Dr Laura Harkness-Brennan PhD MPhys PGCert MInstP FHEA
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Characterisation of the charge collection properties in a segmented planar HPGe detector (Journal article - 2021)
- Competition between Allowed and First-Forbidden beta Decay: The Case of Hg-208 -> Tl-2(0)8 (Journal article - 2020)
- Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: Lifetime measurements of second 2(+) state in C-16 and O-20 (Journal article - 2020)
- Position resolution simulations for the inverted-coaxial germanium detector, SIGMA (Journal article - 2018)
- An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclear Medicine (Book - 2018)
- First Accurate Normalization of the ß-delayed a Decay of 16N and Implications for the 12C(a,?)16O Astrophysical Reaction Rate (Journal article - 2018)
- Characterisation of a CZT detector for dosimetry of molecular radiotherapy (Journal article - 2017)
- Role of the Delta Resonance in the Population of a Four-Nucleon State in the 56Fe to 54Fe Reaction at Relativistic Energies (Journal article - 2016)
- An experimental characterisation of a Broad Energy Germanium detector (Journal article - 2014)
- Agata - advanced gamma tracking array (Journal article - 2011)
2021
Characterisation of the charge collection properties in a segmented planar HPGe detector (Journal article)
Rintoul, E., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Caffrey, A., Cresswell, J. R., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., . . . Quirin, P. (2021). Characterisation of the charge collection properties in a segmented planar HPGe detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 987, 164804. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.164804
2020
208Po populated through EC/ß+decay (Conference Paper)
Brunet, M., Berry, T. A., Podolyák, Z., Carroll, R. J., Lica, R., Sotty, C., . . . De Witte, H. (2020). 208Po populated through EC/ß+decay. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1643.
Study of exotic decay of Cs isotope close to the proton drip line (Conference Paper)
Das, P., Dattaf, U., Chakraborty, S., Rahman, A., Borge, M. J. G., Tengblad, O., . . . Wadsworth, R. (2020). Study of exotic decay of Cs isotope close to the proton drip line. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1643 (pp. 012127). IOP Publishing. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1643/1/012127
Low-lying electric dipole gamma-continuum for the unstable Fe-62(,)64 nuclei: Strength evolution with neutron number (Journal article)
Avigo, R., Wieland, O., Bracco, A., Camera, F., Ameil, F., Arici, T., . . . Wollersheim, H. J. (2020). Low-lying electric dipole gamma-continuum for the unstable Fe-62(,)64 nuclei: Strength evolution with neutron number. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 811. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135951
Competition between Allowed and First-Forbidden beta Decay: The Case of Hg-208 -> Tl-2(0)8 (Journal article)
Carroll, R. J., Podolyak, Z., Berry, T., Grawe, H., Alexander, T., Andreyev, A. N., . . . De Witte, H. (2020). Competition between Allowed and First-Forbidden beta Decay: The Case of Hg-208 -> Tl-2(0)8. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 125(19). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.192501
Decay studies of the long-lived states in Tl-186 (Journal article)
Stryjczyk, M., Andel, B., Andreyev, A. N., Cubiss, J., Pakarinen, J., Rezynkina, K., . . . Collaboration, I. D. S. (2020). Decay studies of the long-lived states in Tl-186. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 102(2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.102.024322
Detailed spectroscopy of doubly magic Sn-132 (Journal article)
Benito, J., Fraile, L. M., Korgul, A., Piersa, M., Adamska, E., Andreyev, A. N., . . . Collaboration, I. D. S. (2020). Detailed spectroscopy of doubly magic Sn-132. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 102(1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.102.014328
Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron-deficient tin nuclei: First lifetime measurements of low-lying states in Sn-106,Sn-108 (Journal article)
Siciliano, M., Valiente-Dobon, J. J., Goasduff, A., Nowacki, F., Zuker, A. P., Bazzacco, D., . . . Theisen, C. (2020). Pairing-quadrupole interplay in the neutron-deficient tin nuclei: First lifetime measurements of low-lying states in Sn-106,Sn-108. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 806. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135474
Nuclear structure of Au-181 studied via beta(+)/EC decay of Hg-181 at ISOLDE (Journal article)
Sedlak, M., Venhart, M., Wood, J. L., Matousek, V., Balogh, M., Boston, A. J., . . . Veselsky, M. (2020). Nuclear structure of Au-181 studied via beta(+)/EC decay of Hg-181 at ISOLDE. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A, 56(6). doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00174-0
Benchmarking the PreSPEC@GSI experiment for Coulex-multipolarimetry on the p( p3/2). p( p1/2) spin-flip transition in 85Br (Journal article)
Napiralla, P., Lettmann, M., Stahl, C., Rainovski, G., Pietralla, N., Afara, S., . . . Wieland, O. (2020). Benchmarking the PreSPEC@GSI experiment for Coulex-multipolarimetry on the p( p3/2). p( p1/2) spin-flip transition in 85Br. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A, 56(5). doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00148-2
Octupole states in Tl-207 studied through beta decay (Journal article)
Berry, T. A., Podolyak, Z., Carroll, R. J., Lica, R., Brown, B. A., Grawe, H., . . . De Witte, H. (2020). Octupole states in Tl-207 studied through beta decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 101(5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.101.054311
Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: Lifetime measurements of second 2(+) state in C-16 and O-20 (Journal article)
Ciemala, M., Ziliani, S., Crespi, F. C. L., Leoni, S., Fornal, B., Maj, A., . . . Simonis, J. (2020). Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: Lifetime measurements of second 2(+) state in C-16 and O-20. Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, 101(2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.101.021303
2019
The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND) (Conference Paper)
Abgrall, N., Abramov, A., Abrosimov, N., Abt, I., Agostini, M., Agartioglu, M., . . . Zuzel, G. (2019). The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND). In WORKSHOP ON CALCULATION OF DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY MATRIX ELEMENTS (MEDEX'17) Vol. 1894. doi:10.1063/1.5007652
Evidence of octupole-phonons at high spin in 207Pb (Journal article)
Ralet, D., Clément, E., Georgiev, G., Stuchbery, A. E., Rejmund, M., Van Isacker, P., . . . Wieland, O. (2019). Evidence of octupole-phonons at high spin in 207Pb. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 797, 6 pages. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134797
Isospin dependence of electromagnetic transition strengths among an isobaric triplet (Journal article)
Boso, A., Milne, S. A., Bentley, M. A., Recchia, F., Lenzi, S. M., Rudolph, D., . . . Wieland, O. (2019). Isospin dependence of electromagnetic transition strengths among an isobaric triplet. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 797. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134835
Feasibility study of a Compton Camera for nuclear contamination scenarios with varying thicknesses of concrete material (Conference Paper)
Platt, J., Boston, A., Harkness-Brennan, L., Boston, H., Nolan, P., Judson, D., . . . IEEE. (2019). Feasibility study of a Compton Camera for nuclear contamination scenarios with varying thicknesses of concrete material. In 2019 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (NSS/MIC). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Strong one-neutron emission from two-neutron unbound states in beta decays of the r-process nuclei Ga-86,Ga-87 (Journal article)
Yokoyama, R., Grzywacz, R., Rasco, B. C., Brewer, N., Rykaczewski, K. P., Dillmann, I., . . . Xu, X. X. (2019). Strong one-neutron emission from two-neutron unbound states in beta decays of the r-process nuclei Ga-86,Ga-87. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 100(3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.100.031302
Improving Nuclear Data Input for r-Process Calculations Around A - 80 (Conference Paper)
Tolosa-Delgado, A., Agramunt, J., Ahn, D. S., Algora, A., Baba, H., Bae, S., . . . Yokoyama, R. (2019). Improving Nuclear Data Input for r-Process Calculations Around A - 80. In Springer Proceedings in Physics Vol. 219 (pp. 453-456). Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_88
Observation of a mu s isomer in In-134(49)85: Proton-neutron coupling "southeast" of Sn-132(50)82 (Journal article)
Phong, V. H., Lorusso, G., Davinson, T., Estrade, A., Hall, O., Liu, J., . . . Yuan, C. (2019). Observation of a mu s isomer in In-134(49)85: Proton-neutron coupling "southeast" of Sn-132(50)82. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 100(1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.100.011302
Investigation of the Delta n=0 selection rule in Gamow-Teller transitions: The beta-decay of Hg-207 (Journal article)
Berry, T. A., Podolyak, Z., Carroll, R. J., Lica, R., Grawe, H., Timofeyuk, N. K., . . . De Witte, H. (2019). Investigation of the Delta n=0 selection rule in Gamow-Teller transitions: The beta-decay of Hg-207. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 793, 271-275. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.04.039
Effects of one valence proton on seniority and angular momentum of neutrons in neutron-rich(51)( 122-)(131)Sb isotopes (Journal article)
Biswas, S., Lemasson, A., Rejmund, M., Navin, A., Kim, Y. H., Michelagnoli, C., . . . Zielinska, M. (2019). Effects of one valence proton on seniority and angular momentum of neutrons in neutron-rich(51)( 122-)(131)Sb isotopes. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 99(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.99.064302
Characterisation of a small electrode HPGe detector (Journal article)
Unsworth, C., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Judson, D. S., Nolan, P. J., . . . Simpson, J. (2019). Characterisation of a small electrode HPGe detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 927, 293-300. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.043
First spectroscopy of Ti-61 and the transition to the Island of Inversion at N=40 (Journal article)
Wimmer, K., Recchia, F., Lenzi, S. M., Riccetto, S., Davinson, T., Estrade, A., . . . Woods, P. J. (2019). First spectroscopy of Ti-61 and the transition to the Island of Inversion at N=40. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 792, 16-20. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.03.018
Commissioning of the BRIKEN detector for the measurement of very exotic beta-delayed neutron emitters (Journal article)
Tolosa-Delgado, A., Agramunt, J., Tain, J. L., Algora, A., Domingo-Pardo, C., Morales, A. I., . . . collaboration, T. B. R. I. K. E. N. (2019). Commissioning of the BRIKEN detector for the measurement of very exotic beta-delayed neutron emitters. Unknown. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1808.00732v1
ISOMER SPECTROSCOPY IN ODD-EVEN Ti ISOTOPES: APPROACHING N=40 (Conference Paper)
Recchia, F., Wimmer, K., Lenzi, S. M., Riccetto, S., Davinson, T., Estrade, A., . . . Witt, W. (2019). ISOMER SPECTROSCOPY IN ODD-EVEN Ti ISOTOPES: APPROACHING N=40. In ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B Vol. 50 (pp. 669-674). doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.50.669
beta decay of In-133: gamma emission from neutron-unbound states in Sn-133 (Journal article)
Piersa, M., Korgul, A., Fraile, L. M., Benito, J., Adamska, E., Andreyev, A. N., . . . Collaboration, I. D. S. (2019). beta decay of In-133: gamma emission from neutron-unbound states in Sn-133. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 99(2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.99.024304
2018
Online chemical adsorption studies of Hg, Tl, and Pb on SiO2 and Au surfaces in preparation for chemical investigations on Cn, Nh, and Fl at TASCA (Journal article)
Lens, L., Yakushev, A., Duellmann, C. E., Asai, M., Ballof, J., Block, M., . . . Yakusheva, V. (2018). Online chemical adsorption studies of Hg, Tl, and Pb on SiO2 and Au surfaces in preparation for chemical investigations on Cn, Nh, and Fl at TASCA. RADIOCHIMICA ACTA, 106(12), 949-962. doi:10.1515/ract-2017-2914
Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the Ni-78 Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements (Journal article)
Delafosse, C., Verney, D., Marevic, P., Gottardo, A., Michelagnoli, C., Lemasson, A., . . . Dobon, J. J. V. (2018). Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the Ni-78 Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements. Physical Review Letters, 121. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.192502
Creation and Validation of Calculated Pulse Databases for Pulse Shape Analysis in the Planar Semiconductor Detectors of a Triple-Layered Compton Camera System (Conference Paper)
Rintoul, E., Bolton, G., Boston, A., Boston, H., Caffrey, A., Cocks, J., . . . IEEE. (2018). Creation and Validation of Calculated Pulse Databases for Pulse Shape Analysis in the Planar Semiconductor Detectors of a Triple-Layered Compton Camera System. In 2018 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (NSS/MIC). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
First Accurate Normalization of the ß-delayed a Decay of 16N and Implications for the 12C(a,?)16O Astrophysical Reaction Rate (Journal article)
Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Page, R., & Judson, D. (2018). First Accurate Normalization of the ß-delayed a Decay of 16N and Implications for the 12C(a,?)16O Astrophysical Reaction Rate. Physical Review Letters, 121(14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.142701
An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclear Medicine (Book)
Harkness-Brennan, L. (2018). An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclear Medicine. Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
Position resolution simulations for the inverted-coaxial germanium detector, SIGMA (Journal article)
Wright, J. P., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Boston, A. J., Judson, D. S., Labiche, M., Nolan, P. J., . . . Unsworth, C. (2018). Position resolution simulations for the inverted-coaxial germanium detector, SIGMA. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 892, 84-92. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.106
THE BRIKEN PROJECT: EXTENSIVE MEASUREMENTS OF beta-DELAYED NEUTRON EMITTERS FOR THE ASTROPHYSICAL r PROCESS (Conference Paper)
Tain, J. L., Agramunt, J., Ahn, D. S., Algora, A., Allmond, J. M., Baba, H., . . . Collaboration, B. R. I. K. E. N. (2018). THE BRIKEN PROJECT: EXTENSIVE MEASUREMENTS OF beta-DELAYED NEUTRON EMITTERS FOR THE ASTROPHYSICAL r PROCESS. In ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B Vol. 49 (pp. 417-428). doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.49.417
2017
Commissioning of the BRIKEN beta-delayed neutron detector for the study of exotic neutron-rich nuclei (Conference Paper)
Tolosa-Delgado, A., Agramunt, J., Ahn, D. S., Algora, A., Baba, H., Bae, S., . . . Woods, P. (2017). Commissioning of the BRIKEN beta-delayed neutron detector for the study of exotic neutron-rich nuclei. In NUCLEAR PHYSICS IN ASTROPHYSICS VIII (NPA8 2017) Vol. 165. doi:10.1051/epjconf/201716501051
New systematic features in the neutron-deficient Au isotopes (Journal article)
Venhart, M., Wood, J. L., Sedlak, M., Balogh, M., Birova, M., Boston, A. J., . . . Veselsky, M. (2017). New systematic features in the neutron-deficient Au isotopes. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, 44(7). doi:10.1088/1361-6471/aa7297
Kr-96(36)60-Low-Z Boundary of the Island of Deformation at N=60 (Journal article)
Dudouet, J., Lemasson, A., Duchene, G., Rejmund, M., Clement, E., Michelagnoli, C., . . . Zielinska, M. (2017). Kr-96(36)60-Low-Z Boundary of the Island of Deformation at N=60. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 118(16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162501
Conceptual design of a hybrid neutron-gamma detector for study of beta-delayed neutrons at the RIB facility of RIKEN (Journal article)
Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tain, J. L., Domingo-Pardo, C., Calvino, F., Cortes, G., Phong, V. H., . . . Woods, P. (2017). Conceptual design of a hybrid neutron-gamma detector for study of beta-delayed neutrons at the RIB facility of RIKEN. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 12. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/04/P04006
Lifetime measurement of neutron-rich even-even molybdenum isotopes (Journal article)
Ralet, D., Pietri, S., Rodriguez, T., Alaqeel, M., Alexander, T., Alkhomashi, N., . . . Collaborations, P. A. G. A. T. A. (2017). Lifetime measurement of neutron-rich even-even molybdenum isotopes. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 95(3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034320
Application of the Broad Energy Germanium detector: A technique for elucidating beta-decay schemes which involve daughter nuclei with very low energy excited states (Journal article)
Venhart, M., Wood, J. L., Boston, A. J., Cocolios, T. E., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Herzberg, R. -D., . . . Veselsky, M. (2017). Application of the Broad Energy Germanium detector: A technique for elucidating beta-decay schemes which involve daughter nuclei with very low energy excited states. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 849, 112-118. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.048
Application of the Broad Energy Germanium detector: A technique for elucidating ß -decay schemes which involve daughter nuclei with very low energy excited states (Journal article)
Venhart, M., Wood, J. L., Boston, A. J., Cocolios, T. E., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Herzberg, R. -D., . . . Veselský, M. (2017). Application of the Broad Energy Germanium detector: A technique for elucidating ß -decay schemes which involve daughter nuclei with very low energy excited states. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 849, 112-118. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.048
Characterisation of a CZT detector for dosimetry of molecular radiotherapy (Journal article)
McAreavey, L., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Colosimo, S. J., Judson, D., Boston, A., Boston, H., . . . Carroll, M. (2017). Characterisation of a CZT detector for dosimetry of molecular radiotherapy. Journal of Instrumentation, 12. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03001
Measurement of lifetimes in 6²,64Fe, 6¹,6³Co, and 5?Mn (Journal article)
Harkness-Brennan, L. J., & Boston, A. (2017). Measurement of lifetimes in 6²,64Fe, 6¹,6³Co, and 5?Mn. Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, 95. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.95.024312
2016
Role of the Delta Resonance in the Population of a Four-Nucleon State in the 56Fe to 54Fe Reaction at Relativistic Energies (Journal article)
Podolyak, Z., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., & Judson, D. S. (2016). Role of the Delta Resonance in the Population of a Four-Nucleon State in the 56Fe to 54Fe Reaction at Relativistic Energies. Physical Review Letters, 117(22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.222302
Beta-delayed proton emission from Mg-20 (Journal article)
Lund, M. V., Andreyev, A., Borge, M. J. G., Cederkall, J., De Witte, H., Fraile, L. M., . . . Collaboration, I. D. S. (2016). Beta-delayed proton emission from Mg-20. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A, 52(10). doi:10.1140/epja/i2016-16304-x
Calibrating the ProSPECTus System to Enable Rapid and Accurate Point-Source Activity Quantifications (Conference Paper)
Woodroof, T. F., Dormand, J., Boston., Judson., Harkness-Brennan, L., Patel., . . . Cooper, J. R. (2016). Calibrating the ProSPECTus System to Enable Rapid and Accurate Point-Source Activity Quantifications. In 2016 IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications. Berkeley, USA.
Fast-timing study of the l -forbidden 12+?32+ M1 transition in Sn 129 FAST-TIMING STUDY of the l -FORBIDDEN ? R. LICa et al. (Journal article)
LicA, R., Mach, H., Fraile, L. M., Gargano, A., Borge, M. J. G., MArginean, N., . . . Warr, N. (2016). Fast-timing study of the l -forbidden 12+?32+ M1 transition in Sn 129 FAST-TIMING STUDY of the l -FORBIDDEN ? R. LICa et al.. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 93(4). doi:10.1103PhysRevC/93.044303
2015
Characterisation of two AGATA asymmetric high purity germanium capsules (Journal article)
Colosimo, S. J., Judson, D. S., & al., E. (2015). Characterisation of two AGATA asymmetric high purity germanium capsules. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 773, 124-136. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.055
2014
Characterisation of two AGATA asymmetric high purity germanium capsules (Journal article)
Colosimo, S., Moon, S., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Harkness-Brennan, L. J., . . . Unsworth, C. (2014). Characterisation of two AGATA asymmetric high purity germanium capsules. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.055
An experimental characterisation of a Broad Energy Germanium detector (Journal article)
Harkness-Brennan, L. J., Judson, D. S., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Colosimo, S. J., Cresswell, J. R., . . . Mueller, W. F. (2014). An experimental characterisation of a Broad Energy Germanium detector. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 760, 28-39. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.080
Gamos: A framework to do Geant4 simulations in different physics fields with an user-friendly interface (Journal article)
Arce, P., Ignacio Lagares, J., Harkness, L., Perez-Astudillo, D., Canadas, M., Rato, P., . . . Diaz, A. (2014). Gamos: A framework to do Geant4 simulations in different physics fields with an user-friendly interface. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 735, 304-313. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.09.036
An experimental characterisation of a Broad Energy Germanium detector (Journal article)
Harkness-Brennan, L. J., & al, E. (2014). An experimental characterisation of a Broad Energy Germanium detector. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research A, 760, 28-39.
ß-decay studies of r-process nuclei using the Advanced Implantation Detector Array (AIDA) (Conference Paper)
Griffin, C. J., Davinson, T., Estrade, A., Braga, D., Burrows, I., Coleman-Smith, P., . . . Woods, P. J. (2014). ß-decay studies of r-process nuclei using the Advanced Implantation Detector Array (AIDA). In Proceedings of Science Vol. 07-11-July-2015.
2013
Characterisation of a Si(Li) orthogonal-strip detector (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Judson, D. S., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Nolan, P. J., . . . Zuvic, M. (2013). Characterisation of a Si(Li) orthogonal-strip detector. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 726, 52-59. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.143
2012
A Compton camera application for the GAMOS GEANT4-based framework (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Arce, P., Judson, D. S., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., . . . Simpson, J. (2012). A Compton camera application for the GAMOS GEANT4-based framework. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 671, 29-39. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.058
A Compton camera application for the GAMOS GEANT4-based framework (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., & al, E. (2012). A Compton camera application for the GAMOS GEANT4-based framework. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research A, 671, 29-39.
Semiconductor detectors for Compton imaging in nuclear medicine (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Judson, D. S., Kennedy, H., Sweeney, A., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., . . . Kemp, G. J. (2012). Semiconductor detectors for Compton imaging in nuclear medicine. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 7. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/7/01/C01004
2011
Compton imaging with AGATA and SmartPET for DESPEC (Journal article)
Moon, S., Arnes, B. Q., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Davinson, T., . . . Simpson, J. (2011). Compton imaging with AGATA and SmartPET for DESPEC. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 6. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12048
Compton imaging with the PorGamRays spectrometer (Journal article)
Judson, D. S., Boston, A. J., Coleman-Smith, P. J., Cullen, D. M., Hardie, A., Harkness, L. J., . . . Collaboration, P. (2011). Compton imaging with the PorGamRays spectrometer. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 652(1), 587-590. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.01.152
Compton imaging with a planar semiconductor system using pulse shape analysis (Chapter)
Sweeney, A., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Dormand, J., Ellis, M., . . . Thandi, A. (2011). Compton imaging with a planar semiconductor system using pulse shape analysis. In Unknown Book (Vol. 8018). doi:10.1117/12.883876
An investigation of the performance of a coaxial HPGe detector operating in a magnetic resonance imaging field (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cole, P., Cresswell, J. R., Filmer, F., . . . Cooper, R. J. (2011). An investigation of the performance of a coaxial HPGe detector operating in a magnetic resonance imaging field. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 638(1), 67-73. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.02.034
Agata - advanced gamma tracking array (Journal article)
Akkoyun, S., Algora, A., Alikhani, B., Ameil, F., De Angelis, G., Arnold, L., . . . Jones, P. (2011). Agata - advanced gamma tracking array. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.
An investigation of the performance of a coaxial HPGe detector operating in a magnetic resonance imaging field (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., & al, E. (2011). An investigation of the performance of a coaxial HPGe detector operating in a magnetic resonance imaging field. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics A, 638, 67-73.
Compton Imaging with the PorGamRays spectrometer (Journal article)
Judson, D. S., & al, E. (2011). Compton Imaging with the PorGamRays spectrometer. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research A.
Compton imaging with a planar semiconductor system using pulse shape analysis (Journal article)
Sweeney, A., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. P., Dormand, J., Ellis, M., . . . Thandi, A. (2011). Compton imaging with a planar semiconductor system using pulse shape analysis. SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing.
GAMOS: an easy and flexible way to use GEANT4 (Journal article)
Arce, P., Lagares, J. I., Harkness, L., Desorgher, L., de Lorenzo, G., Abreu, Y., . . . IEEE. (2011). GAMOS: an easy and flexible way to use GEANT4. 2011 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (NSS/MIC), 2230-2237. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Thoughts of modern women in physics (Journal article)
Ainsbury, L., Heaney, L., Hodges, V., Harkness, L., & Russell, L. (2011). Thoughts of modern women in physics. School Science Review, 92, 79-82.
2010
Coulomb excitation of the proton-dripline nucleus Na-20 (vol 80, 044325, 2009) (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., Cline, D., Hackman, G., Pearson, C. J., Svensson, C. E., Wu, C. Y., . . . Wong, J. (2010). Coulomb excitation of the proton-dripline nucleus Na-20 (vol 80, 044325, 2009). PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 82(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.82.069902
Structure of states in Be-12 via the Be-11(d, p) reaction (Journal article)
Kanungo, R., Gallant, A. T., Uchida, M., Andreoiu, C., Austin, R. A. E., Bandyopadhyay, D., . . . Wu, C. Y. (2010). Structure of states in Be-12 via the Be-11(d, p) reaction. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 682(4-5), 391-395. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.11.025
A Design Study of the Semiconductor Sensor Head for the ProSPECTus Compton camera (Thesis / Dissertation)
Harkness, L. J. (2010). A Design Study of the Semiconductor Sensor Head for the ProSPECTus Compton camera. (PhD Thesis, University of Liverpool).
Structure of states in 12Be via the 11(Be(d,p) reaction (Journal article)
Kanungo, R., & al, E. (2010). Structure of states in 12Be via the 11(Be(d,p) reaction. Physics Letters B, 682, 391-395.
2009
Development of the ProSPECTus Semiconductor Compton Camera for Medical Imaging (Chapter)
Harkness, L., Boston, A., Boston, H., Cresswell, J., Filmer, F., Groves, J., . . . Simpson, J. (2009). Development of the ProSPECTus Semiconductor Compton Camera for Medical Imaging. In Unknown Book (pp. 2452-+). doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402109
Coulomb excitation of the proton-dripline nucleus Na-20 (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., Cline, D., Hackman, G., Pearson, C. J., Svensson, C. E., Wu, C. Y., . . . Wong, J. (2009). Coulomb excitation of the proton-dripline nucleus Na-20. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 80(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.80.044325
Positron Emission Tomography imaging with the SmartPET system (Journal article)
Cooper, R. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Harkness, L. J., . . . Simpson, J. (2009). Positron Emission Tomography imaging with the SmartPET system. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 606(3), 523-532. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.015
Optimisation of a dual head semiconductor Compton camera using Geant4 (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cooper, R. J., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., . . . Lazarus, I. (2009). Optimisation of a dual head semiconductor Compton camera using Geant4. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 604(1-2), 351-354. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.061
Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector (Journal article)
Boston, A. J., Dimmock, M. R., Unsworth, C., Boston, H. C., Cooper, R. J., Grint, A. N., . . . Collaboration, A. G. A. T. A. (2009). Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 604(1-2), 48-52. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.228
Status and Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector (Chapter)
Boston, A. J., Dimmock, M. R., Unsworth, C., Boston, H. C., Cooper, R. J., Grint, A. N., . . . Collaboration, A. G. A. T. A. (2009). Status and Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. In Unknown Book (Vol. 1109, pp. 38-+). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
First Results with TIGRESS and Accelerated Radioactive Ion Beams from ISAC: Coulomb Excitation of Na-20,Na-21,Na-29 (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., Hurst, A. M., Svensson, C. E., Wu, C. Y., Becker, J. A., Cline, D., . . . Wood, J. L. (2009). First Results with TIGRESS and Accelerated Radioactive Ion Beams from ISAC: Coulomb Excitation of Na-20,Na-21,Na-29. APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY, 1099, 754-+. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
A Semiconductor-Based Positron Emission Tomography System (Chapter)
Oxley, D. C., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Harkness, L. J., . . . Lazarus, I. H. (2009). A Semiconductor-Based Positron Emission Tomography System. In Unknown Book (Vol. 1194, pp. 96-+). doi:10.1063/1.3275673
A semiconductor based positron emission tomography system (Conference Paper)
C. Oxley, D., & al, E. (2009). A semiconductor based positron emission tomography system. In 9th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques (pp. 96-100). Crete: AIP.
Coulomb excitation of radiactive 20,21Na (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., & al, E. (2009). Coulomb excitation of radiactive 20,21Na. European Physics Journal A.
Coulomb excitation of radioactive Na-20,Na-21 (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., Cline, D., Hackman, G., Pearson, C., Svensson, C. E., Wu, C. Y., . . . Wong, J. (2009). Coulomb excitation of radioactive Na-20,Na-21. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A, 42(3), 477-484. doi:10.1140/epja/i2009-10816-4
Design Considerations Of A Compton Camera For Low Energy Medical Imaging (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Lazarus, I., . . . Simpson, J. (2009). Design Considerations Of A Compton Camera For Low Energy Medical Imaging. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 1194, 90-+. doi:10.1063/1.3275672
Design considerations of a Compton camera for low energy medical imaging (Conference Paper)
J Harkness, L., & al, E. (2009). Design considerations of a Compton camera for low energy medical imaging. In 9th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques (pp. 90-95). Crete: AIP.
Development of a Compton camera for medical imaging (Conference Paper)
J Harkness, L., & al, E. (2009). Development of a Compton camera for medical imaging. In Proceedings World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (pp. 25/2). Munich: IFMBE.
Optimisation of a dual head semiconductor Compton Camera using Geant4 (Journal article)
Harkness, L. J., & al, E. (2009). Optimisation of a dual head semiconductor Compton Camera using Geant4. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 604, 351-354.
Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector (Journal article)
Boston, A. J., & al, E. (2009). Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 604, 48-52.
Positron Emission Tomgpraphy Imaging with the SmartPET system (Journal article)
Cooper, R. J., & al, E. (2009). Positron Emission Tomgpraphy Imaging with the SmartPET system. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in physics research A, 606, 523-532.
Prospectus: Development of a Compton camera for medical imaging (Chapter)
Harkness, L. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Lazarus, I., . . . Simpson, J. (2009). Prospectus: Development of a Compton camera for medical imaging. In Unknown Book (Vol. 25, pp. 102-105). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Quantification of the experimental limitations of a semiconductor PET camera (Chapter)
Oxley, D. C., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Harkness, L. J., . . . Lazarus, I. H. (2009). Quantification of the experimental limitations of a semiconductor PET camera. In Unknown Book (Vol. 25, pp. 13-+). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
2008
Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector (Chapter)
Boston, A. J., Dimmock, M. R., Unsworth, C., Boston, H. C., Cooper, R. J., Grint, A. N., . . . Collaboration, A. (2008). Performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. In Unknown Book (Vol. 1072, pp. 130-+). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Coulomb excitation of radioactive Na-21 and its stable mirror Ne-21 (Journal article)
Schumaker, M. A., Cline, D., Hackman, G., Morton, A. C., Pearson, C. J., Svensson, C. E., . . . Wong, J. (2008). Coulomb excitation of radioactive Na-21 and its stable mirror Ne-21. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 78(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.78.044321
Charge collection performance of a segmented planar high-purity germanium detector (Journal article)
Cooper, R. J., Boston, A. J., Boston, H. C., Cresswell, J. R., Grint, A. N., Harkness, L. J., . . . Dobson, J. (2008). Charge collection performance of a segmented planar high-purity germanium detector. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 595(2), 401-409. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.106
Coulomb excitation of radiactive 21Na and its stable mirror 21Ne (Journal article)
Schumaker et al, M. A., & al, E. (2008). Coulomb excitation of radiactive 21Na and its stable mirror 21Ne. Physical Review C, 78, 044321.
2007
TRIUMF-ISAC Escape-Suppressed Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TIGRESS): A Versatile Tool For Nuclear Structure Studies With Radioactive Beams (Journal article)
Ball, G. C., & al, E. (2007). TRIUMF-ISAC Escape-Suppressed Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TIGRESS): A Versatile Tool For Nuclear Structure Studies With Radioactive Beams. Nuclear Physics A, 787, 118-125.
The TRIUMF Nuclear Structure Program and TIGRESS (Journal article)
Garrett, P. E., & al, E. (2007). The TRIUMF Nuclear Structure Program and TIGRESS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B.