Dr Liam Gaffney
Ernest Rutherford Research Fellow Physics
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- Work email Liam.Gaffney@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal WebsiteCERN academic webpage
- ORCID0000-0002-2938-3696
Research
Research Overview
I am an STFC Ernest Rutherford Research Fellow in Nuclear Physics, studying the shape of exotic nuclei. Predominantly, my research takes place at radioactive ion beam laboratories, such as the ISOLDE facility at CERN. I have a particular interest in studying the octupole degree of freedom in nuclei, the driver of asymmetric pear shapes, and it's potential impact in the search for atomic electric-dipole moments.
Octupole-deformed nuclei
Studying the shape of octupole-soft and octupole-deformed nuclei by the means of nuclear reactions and decay spectroscopy.
Post-accelerated radioactive ion beams.
Gamma-ray spectroscopy.
Charged-particle spectroscopy.
Isotope separation online technique.
Solenoidal spectrometers.
Research Grants
A flexible open-access wire bonder for the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
December 2021 - March 2022
Exotic nuclear shapes with radioactive ion beams
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
March 2019 - March 2024