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Experimental Nuclear Physics Research Group

This is the internet resource for the Experimental Nuclear Physics Research Group at the University of the West of Scotland.

The group was formed in the early 1990s by Professor Robert Chapman, who was later joined by Dr. Klaus Spohr and Dr. Xiaoying Liang. More recently Dr. John F. Smith has been appointed to the group, funded partially by the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA). Our group presently consists of four academic staff, together with three research associates, four or five research students, and a research technician.

Our research is primarily carried out in international collaborations, at laboratories in Italy, Finland, Germany, France, and the USA. Our main areas of interest are: the experimental study of nuclei far from the valley of stability; study of very proton-rich nuclei to the "north-west" of 208Pb; study of neutron-rich nuclei with mass number around 160; the study of nuclei at the proton drip-line in the Xe-Ba region; gamma-ray spectroscopy using large arrays of Ge-detectors; arrays of charged-particle detectors. Our group has recently become involved in a programme of laser-induced nuclear physics, in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde.

We usually have several Ph.D. studentships available each year. If you are a prospective Ph.D. student, who is interested in carrying out research in our group, please contact Professor Robert Chapman, or one of the other group members.

Nuclear Physics Group, School of Science and Engineering,
University of the West of Scotland, High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK
Telephone: 0141 848 3606 Fax: 0141 848 3663