2014 The nuclear structure of 112Cd studied through the 111Cd(d,p)112Cd single neutron transfer reaction
Alejandra Diaz Varela 2013 Nuclear Structure Investigation of 110Cd through Beta-Decay of 110In
Julian Michetti-Wilson 2013 Characterization of LaBr3(Ce) Detectors for Picosecond Lifetime Measurements
Badamsambuu Jigmeddorj 2012 Nuclear Structure Study of Cd-110 through Internal Conversion Electrons
Sophie Chagnon-Lessard 2012 Structure of 152Sm studied with (d,d') reactions in search of a tetrahedral symmetry signature
Ryan Dunlop 2012 High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed β+ Emitter 74Rb
Evan Rand 2011 Geant4 Simulations for the Radon Electric Dipole Moment Search at TRIUMF
Jack Bangay 2010 Nuclear Structure of 110Cd Studied with Beta Decay of 110In and (n,n'gamma) Reaction
Katie Green 2009 Nuclear Structure of 112Cd Through Studies of Beta Decay
Greg Demand 2009 Development of a Novel Algorithm for Nuclear Level Scheme Determination
Kyle Leach 2008 High-Precision Measurement of the Superallowed Beta Decay Branching Ratio of 38mK
James Wong 2008 Design Study of DESCANT - DEuterated SCintillator Array for Neutron Tagging
Paul Finlay 2007 High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed Beta Emitter 62Ga
Bronwyn Hyland 2005 Precision Half-Life and Branching Ratio Measurements for the Superallowed Beta Emitter 62Ga
Andrew Phillips 2005 Diffusion and Transport of Radioactive 120Xe: Towards Rn Electric-Dipole Moment Measurements at ISAC
Michael Schumaker 2005 Measurements and Simulation-Based Optimization of TIGRESS HPGe Detector Array Performance
Gwen Grinyer 2004 High-Precision Measurements of 26Na Beta Decay