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Selected publications
(most refereed papers unless otherwise indicated)

2008

Determination of the 2₁⁺→ 0₁⁺ transition strengths in ⁵⁸Ni and ⁶⁰Ni,

J. N. Orce, B. Crider, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. Peters, E. Elhami, M. Scheck, B. Singh, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 77, 064301 (2008).

Search for intrinsic collective excitations in ¹⁵²Sm,

            W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, C. Y. Wu, S. W. Yates, D. Cline, J. M. Allmond, D. Bandyopadhyay,
              S. N. Choudry, A. B. Hayes, H. Hua, S.R. Lesher, M. Mynk, M.T. McEllistrem, C.J. McKay, J. N. Orce, and R. Teng,
              Phys. Rev. C 77, 061301(R) (2008).

Pauli blocking in the low-lying, low-spin states of ¹⁴¹Pr,

M. Scheck, S. N. Choudry, B. Crider, E. Elhami, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, and S. W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 78, 034302 (2008).

Multiphonon states in ¹³⁶Ba,

S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Scheck, B. Crider, S. N. Choudry, E. Elhami, E. Peters, M. T. McEllistrem, J. N. Orce and S. W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 78, 034317 (2008).

Coulomb excitation of radioactive ²¹Na and its stable mirror ²¹Ne,

                M.A. Schumaker, D. Cline, G. Hackman, A.C. Morton, C.J. Pearson, C.E. Svensson, C.Y. Wu, A. Andreyev, R.A.E. Austin,
                G.C. Ball, D. Bandyopadhyay, J.A. Becker, A.J. Boston, H.C. Boston, R. Churchman, F. Cifarelli, R.J. Cooper, D.S. Cross,
                D. Dashdorj, G. Demand, M.R. Dimmock, T.E. Drake, P. Finlay, A.T. Gallant, P.E. Garrett, K.L. Green, A.N. Grint, G.F. Grinyer,
                L.J. Harkness, A.B. Hayes, R. Kanungo, K.G. Leach, G. Lee, R. Maharaj, J-P. Martin, F. Moisan, S. Mythili, L. Nelson,
                O. Newman, P.J. Nolan, J.N. Orce, E. Padilla-Rodal, A.A. Phillips, M. Porter-Peden, J.J. Ressler, R. Roy, C. Ruiz, F. Sarazin,
                D.P. Scraggs, J.C. Waddington, J.M. Wan, A. Whitbeck, S.J. Williams, and J. Wong,
                Phys. Rev. C 78, 044321 (2008).

   First Results With TIGRESS and Accelerated Radioactive ion beams from ISAC:
   Coulomb excitation of ^20,21,29Na.
   M.A. Schumaker et al., to be published in AIP Conference Procceedings (2008).

Study of the low-lying structure of ⁹⁴Zr with the (n,n'g) reaction,

E. Elhami, J. N. Orce, S. Mukhopadhyay, S.N. Choudry, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates,
to be published in Phys. Rev. C (2008).

Enhancement of vibrations in semimagic,spherical nuclei with N~Z,

J.N. Orce, submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2008).

Fermionic-bosonic couplings in a nearly-spherical odd-mass nucleus, ⁹³Nb,

J. N. Orce, J. D. Holt, A. Linnemann, C. J. McKay, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, N. Warr, V. Werner, T. T. S. Kuo,
M. T. McEllistrem, N. Pietralla, and S. W. Yates, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2008).

Low-lying structure of ¹²⁷I with the (n,n'g) reaction,

S. Mukhopadhyay, S. N. Choudry, E. Elhami, A. Kumar, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, J. N. Orce, and S. W. Yates,
to be submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2008).

2007

2₁⁺ → 0₁⁺ transition strengths in the Sn nuclei,

J. N. Orce, S. N. Choudry, B. Crider, E. Elhami, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 76, 021302(R) (2007).

Anomalous behavior of the 2⁺ mixed-symmetry state in ⁹⁴Zr,

E. Elhami, J. N. Orce, S. Mukhopadhyay, S.N. Choudry, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 75, 011301(R) (2007).

Lifetime measurements in ⁹³Nb from photon and inelastic neutron scattering,

           J. N. Orce, C. Fransen, A. Linnemann, C. J. McKay, S. R. Lesher, N. Pietralla, V. Werner, G. Friessner, C. Kohstall,
                 D. Mücher, H.H. Pitz, M. Scheck, C. Scholl, F. Stedile, N. Warr, S. Walter, P. von Brentano, U. Kneissl,
                 M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, Phys. Rev. C 75, 014303 (2007).

Study of the low-spin structure of ⁹⁶Mo with the (n,n'g) reaction,

S.R. Lesher, C.J. McKay, M.G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen, J. N. Orce, M. T. McEllistrem,
and S. W. Yates, Phys. Rev. C 75, 034318 (2007).

New spin assignments in the odd-odd N=Z nucleus ⁴²Sc and the breaking of the ⁴⁰Ca core,

          C. Scholl, P. Petkov, V. Werner, A. Linnemann, T. Adachi, A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, C. Fransen, Y. Fujita, J. Jolie,
        K. Langanke, A.F. Lisetskiy, G. Martinez-Pinedo, D. Mücher, J. N. Orce, N. Pietralla, N. Warr, K.O. Zell, and P. von Brentano,
          Phys. Rev. C 75, 064321 (2007)
                (see also INPC 2007 Conference Proceedings; to be published in Nucl. Phys. A (not refereed) ).

Study of 0⁺ excitations in ¹⁵⁸Gd with the (n,n'g) reaction,

S. R. Lesher, J. N. Orce, Z. Ammar, M. Merrick, C. D. Hannant, N. Warr, T. B. Brown, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen,
M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, Phys. Rev. C 76, 034318 (2007).

The structure of the isomeric states in ^123-125Sb,

D.S. Judson, A.M. Bruce, T. Kibedi, G.D. Dracoulis, A.P. Byrne, G.J. Lane, K.-H. Maier, P. Nieminen, J. N. Orce,
and M.J. Taylor, Phys. Rev. C 76 , 054306 (2007)

Shape coexistence and mixing in ¹⁵²Sm,

         W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, C. Y. Wu, S. W. Yates, D. Cline, J. M. Allmond, D. Bandyopadhyay,
           S. N. Choudry, A. B. Hayes, H. Hua, S.R. Lesher, M. Mynk, M.T. McEllistrem, C.J. McKay, J. N. Orce, and R. Teng,
           submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2007). http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4129v2

2006

Charge-independent trend of isoscalar matrix elements along the N~Z line

J. N. Orce and V. Velazquez,
Nuclear Physics A 764, 205 (2006).

Symmetry of isoscalar matrix elements and systematics in the sd and beginning of fp shells,

       J. N. Orce, P. Petkov, V. Velazquez, C.J. Mckay, S.R. Lesher, S.N. Choudry, M. Mynk, A. Linnemann,
           J. Jolie, P. von Brentano, V. Werner, S.W. Yates, and M.T. McEllistrem,
           AIP Conf. Proc. 819 , 96 (2006) (not refereed).

Identification of Mixed-Symmetry States in an Odd-Mass Nearly Spherical Nucleus,

         J. N. Orce, J. D. Holt, A. Linnemann, C. J. McKay, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, J. W. Holt, A. Kumar, N. Warr, V. Werner,
            J. Jolie, T. T. S. Kuo, M. T. McEllistrem, N. Pietralla, and S. W. Yates,
         Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 062504 (2006).

Shape driving effects in the triaxial nucleus, ¹²⁸Xe,

      J. N. Orce, A.M. Bruce, A. Emmanouilidis, C. Wheldon, F.R. Xu, P.M. Walker, M. Caamano,
                Zs. Podolyak, H. El-Masri, A.P. Byrne, G.D. Dracoulis, T. Kibedi, D.M. Cullen,
                Phys. Rev. C 7 4, 034318 (2006).

Symmetry and structure tests in ¹⁸O and ¹⁸Ne,

S. N. Choudry, J.N. Orce, V. Varadarajan, S.R. Lesher, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. Mukhopadhyay,
S.W. Yates, and M. T. McEllistrem, AIP Conf. Proc. 819, 101 (2006) (not refereed).

Search for Multiphonon and Mixed-Symmetry States in ¹²⁷I,

S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, S. N. Choudry, V. Varadarajan, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem,
and S. W. Yates, AIP Conf. Proc. 819, 583 (2006) (not refereed).

2005

Search for mixed-symmetry states in odd-A ⁹³Nb,

C.J. McKay, J. N. Orce, A. Linnemann, S.R. Lesher, D. Bandyopadhyay, M.T. McEllistrem,
        C. Fransen, J. Jolie, N. Pietralla, N. Warr, V. Werner, and S.W. Yates,
          The European Physical Journal A V25, Supplement 1, p.377 (2005).
          Erratum

Lifetime measurements and low-lying structure in ¹¹²Sn,

A. Kumar, J. N. Orce, S.R. Lesher, C.J. McKay, M.T. McEllistrem, and S.W. Yates,
The European Physical Journal A V25, Supplement 1, p. 443 (2005).

Microsecond isomers in ¹²⁵Sb,

     D. Judson, A.M. Bruce, M.J. Taylor, G.D. Dracoulis, T. Kibedi, A.P. Byrne,
         K.-H. Maier, P. Nieminen, and J. N. Orce,
           J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 (2005) S1899-S1902 .

Conversion-electron study of 0⁺ excitations in ²⁰⁸Pb,

J. N. Orce, T. Kibedi, R. Julin, G. D. Dracoulis, and S.W. Yates,
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 (2005) S1705-S1708.

Octupole and Hexadecapole Bands in ¹⁵²Sm,

      P.E. Garrett, W.D. Kulp. J. L. Wood, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. Christen, S. Choudry,
                A. Dewald, A. Fitszler, C. Fransen, K. Jessen, J. Jolie, A. Kloezer, P. Kudejova, A. Kumar,
          S.R. Lesher, A. Linnemann, A. Lisetskiy, D. Martin, M. Masur,  M.T. McEllistrem, O. Moller,
          M. Mynk, J. N. Orce, P. Pejovic, T. Pissulla, J.-M. Regis, A. Schiller, D. Tonev, S.W. Yates,
          J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 (2005) S1855-S1858.

Heterogeneous vibrations in ¹¹²Sn,

A. Kumar, J. N. Orce, S.R. Lesher, C.J. McKay, M.T. McEllistrem, and S.W. Yates,
Phys. Rev. C 72, 034313 (2005).

High-K states in the odd-odd nuclide ¹⁸⁰Re,

   H. El-Masri, P.M. Walker, G.D. Dracoulis, T. Kibedi, A.P. Byrne, A.M. Bruce, J. N. Orce,
            A. Emmanouilidis, D.M. Cullen, C. Wheldon, and F.R. Xu,
    Phys. Rev. C 72, 054306 (2005).

2004

Electromagnetic properties of pseudo-Nilsson bands in ¹⁸⁵Os,

C. Wheldon, A.E. Stuchbery, A.N. Wilson, G.D. Dracoulis, A.M. Bruce, R.A. Bark,
A.P. Byrne, F.M. Prados-Estevez, G.J. Lane, C.-B. Moon, J.N. Orce and R. Wood,
The European Physical Journal A, V19, No 3 (2004) 319

Test of isospin purity in the A = 42 isobaric analogs,

         J. N. Orce, P. Petkov, C.J. McKay, S.N. Choudry, S.R. Lesher, M. Mynk,
         D. Bandyopadhyay S.W. Yates and M.T. McEllistrem,
         Phys. Rev. C 70 (2004) 014314
           AIP Conf. Proc. 726, 245 (2004) (not refereed)

2003

Interplay between K-isomerism and gamma-softness in¹²⁸Xe,

J. N. Orce, A.M. Bruce, A. Emmanouilidis, C. Wheldon, F.R. Xu, P.M. Walker,
M. Caamano, Zs. Podolyak, H. El-Masri, P.D. Stevenson, A.P. Byrne,
G.D. Dracoulis, J.C. Hazel, T. Kibedi, D.M. Cullen,
Acta Physica Polonica B, V. 34, No 4 (2003) 2253

High K states in ¹⁸⁰Re,

      H. El-Masri, P.M. Walker, C. Wheldon, Zs. Podolyak, M. Caamano, A.P. Byrne, G.D. Dracoulis,
                  J.C. Hazel, T. Kibedi, A.M. Bruce, J.N. Orce, A. Emmanouilidis, D.M. Cullen,
      Acta Physica Polonica B, V. 34, No 4 (2003) 2301

2002

Study of the K = 8^- isomeric decay in the N=74 isotone ¹²⁸Xe,

      J. N. Orce, A.M. Bruce, A. Emmanouilidis, C. Wheldon, P.M. Walker,
    M. Caamano, Zs. Podolyak, H. El-Masri, A.P. Byrne, G.D. Dracoulis,
      J.C. Hazel, T. Kibedi, D.M. Cullen,
      Prog. Theor. Phys. Sup. 146, (2002) 611, (Physics of Unstable Nuclei)

Deviations from axial symmetry in ¹⁸¹Os,

      Zs. Podolyak, S. Al-Garni, R.F. Casten, J.R. Cooper, D.M. Cullen, A. Dewald,
    R. Krucken, H. Newman, J.N. Orce, C.J. Pearson, C. Ur, R. Venturelli, S. Vincent,
      C. Wheldon, P.M. Walker, F.R. Xu, A. Yamamoto, N.V. Zamfir,
Phys. Rev. C 66 (2002) 011304

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