Professor Peter Butler BSc, PhD, CPhys, FInstP, FRS
Professor of Physics Physics
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- Work email Peter.Butler@liverpool.ac.uk
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Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- “Studies of Pear-Shaped Nuclei”, by Invitation (International Workshop on Shapes and Dynamics of Atomic Nuclei, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2023)
- “Studies of Pear-Shaped Nuclei”, by Invitation (10th International workshop on Quantum Phase Transitions in Nuclei and Many-Body Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2022)
- “Studies of Heavy Pear-Shaped Nuclei”, by Invitation (13th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics, Ischia, Italy, 2022)
- “Pear-shaped Nuclei”, by Invitation (IX Tastes of Nuclear Physics, University of Zululand, Richards Bay, South Africa, 2019)
- "Coulomb Excitation of Pear-shaped Nuclei", by Invitation (Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Venice, Italy, 2019)
- “Heavy Pear-Shaped Nuclei”, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, Cape Town, 2016)
- “Studies of the Shapes of Heavy Pear-Shaped Nuclei at ISOLDE”, by Invitation (11th Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, Medellín, 2015)
- “TSR – a storage ring for HIE-ISOLDE”, by Invitation (XXXIV Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, 2015)
- “TSR – a storage ring for HIE-ISOLDE”, by Invitation (Conference on Electromagnetic Isotopic Separators & Related Topics, EMIS-2015, Grand Rapids, MI, 2015)
- “ISOLDE: the Anglo-Saxon Era 2002-2005”, by Invitation (ISOLDE workshop, CERN, 2014)
- “Studies of the Shapes of Heavy Nuclei at ISOLDE”, by Invitation (SCRIBE-2014 Workshop on Science with Rare Ion Beams, Kolkata, 2014)
- “Studies of the Shapes of Heavy Nuclei at ISOLDE”, by Invitation (NUBA Conference: Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Antalya, 2014)
- “Atomic nuclei going pear-shaped”, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Turkish Physical Society 31st International Physics Congress, Bodrum, 2014)
- “Studies of the shapes of heavy pear-shaped nuclei at ISOLDE”, by Invitation (Conference on Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science, ARIS 2014, Tokyo, 2014)
- “Pear-shaped nuclei”, by Invitation (Workshop on Nuclear Structure in Bormio, Bormio, 2014)
- “Pear-shaped nuclei”, by Invitation (ISOLDE workshop, CERN, 2013)
- "Pear-shaped nuclei: nuclear models & the Standard Model", by Invitation (XXXIII Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, 2013)
- "Do nuclei go pear-shaped?", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (IoP Nuclear Physics Conference, York, 2013)
- "Recent results from REX-ISOLDE and future prospects with HIE-ISOLDE", by Invitation (Nuclear Structure 2012 Conference, Argonne, Il, 2012)
- "What can we learn about the shapes of heavy nuclei from Coulex of radioactive beams?", by Invitation (EURORIB12, Abano Terme, Padova, 2012)
- "A celebration of 20 years of fruitful collaboration", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (JYFL Users Meeting, Jyväskylä, 2012)
- "EURISOL", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (NuPECC Town Meeting, Madrid, 2010)
- "Probing nuclei at the edge of stability", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Finnish Physical Society, Jyväskylä, 2010)
- "Probing nuclear shapes using low energy radioactive beams", by Invitation (GANIL Colloque, Giens, 2009)
- "Summary: Physics Opportunities for ISOLDE and n_TOF", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Workshop on New Opportunities in the Physics Landscape at CERN, CERN, 2009)
- "Future Physics at EURISOL", Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (EURISOL Town Meeting, Pisa, 2009)
- "Probing nuclear shapes using low energy radioactive beams", by Invitation (international conference on Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Cappadocia, 2008)
- "Probing nuclear shapes using low energy radioactive beams", by Invitation (Carnegie Conference on Nuclear Structure at the Extremes, Paisley, 2008)
- “Probing the collective properties of exotic nuclei with REX-ISOLDE”, by Invitation (Gordon Research Conference, New London, NH, 2007)
- “The ISOLDE research programme”, by Invitation (University of Jyväskylä Accelerator Laboratory Users Meeting, 2007)
- “Accelerated Radioactive Beams in Europe: The Path to EURISOL, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Norwegian Physical Society Subatomic & Astrophysics meeting, Oslo, 2007)
Editorships
- Journal of Physics G (Member, Editorial Board, 1997 - 2001)
- Reports on Progress in Physics (Member, Editorial Board, 1997 - 2001)
Examination Roles
- Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), PhD (2014)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa), PhD (2013)
- Groningen University (The Netherlands), PhD (2013)
- Australian National University (Australia), MPhil (2009)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland), PhD (2006)
- Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), PhD (2006)
- University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), PhD (2005)
- University of Paris-Sud XI (France), PhD (2004)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland), PhD (2002)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa), PhD (2001)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland), PhD (2000)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa), MSc (PGT, 2000)
- University of Oslo (Norway), PhD (1999)
- Australian National University (Australia), PhD (1998)
- Stockholm University (Sweden), PhD (1998)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland), PhD (1996)
- University of Paris-Sud XI (France), PhD (1996)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Programme Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics Experiments at RIKEN RI Beam Factory (RIKEN Nishina Center) (2023 - present)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (Chair, Physics Evaluation Panel) (2019)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Member, ATLAS Programme Advisory Committee) (2015 - 2018)
- Belgium OSCT (Member, Follow-Up Committee for Interuniversity Attraction Poles Network) (2002 - 2005)
- CERN (Member, HIE-ISOLDE Steering Committee) (2010 - 2013)
- CERN (Chair, ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-flight Committee) (2009 - 2012)
- CERN (Member (ex-officio), Scientific Policy Committee) (2009 - 2012)
- CERN (Member, Research Board) (2009 - 2012)
- CERN (Member, Recognised Experiments Committee) (2009 - 2012)
- CERN (Chair, ISOLDE Collaboration Committee) (2005 - 2008)
- CERN (Head of ISOLDE group, Physics Division) (2002 - 2005)
- CERN (Chair, ISOLDE Standing Group for Upgrade of Facility) (2002 - 2005)
- CERN (Co-Chair, Workshop on Physics with a Multi-MW Proton Source) (2004)
- ECT* (Co-Chair, Workshop on Violations of Discrete Symmetries in Atoms and Nuclei, Trento) (2010)
- ECT* (Co-Chair, Workshop on Very Heavy Nuclear Systems, Trento) (2001)
- EURISOL (Member, Project Office) (2009 - 2011)
- EURISOL Design Study EU VIth framework (Member, Management Board, Coordination Board, Steering Committee) (2005 - 2009)
- EURONS Infrastructure Initiative EU VIth framework (Member, Executive Board) (2005 - 2008)
- EURONS Infrastructure Initiative EU VIth framework (Co-ordinator, INTAG Joint Research Activity) (2004 - 2008)
- EURONS Infrastructure Initiative EU VIth framework (Coordinator, ISOLDE Trans-National Activity) (2004 - 2005)
- EXOTAG Research and Technology Development Project EU Vth Framework (Member, Steering Committee) (1999 - 2004)
- FAIR (Member, NuSTAR Physics Advisory Committee) (2004 - 2005)
- FINUPHY Infrastructure Cooperation Network EU Vth Framework (Member, Round Table Committee) (2002 - 2005)
- GANIL (Chair, Core Group: advisory panel for future of GANIL) (2008 - 2009)
- GANIL (Member, Scientific Council) (2007 - 2010)
- Institute of Physics (Member, Fellowship selection panel) (2003 - 2011)
- iThemba LABS (Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for Radioactive Ion Beam Project) (2014 - present)
- Munich Universities (Member, MAFF Board of directors) (2005 - 2006)
- NATO (Director, Advanced Research Workshop on Techniques & Applications of Nuclear Physics, Krzyze) (1999)
- NuPECC (Member, Long Range Plan Working Group on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics) (2009 - 2010)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Chair, HRIBF Programme Advisory Committee) (2006 - 2011)
- STFC (Member, Science Board) (2011 - 2012)
- STFC (Member, Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics Science Committee) (2010 - 2011)
- TRIUMF (Member, Experimental Evaluation Committee on Subatomic Science) (2007 - 2010)
- US Department of Energy (Co-Chair, DOE Comparative Review of Research into Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics) (2013)
- US Department of Energy (Member, HRIBF Science and Technology Review panel) (2009)
Professional Body Memberships
- Institute of Physics (Fellow, 1992 - present)