Recent Publications

  • L. J. Evitts, A. B. Garnsworthy, T. Kibédi, J. Smallcombe, M. W. Reed, A. E. Stuchbery, G. J. Lane, T. K. Eriksen, A. Akber, B. Alshahrani, M. de Vries, M. S. M. Gerathy, J. D. Holt, B. Q. Lee, B. P. McCormick, A. J. Mitchell, M. Moukaddam, S. Mukhopadhyay, N. Palalani, T. Palazzo, E. E. Peters, A. P. D. Ramirez, T. Tornyi, and S. W. Yates, "E0 transition strength in stable Ni isotopes" Phys. Rev C 99, 024306 (2019).
  • S. Mukhopadhyay, B. P. Crider, B. A. Brown, A. Chakraborty, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, and S. W. Yates, "Inelastic neutron scattering studies of 76Ge" Phys. Rev C 99, 014313 (2019).
  • E. E. Peters, P. Van Isacker, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, A. Kumar, S. H. Liu, M. T. McEllistrem, C. V. Mehl, F. M. Prados-Estévez, T. J. Ross, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, "Seniority structure of 136Xe82" Phys. Rev C 98, 034302 (2018).
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.H. Liu, S.F. Hicks, B.M. Combs, B.P. Crider, A.J. French, E.A. Garza, T. Harrison, S.L. Henderson, T.J. Howard, M.T. McEllistrem, S. Nigam, R.L. Pecha, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, A.P.D. Ramirez, B.G. Rice, T.J. Ross, Z.C. Santonil, L.C. Sidwell, J.L. Steves, B.K. Thompson, S.W. Yates, "54Fe neutron elastic and inelastic scattering differential cross sections from 2–6 MeV" Nucl. Phys. A 972, 107 (2018).
  • L.J. Evitts, A.B. Garnsworthy, T. Kibédi, J. Smallcombe, M.W. Reed, B.A. Brown, A.E. Stuchbery, G.J. Lane, T.K. Eriksen, A. Akber, B. Alshahrani, M. de Vries, M.S.M. Gerathy, J.D. Holt, B.Q. Lee, B.P. McCormick, A.J. Mitchell, M. Moukaddam, S. Mukhopadhyay, N. Palalani, T. Palazzo, E.E. Peters, A.P.D. Ramirez, S.R. Stroberg, T. Tornyi, S.W. Yates, "Identification of significant E0 strength in the 22+ → 21+ transitions of 58,60,62Ni" Phys. Lett. B 779, 396 (2018).
  • S. F. Hicks, T. D. Nguyen, D. T. Jackson, S. G. Block, S. T. Byrd, M. T. Nickel, J. R. Vanhoy, E. E. Peters, A. P. D. Ramirez, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, and S. W. Yates, "Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics" Physcs. Proc. 90, 323 (2017).
  • E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, S. F. Ashley, E. Elhami, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, F. M. Prados-Estévez, and S. W. Yates, "Level lifetimes and the structure of 134Xe from inelastic neutron scattering" Phys. Rev. C 96, 014313 (2017).
  • S. R. Lesher, C. Casarella, A. Aprahamian, L. M. Robledo, B. P. Crider, R. Ikeyama, I. R. Marsh, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, M. K. Smith, Z. R. Tully, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates, "Lifetime measurements of low-spin negative-parity levels in 160Gd," Phys. Rev. C 95, 064309 (2017).
  • A. P. D. Ramirez, J. R. Vanhoy, S. F. Hicks, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, S. Mukhopadhyay, T. D. Harrison, T. J. Howard, D. T. Jackson, P. D. Lenzen, T. D. Nguyen, R. L. Pecha, B. G. Rice, B. K. Thompson, and S. W. Yates, "Neutron scattering cross section measurements for 56Fe," Phys. Rev. C 95, 064605 (2017).
  • F. M. Prados-Estévez, E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, M. G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S. N. Choudry, B. P. Crider, P. E. Garrett, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, M. Scheck, J. R. Vanhoy, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, "Collective quadrupole behavior in 106Pd," Phys. Rev. C 95, 034328 (2017).
  • S. F. Hicks, J. R. Vanhoy, P. G. Burkett, B. R. Champine, S. J. Etzkorn, P. E. Garrett, S. W. Yates, and Minfang Yeh, "Lifetimes in 124Te: Examining critical-point symmetry in the Te nuclei," Phys. Rev. C 95, 014327 (2017).
  • S. Mukhopadhyay, B. P. Crider, B. A. Brown, S. F. Ashley, A. Chakraborty, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, and S. W. Yates, "Nuclear structure of 76Ge from inelastic neutron scattering measurements and shell model calculations," Phys. Rev. C 95, 014327 (2017).
  • E. E. Peters, T. J. Ross, S. H. Liu, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, "Inelastic neutron scattering cross section measurements for 134,136Xe of relevance to neutrinoless double-β decay searches," Phys. Rev. C 95, 014325 (2017).
  • E. E. Peters, T. J. Ross, S. F. Ashley, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, M. D. Hennek, S. H. Liu, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, F. M. Prados-Estévez, A. P. D. Ramirez, J. S. Thrasher, and S. W. Yates, “0+ sates in 130,132Xe: A search of E(5) behavior,” Phys. Rev. C 94, 024313 (2016).
  • E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, A. Chakraborty, M. G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S. N. Choudry, B. P. Crider, P. E. Garrett, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, M. Scheck, J. R. Vanhoy, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “E0 transitions in 106Pd: Implications for Shape Coexistence,” Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 96 (2016).
  • J. Hartman, A. Barzilov, E. E. Peters, and S. W. Yates, “Measurements of response functions of EJ-299-33A plastic scintillator for fast neutrons,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 804, 137-143 (2015).
  • B.P. Crider, E.E. Peters, J.M. Allmond, M.T. McEllistrem, F.M. Prados-Estévez, T.J. Ross, J.R. Vanhoy, and S.W. Yates, “Inelastic neutron scattering cross sections for 76Ge relevant to background in neutrinoless double-β decay experiments,” Phys. Rev. C 92, 034310 (2015).
  • S. R. Lesher, C. Casarella, A. Aprahamian, B. P. Crider, R. Ikeyama, I. R. Marsh, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, M. K. Smith, Z. R. Tully, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates, “Collectivity of 0+ states in 160Gd,” Phys. Rev. C 91, 054317 (2015).
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F. Hicks, A. Chakraborty, B.R. Champine, B. Combs, B.P. Crider, L.J. Kersting, A. Kumar, C.J. Lueck, S.H. Liu, P.J. McDonough, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, L.C. Sidwell, A. Sigillito, D.W. Watts, and S.W. Yates, “Neutron Scattering Differential Cross Sections on 23Na from 1.5 to 4.5 MeV,” Nucl. Phys. A939, 121–140 (2015).
  • V. Bildstein, P.E. Garrett, S.F. Ashley, G.C. Ball, L. Bianco, D. Bandyopadhyay, J. Bangay, B.P. Crider, G. Demand, G. Deng, I. Dillmann, A. Finlay, A.B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, B. Hadinia, R. Krücken, K.G. Leach, J-P. Martin, M.T. McEllistrem, C.J. Pearson, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, A. Radich, F. Sarazin, C. Sumithrarachchi, C.E. Svensson, J.R. Vanhoy, J. Wong, and S.W. Yates, “DESCANT and β-delayed neutron measurements at TRIUMF” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014 EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 07005 (2015).
  • B.P. Crider, J.M. Allmond, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, T.J. Ross, J.R. Vanhoy, and S.W. Yates, “Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of 76Se and 76Ge Relevant to Neutrinoless Double-β Decay,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014, EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 05001 (2015).
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F. Hicks, B.P. Crider, A.J. French, E.A. Garza, S.L. Henderson, T.J. Howard, S.H. Liu, S. Nigam, L. Pecha, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, M.T. McEllistrem, B.G. Rice, T.J. Ross, Z.C. Santonil, L.C. Sidwell, J.L. Steves, and S.W. Yates, “The Neutron Time-of-Flight Cross Section Program at the University of Kentucky – Adventures in Analysis II,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014 EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 02014 (2015).
  • S. F. Hicks, J. R. Vanhoy, A. J. French, S. L. Henderson, T. J. Howard, R. L. Pecha, Z. C. Santonil, B.P. Crider, S. Liu, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, T.J. Ross, and S.W. Yates, “Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering on 54,56Fe,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014, EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 02002 (2015).
  • V. Werner, N. Cooper, P.M. Goddard, P. Humby, R.S. Ilieva, G. Rusev, J. Beller, C. Bernards, B.P. Crider, J. Isaak, J.H. Kelley, E. Kwan, B. Löher, E.E. Peters, N. Pietralla, C. Romig, D. Savran, M. Scheck, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, S.W. Yates, and M. Zweidinger, “Dipole strength distributions from HIGS Experiments,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014, EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 01031 (2015).
  • E.E. Peters, T.J. Ross, A. Chakraborty, B.P. Crider, A. Kumar, M.T. McEllistrem, F.M. Prados-Estévez, and S.W. Yates, “Inelastic neutron scattering studies of 132,134Xe: Elucidating structure in a transitional region and possible interferences for 0νββ searches,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014, EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 01027 (2015).
  • T.J. Ross, E.E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, B.P. Crider, A. Kumar, S.H. Liu, M.T. McEllistrem, F.M. Prados-Estévez, J.R. Vanhoy, and S.W. Yates, “’No-Spin States’ and Low-Lying Structures in 130Xe and 136Xe,” Fifteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014, EPJ Web of Conferences 93, 01010 (2015).
  • S. F. Hicks, J. R. Vanhoy, A. J. French, Z. C. Santonil, B. P. Crider, E. E. Peters, M. T. McEllistrem, F. M. Prados-Estévez, T. J. Ross, and S.W. Yates, “Undergraduate Measurements of Neutron Cross Sections,” 23rd Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, CAARI 2014, Physics Procedia 66, 641-648 (2015).
  • A. Chakraborty, F.M. Prados-Estévez, S.N. Choudry, B.P. Crider, P.E. Garrett, W.D. Kulp, A. Kumar, M.T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, M.G. Mynk, J.N. Orce, E.E. Peters, J.L. Wood, and S.W. Yates, “Low-lying Positive-parity Band Structure in 150Nd,”Proceedings of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics 59, 180-181, 2014.
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F. Hicks, B.R. Champine, B.P. Crider, E.A. Garza, S.L. Henderson, S.H. Liu, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, M.T. McEllistrem, T.J. Ross, L.C. Sidwell, J.L. Steves, and S.W. Yates, “Differential cross-section measurements at the University of Kentucky – Adventures in analysis,” Nuclear Measurements, Evaluations, and Applications (NEMEA-7) Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO), Workshop Proceedings, 5-8 November 2013, Geel, Belgium, Nuclear Science, NEA/NSC/DOC (2014) 13, 85-93.
  • A. Kumar, M. Balasubramanian, A. Chakraborty, B.P. Crider, S.F. Hicks, C. Karthikraj, L. J. Kersting, C.J. Luke, P. J. Mcdonough, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, A. J. Sigillito, M.M. Upadhyay, J.R. Vanhoy, and S.W. Yates, “A Study of Measured Neutron Elastic Differential Neutron Cross Sections for 23Na,” J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 302, 1043-1047, (2014).
  • J. Wong, V. Bildstein, P.E. Garrett, D. Bandyopadhyay, J. Bangay, L. Bianco, G. Demand, G. Deng, A. Finlay, B. Hadinia, K.G. Leach, A. Liblong, C.E. Svensson, C. Sumithrarachchi, G.C. Ball, R. Churchman, A. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, C.J. Pearson, J.P. Martin, S.F. Ashley, B.P. Crider, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estevez, S.W. Yates and J.R. Vanhoy, “The DEuterated SCintillator Array for Neutron Tagging: A neutron tagging array for TRIUMF-ISAC,” Proc. 25th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2013), Florence, Italy, June 2-7, 2013, EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 11040 (2014).
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F.Hicks, A. Chakraborty, B.R. Champine, B. Combs, B.P. Crider, L.J. Kersting, A. Kumar, C.J. Lueck, P.J. McDonough, M.T. McEllistrem, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, L. Sidwell, A. Sigillito, D.W. Watts, and S.W. Yates, “Differential Cross Sections for Neutron Elastic and Inelastic Scattering on 23Na,” Proc. 25th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2013), Florence, Italy, June 2-7, 2013, EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 03091 (2014).
  • S. W. Yates, E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, M. T. McEllistrem, F. M. Prados-Estévez, and J. R. Vanhoy, “Level Lifetimes in 94Zr from DSAM Measurements following Inelastic Neutron Scattering,” Proc. 25th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2013), Florence, Italy, June 2-7, 2013, EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 02111 (2014).
  • F.M. Prados-Estévez, A. Chakraborty, E.E. Peters, M.G. Mynk, A. Linnemann, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S.N. Choudry, B.P Crider, P.E. Garrett, S.F. Hicks, J. Jolie, A. Kumar, S.R. Lesher, C.J. McKay, M.T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J.N. Orce, M. Scheck, J.R. Vanhoy, J.L. Wood, and S.W. Yates, “Nuclear Structure Studies of 106Pd and 106Cd with the (n,n′γ) Reaction,” Proc. 25th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2013), Florence, Italy, June 2-7, 2013, EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 02085 (2014).
  • S. R. Lesher, C. Casarella, B. P. Crider, I. Marsh, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, M. Smith, J. R. Vanhoy, A. Aprahamian, and S. W. Yates, “ Inelastic Neutron Scattering on 160Gd,” Proc. 25th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2013), Florence, Italy, June 2-7, 2013, EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 02063 (2014).
  • A. Chakraborty, F.M. Prados-Estévez, E.E. Peters, M.G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S.N. Choudry, B.P. Crider, P.E. Garrett, S.F. Hicks, A. Kumar, S.R. Lesher, C.J. McKay, M.T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, J.N. Orce, M. Scheck, J.R. Vanhoy, J.L. Wood, and S.W. Yates, “Mapping E2 strength and the Status of Vibrational Structure in 106Pd,” Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58, 92-93 (2013).
  • P. M. Goddard, N. Cooper, V. Werner, G. Rusev, P. D. Stevenson, A. Rios, C. Bernards, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, J. Glorius, R. S. Ilieva, J. H. Kelley, E. Kwan, E. E. Peters, N. Pietralla, R. Raut, C. Romig, D. Savran, L. Schnorrenberger, M. K. Smith, K. Sonnabend, A. P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, and S. W. Yates, “Dipole response of 76Se above 4 MeV,” Phys. Rev. C 88, 064308 (2013) 19 pages.
  • E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, B. H. Davis, M. K. Gnanamani, M. T. McEllistrem, F. M. Prados-Estévez, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates, “Level lifetimes in the stable Zr nuclei: Effects of chemical properties in Doppler-shift measurements,” Phys. Rev. C 88, 024317 (2013).
  • V. Bildstein, P. E. Garrett, J. Wong, D. Bandyopadhyay, J. Bangay, L. Bianco, B. Hadinia, K. G. Leach, C. Sumithrarachchi, S. F. Ashley, B. P. Crider, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. W. Yates, J. R. Vanhoy, “Comparison of deuterated and normal liquid scintillators for fast-neutron detection,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 729, 188 (2013).
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F. Hicks, H.E. Baber, B.P. Crider, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, T. J. Ross, M.T. McEllistrem, S.W. Yates, and B.R. Champine, “Basic and Applied Science Using Monoenergetic Pulsed Neutron Beams from the University of Kentucky Accelerator Laboratory,” Eleventh International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, Bruges, Belgium, August 5-8, 2013 (AccApp 2013).
  • F.M. Prados-Estévez, B. P. Crider, E. E. Peters, S. W. Yates, T. Kibèdi, G. D. Dracoulis, R. F. Leslie, A. E. Stuchbery, N. M. Cooper, V. Werner, E. Williams, and A. P. Tonchev, “Internal Conversion Electron Study of Excited States in 76As,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 575-578.
  • B. P. Crider, A. Chakraborty, Ajay Kumar, E. E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Nuclear Structure Studies of 76Se and 76Ge with the (n,n′γ) reaction,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 566-569.
  • A. Chakraborty, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. N. Choudry, B. P. Crider, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. G. Mynk, E. E. Peters, J. L. Wood, S.W. Yates, P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, and J. N. Orce, “Transition Rates of Decays from Collective States in 150Nd,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 557-561.
  • V. Werner, N. M. Cooper, P. M. Goddard, M. K. Smith, F. Reichel, D. Savran, S.W. Yates, B. P. Crider, E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, A. P. Tonchev, G. Rusev, W. Tornow, J. H. Kelley, E. Kwan, R. Raut, C. Romig, G. Rusev, F. Reichel, N. Pietralla, C. Romig, M. Scheck, M. Fritzsche, J. Beller, M. Zweidenger, and K. Sonnabend, “Dipole response of 76Se up to 9 MeV,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 421-426.
  • A. Kumar, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. W. Yates, S. F. Hicks, L. J. Kersting, C. J. Luke, P. J. McDonough, Anthony Sigillito, and J. R. Vanhoy, “Measurement of the Absolute Elastic and Inelastic Differential Neutron Cross Sections for natFe and 23Na between 2 and 4 MeV,”, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia)University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 254-259.
  • E. E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, B. P. Crider, A. Kumar, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. F. Ashley, M. T. McEllistrem, and S.W. Yates, “Low-lying Structure of 132,134Xe from Inelastic Neutron Scattering,”, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 221-226.
  • S. W. Yates, “Using Fast Neutrons to Study Collective Nuclear Excitations,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, (World Scientific, 2013, eds. Paul E. Garrett and Baharak Hadinia) University of Guelph, Canada, August 28 - September 2, 2011, pp. 99-108.
  • J.R. Vanhoy, S.F. Hicks, H.E. Baber, B.P. Crider, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, M.T. McEllistrem, S.W. Yates, and B.R. Champine, “Measurements with Monoenergetic Fast Neutrons at the University of Kentucky Accelerator Laboratory” IAEA-F1-TM-42752, IAEA Technical Meeting on the Use of Neutron Beams for High Precision Nuclear Data Measurements, December 10-14, 2012, Budapest, Hungary.
  • S. F. Hicks, A. Chakraborty, B. Combs, B. P. Crider, L. Downes, J. Girgis, L. J. Kersting, A. Kumar, C. J. Lueck, P. J. McDonough, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, J. Schniederjan, L. Sidwell, A. J. Sigillito, J. R. Vanhoy, D. Watts, and S. W. Yates, “Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for Fission Reactor Applications,” CAARI 2012, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, August 5–10, 2012, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, AIP Conference Proceedings 1525, 276-281 (2013).
  • A. Chakraborty, E. E. Peters, B. P. Crider, C. Andreoiu, P. C. Bender, D. S. Cross, G. A. Demand, A. B. Garnsworthy, P. E. Garrett, G. Hackman, B. Hadinia, S. Ketelhut, Ajay Kumar, K. G. Leach, M. T. McEllistrem, J. Pore, F. M. Prados-Estévez, E. T. Rand, B. Singh, E. R. Tardiff, Z.-M. Wang, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “Collective Structure in 94Zr and Subshell Effects in Shape Coexistence,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 022504 (2013).
  • S. F. Hicks, J. C. Boehringer, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen, S. R. Lesher, J. M. Mueller, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates, “Collective and two-quasiparticle excitations in 128Te,” Phys. Rev. C 86, 054308 (2012).
  • P. E. Garrett, J. Bangay, A. Diaz Varela, G. C. Ball, D. S. Cross, G. A. Demand, P. Finlay, A. B. Garnsworthy, K. L. Green, G. Hackman, C. D. Hannant, B. Jigmeddorj, J. Jolie, W. D. Kulp, K. G. Leach, J. N. Orce, A. A. Phillips, A. J. Radich, E. T. Rand, M. A. Schumaker, C. E. Svensson, C. Sumithrarachchi, S. Triambak, N. Warr, J. Wong, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “Detailed spectroscopy of 110Cd: Evidence for weak mixing and the emergence of γ-soft behavior,” Phys. Rev. C 86, 044304 (2012).
  • N. Cooper, F. Reichel, V. Werner, L. Bettermann, B. Alikhani, S. Aslanidou, C. Bauer, L. Coquard, M. Fritzsche, Y. Fritzsche, J. Glorius, P.M. Goddard, T. Mӧller, N. Pietralla, M. Reese, C. Romig, D. Savran, L. Schnorrenberger, F. Siebenhühner, V. V. Simon, K. Sonnabend, M.K. Smith, C. Walz, S. W. Yates, O. Yevetska, and M. Zweidinger, “Photoresponse of 76Se below 9 MeV,” Phys. Rev. C 86, 034313 (2012).
  • S. W. Yates, “On quadrupole vibrations in nearly spherical nuclei,” Proceedings of the Rutherford Centennial Conference on Nuclear Physics, 2011, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 381, 012048 (2012).
  • A. Chakraborty, F. M. Prados-Estévez, S. N. Choudry, B. P. Crider, P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. G. Mynk, J. N. Orce, E. E. Peters, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “New decay pattern of negative-parity states at N=90,” Phys. Rev. C 86, 064314 (2012).
  • P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, J. Bangay, A. Diaz Varela, C. S. Sumithrarachchi, R. A. E. Austin, G. C. Ball, D. S. Bandyopadhyay, L. Bianco, S. Colosimo, D. S. Cross, G. A. Demand, P. Finlay, A. B. Garnsworthy, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, W. D. Kulp, K. G. Leach, A. C. Morton, J. N. Orce, C. J. Pearson, A. A. Phillips, M. A. Schumaker, C. E. Svensson, S. Triambak, J. Wong, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “Mapping quadrupole collectivity in the Cd isotopes: The breakdown of harmonic vibrational motion,” FINUSTAR 3: International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions, Rhodos, Greece, 23-27 August 2010, AIP Conf. Proc. 1377, 211-215 (2011).
  • A. Chakraborty, J. N. Orce, S. F. Ashley, B. A. Brown, B. Crider, E. Elhami, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. Peters, and S. W. Yates, “Status of vibrational structure in 62Ni,” Phys. Rev. C 83, 034316 (2011).
  • P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, R. A. E. Austin, G. C. Ball, D. S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Colosimo, D. C. Cross, G. A. Demand, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, W. D. Kulp, K. G. Leach, A. C. Morton, C. J. Pearson, A. A. Phillips, M. A. Schumaker, C. E. Svensson, J. Wong, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “Using β-decay to map the E2 strength in the Cd isotopes and the downfall of vibrational motion,” Acta Physica Polonica B 42, 799 (2011).
  • J. N. Orce, J. D. Holt, A. Linnemann, C. J. McKay, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, V. Werner, T. T. S. Kuo, M. T. McEllistrem, N. Pietralla, and S. W. Yates, “Fermionic-Bosonic Couplings in a Weakly-Deformed Odd-Mass Nucleus, 93Nb” Phys. Rev. C 82, 044317 (2010).
  • M. Scheck, P. A. Butler, C. Fransen, V. Werner, and S. W. Yates, “Strong M1 Components in 3i- → 31- Transitions in Nearly Spherical Nuclei: Evidence for isovector-octupole excitations,” Phys. Rev. C 81, 064305 (2010).
  • L. Caballero, B. Rubio, P. Kleinheinz, S. W. Yates, A. Algora, A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, A. Gadea, J. Jolie, R. Julin, A. Linnemann, S. Lunardi, R. Menegazzo, O. Möller, E. Nácher, M. Piiparinen, and J. Blomqvist, “Two-Phonon Octupole Excitation in 146Gd,” Phys. Rev. C 81, 031301(R), (2010).
  • K. L. Green, P. E. Garrett, R. A. E. Austin, G. C. Ball, D. S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Colosimo, D. Cross, G. A. Demand, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, W. D. Kulp, K. G. Leach, A. C. Morton, C. J. Pearson, A. A. Phillips, M. A. Schumaker, C. E. Svensson, J. Wong, J. L. Wood, and S. W. Yates, “Degeneracy at 1871 keV in 112Cd and implications for neutrinoless double electron capture,” Phys. Rev. C 80, 032502(R) (2009).
  • P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. Choudry, D. Dashdorj, S. R. Lesher, M. T. McEllistrem, M. Mynk, J. N. Orce , and S. W. Yates, “New Features of Shape Coexistence in 152Sm,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 062501 (2009).
  • S. W. Yates, “Probing Nuclear Structure with Fast Neutrons,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1090 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 517-523 (2009).
  • P.E. Garrett, W.D. Kulp, J.L. Wood, J.M. Allmond, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. Christen, S. Choudry, D. Cline, D. Dashdorj , A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, C. Fransen, A.B. Hayes, H. Hua, 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. Möller, M. Mynk , C.J. McKay , J.N. Orce , P. Pejovic, T. Pissulla, J.-M. Regis, A. Schiller, R. Teng, D. Tonev, C.Y. Wu, and S.W. Yates, “Investigation of 152Sm by Complementary Reactions,”AIP Conference Proceedings 1090 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 391-398 (2009).
  • M. Scheck, S. Mukhopadhyay, B. Crider, S. N. Choudry, E. Elhami, E. E. Peters, M. T. McEllistrem, J. N. Orce, and S. W. Yates, “Low-lying Collective States in 136Ba,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1090 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 253-257 (2009).
  • M. Scheck, S. N. Choudry, E. Elhami, M. T. McEllistrem, S. Mukhopodyay, J. N. Orce, and S. W. Yates, “Pauli blocking in the low-lying, low-spin states of 141Pr,” Phys. Rev. C 78, 034302 (2008).
  • S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Scheck, B. Crider, S. N. Choudry, E. Elhami, E. Peters, M. T. McEllistrem, J. N. Orce, and S. W. Yates, “Multiphonon states in 136Ba,” Phys. Rev. C 78, 034317 (2008).
  • E. Elhami, J. N. Orce, M. Scheck, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. N. Choudry, M. T. McEllistrem, S. W. Yates, C. Angell, M. Boswell, B. Fallin, C. R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, H. J. Karwowski, J. H. Kelly, Y. Parpottas, A. P. Tonchev, and W. Tornow, “Experimental study of the low-lying structure of 94Zr with the (n,n′γ) reaction,” Phys. Rev. C 78, 064303 (2008).; Phys. Rev. C 88, 029903(E) (2013).
  • S. F. Hicks, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates, “Fragmentation of Mixed-Symmetry Excitations in Stable Even-Even Te Nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 78, 054320 (2008).
  • J. N. Orce, B. Crider, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. Peters, E. Elhami, M. Scheck, B. Singh, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Determination of the 21+ → 01+ Transition Strengths in 58Ni and 60Ni” Phys. Rev. C 77, 064301 (2008).
  • W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, C. Y. Wu, D. Cline, J. M. Allmond, D. Bandyopadhyay, D. Dashdorj, S. N. Choudry, A. B. Hayes, H. Hua, M. G. Mynk, M. T. McEllistrem, C. J. McKay, J. N. Orce, R. Teng, and S. W. Yates, “Search for Intrinsic Collective Excitations in 152Sm,” Phys. Rev. C 77, 061301(R) (2008).
  • J. N. Orce, S. N. Choudry, B. Crider, E. Elhami, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “21+ → 01+ Transition Strengths in the Sn Nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 76, 021302(R) (2007).; Phys. Rev. C 77, 029902(E) (2008).
  • S. R. Lesher, J. N. Orce, Z. Ammar, C. D. Hannant, M. Merrick, N. Warr, T. B. Brown, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Study of 0+ Excitations in 158Gd with the (n,n′γ) Reaction,” Phys. Rev. C 76, 034318 (2007).
  • D. Bandyopadhyay, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, N. Boukharouba, P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “An Investigation of Phonon Excitations in 114Cd with the (n,n′γ) Reaction,” Phys. Rev. C 76, 054308 (2007).
  • E. Elhami, J. N. Orce, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. N. Choudry, M. Scheck, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Anomalous Behavior of the 2+ Mixed-Symmetry State in 94Zr,” Phys. Rev. C 75, 011301(R) (2007). ; Phys. Rev. C 88, 029902(E) (2013).
  • 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, “Lifetime measurements in 93Nb from photon and inelastic neutron scattering,” Phys. Rev. C 75, 014303 (2007).
  • S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen, J. N. Orce, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Study of the Low-Spin Structure of 96Mo with the (n,n′γ) Reaction,” Phys. Rev. C 75, 034318 (2007).
  • M. Scheck, P. von Brentano, C. Fransen, U. Kneissl, C. Kohstall, A. Linnemann, D. Mücher, N. Pietralla, H. H. Pitz, C. Scholl. F. Stedile, S. Walter, V. Werner, and S. W. Yates, “Dipole Strength Distributions of the Stable odd-mass N=82 isotones 139La and 141Pr,” Phys. Rev. C 75, 044313 (2007).
  • P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, H. Lehmann, J. Jolie, C. A. McGrath, M. Yeh, and S. W. Yates, “Properties of 112Cd from the (n,n′γ) Reaction: Lifetimes and Transition Rates,” Phys. Rev. C 75, 054310(2007).
  • 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, “Identification of Mixed-Symmetry States in an Odd-Mass Nearly Spherical Nucleus,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 062504 (2006).
  • S. W. Yates, “Using Fast Neutrons to Study Multiphonon Vibrational Excitations in Nearly Spherical Nuclei,” Proc. Int. School on Contemporary Physics-III (ISCP-III), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 8-15, 2005 (University Press, Ulaanbaatar) 45-54.
  • D. Bandyopadhyay, P. E. Garrett, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, N. Boukharouba, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Structural Ambiguities in 114Cd,” AIP Conference Proceedings (2006), 819 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 559-560.
  • J. N. Orce, P. Petkov, V. Velázquez, S. Choudry, S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. Mynk, S. W. Yates, and M. T. McEllistrem, “Charge Independence Test in the sd and Beginning of the fp Shells,” AIP Conference Proceedings (2006), 819 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 96-100.
  • S. N. Choudry, J. N. Orce, S. Mukhopadhyay, V. Varadarajan, D. Bandyopadhyay, A. Kumar, S. R. Lesher, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Study of Charge Symmetry in 18O and 18Ne,” AIP Conference Proceedings (2006), 819 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 101-104.
  • S. Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, S.N. Choudry, V. Varadarajan, A. Kumar, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Search for Mixed-Symmetry and Phonon States in 127I,” AIP Conference Proceedings (2006), 819 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 583-584.
  • S. R. Lesher, Z. Ammar, M. Merrick, C. D. Hannant, N. Warr, T. B. Brown, N. Boukharouba, C. Fransen, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Study of 0+ States in Deformed Nuclei,” AIP Conference Proceedings (2006), 819 (Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics), 233-238.
  • D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Warr, C. Fransen, N. Boukharouba, V. Werner, S. W. Yates, J. L. Weil, and M. T. McEllistrem, “Three-Phonon Excitations in 124Sn,” Nucl. Phys. A 747, 206 (2005).
  • C. Kohstall, D. Belic, P. von Brentano, C. Fransen, A. Gade, R.-D. Herzberg, J. Jolie, U. Kneissl, A. Linnemann, P. Matschinsky, A. Nord, N. Pietralla, H. H. Pitz, M. Scheck, F. Stedile, V. Werner, and S. W. Yates, “Low-lying dipole excitations in vibrational nuclei: the Cd isotopic chain studied in photon scattering experiments,” Phys. Rev. C 72, 034302 (2005).
  • A. Kumar, J. N. Orce, S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. T. McEllistrem, and S. W. Yates, “Heterogeneous vibrations in 112Sn,” Phys. Rev. C 72, 034313 (2005).
  • S. F. Hicks, G. K. Alexander, C. A. Aubin, M. C. Burns, C. J. Collard, M. M. Walbran, J. R. Vanhoy, E. Jensen, P. E. Garrett, M. Kadi, A. Martin, N. Warr, and S. W. Yates, “Intruder Structures Observed in 122Te Through Inelastic Neutron Scattering,” Phys. Rev. C 71, 034307 (2005).
  • C. J. McKay, J. N. Orce, S. R. Lesher, D. Bandyopadhyay, M. T. McEllistrem, C. Fransen, J. Jolie, A. Linnemann, N. Pietralla, V. Werner, and  S. W. Yates, “Identification of mixed-symmetry states in odd-A 93Nb,” Eur. Phy. J. A 25, 377-379 (2005).; Eur. Phys. J. A 25, 773-773 (2005).
  • A. Kumar, J. N. Orce, S. R. Lesher, C. J. McKay, M. T. McEllistrem, and  S. W. Yates, “Lifetime measurements and low-lying structure in  112Sn,”Eur. Phy. J. A 25, 443-445 (2005).
  • C. Fransen, V. Werner, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S. R. Lesher, M. T. McEllistrem, J. Jolie, N. Pietralla, P. von Brentano, and S. W. Yates, “Investigation of low-spin states in 92Zr with the (n,n′γ) reaction,” Phys. Rev. C 71, 054304 (2005).
  • O. Möller, N. Warr, J. Jolie, A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, A. Linnemann, K. O. Zell, P. E. Garrett, and S. W. Yates, “E2 Transition Probabilities in 114Te: A Conundrum,” Phys. Rev. C 71, 064324 (2005).
  • J. N. Orce, T. Kibédi, G. D. Dracoulis, R. Julin, and S. W. Yates, “Conversion-electron Study of 0+ Excitations in 208Pb,” J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31, S1705 (2005).
  • P. E. Garrett, W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. Christen, S. Choudry, A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, C. Fransen, K. Jessen, J. Jolie, A. Kloezer, P. Kudejova, A. Kumar, S. Lesher, A. Linnemann, A. Lisetskiy, D. Martin, M. Masur, M. T. McEllistrem, O. Möller, M. Mynk, N. Orce, P. Pejovic, T. Pissulla, J.-M. Regis, A. Schiller, D. Tonev, and S. W. Yates, “Octupole and Hexadecapole Bands in 152Sm,” J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31, S1855 (2005).
  • S. W. Yates, “Probing Multiphonon Excitations in Nearly Spherical Nuclei with Fast Neutrons,” J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31, S1393 (2005).
  • S. W. Yates, “Mixed-symmetry states in weakly deformed nuclei from (n,n′γ) reaction studies,” J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 265, 291 (2005).