Faculty

A.E. Champagne (Ph.D. Yale, 1982) - Nuclear astrophysics, big bang nucleosynthesis; stellar evolution and explosions.

Art Champagne carries out research in nuclear astrophysics. His measurements at TUNL and elsewhere focus on aspects of stellar evolution and galactic chemical evolution that can be examined via nuclear probes. Some of the reactions of interest occur at high temperatures and densities, necessitating the use of radioactive ion beams.

T.B. Clegg (Ph.D. Rice, 1965) - Polarized-ion source development, use of polarized beams and targets in charged-particle and neutron interactions.

Thomas B. Clegg's research centers around the production and use of intense beams of spin-polarized ion beams. The production of such beams requires the solution of problems and the designing of systems which involve many aspects of atomic and plasma physics.

J.H. Engel (Ph.D. Yale, 1986) - Solar-neutrino and dark matter problems, stellar and explosive nucleosynthesis, parity and time-reversal violation in nuclei.

Jonathan Engel develops and applies theoretical techniques for treating the nuclear dynamics relevant to the solar neutrino problem, nucleosynthesis in stars and supernovae, dark matter detection, and parity and time-reversal violation. He is also interested in effective field theories and the isolation of quark effects in heavy nuclei.

Christian Iliadis (Ph.D. Notre Dame, 1993) - nuclear reactions; elements and energy production in stars.

Christian Iliadis performs experimental studies of nuclear reactions and structure relevant for the synthesis of elements and energy production in stars. He is also interested in the nucleosynthetic origin of gamma-rays from the interstellar medium .

H. J. Karwowski (Ph.D. Swierk, Poland, 1981) - Nuclear reactions, few-nucleon systems, nuclear astrophysics, neutrino physics.

Hugon J. Karwowski's research concentrates on experimental explorations of nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon forces and on physics of few-body systems. He is also involved in experiments related to Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and participates in building KamLAND reactor neutrino experiment.

E. J. Ludwig (Ph.D. Indiana, 1963) - Direct nuclear transfer reactions, spin polarization effects, few nucleon systems.

Edward J. Ludwig performs experimental studies of nuclear reactions and scattering induced by polarized beams of protons and deuterons. One of his objectives is to detect the presence of 3-body force effects. Polarized beams of low energy (<500 keV) protons and deuterons are being used to study fusion reactions and very light nuclei.