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The nuclear optical model and its optical-scattering analog: Mie scattering by Becchetti, F. D.

“…The methods devised by Gustav Mie in 1908 to explain the scattering of electromagnetic waves have a close analogy with quantum-mechanical models developed many…”
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Effectively Illustrating Nature's Magic with Magic by Becchetti, F. D

“…There is an ongoing challenge with STEM education: making physics, math, and science, in general, interesting, understandable, and retentive for college…”
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Recent results from the TwinSol low-energy RIB facility by Becchetti, F.D., Kolata, J.J.

“…We report on some of the recent developments and experimental work done at the twin-solenoid low-energy radioactive-ion-beam (RIB) facility TwinSol installed…”
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New C 13 ( α , n ) O 16 Cross Section with Implications for Neutrino Mixing and Geoneutrino Measurements by Febbraro, M., deBoer, R. J., Pain, S. D., Toomey, R., Becchetti, F. D., Boeltzig, A., Chen, Y., Chipps, K. A., Couder, M., Jones, K. L., Lamere, E., Liu, Q., Lyons, S., Macon, K. T., Morales, L., Peters, W. A., Robertson, D., Rasco, B. C., Smith, K., Seymour, C., Seymour, G., Smith, M. S., Stech, E., Kolk, B. Vande, Wiescher, M.

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Applications of high-speed digital pulse acquisition and software-defined electronics (SDE) in advanced nuclear teaching laboratories by Becchetti, F. D., Damron, N., Torres-Isea, R. O.

“…There is a new generation of high-speed programmable pulse digitizers available now from several vendors at modest cost. These digitizers in tandem with…”
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Deuterated-xylene (xylene-d sub(10); EJ301D): A new, improved deuterated liquid scintillator for neutron energy measurements without time-of-flight by Becchetti, F D, Raymond, R S, Torres-Isea, RO, Di Fulvio, A, Clarke, S D, Pozzi, SA, Febbraro, M

“…In conjunction with Eljen Technology, Inc. (Sweetwater,TX) we have designed, constructed, and evaluated a 3 in. 3 in. deuterated-xylene organic liquid…”
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Characterization of Deuterated-Xylene Scintillator as a Neutron Spectrometer by Di Fulvio, A., Becchetti, F. D., Raymond, R. S., Torres-Isea, R. O., Clarke, S. D., Pozzi, S. A.

“…We have experimentally characterized the neutron light output response functions of a deuterated-xylene scintillator for neutron energies lower than 10 MeV. We…”
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On-line monitoring of radiotherapy beams: Experimental results with proton beams by Litzenberg, D. W., Roberts, D. A., Lee, M. Y., Pham, K., Vander Molen, A. M., Ronningen, R., Becchetti, F. D.

“…Proton radiotherapy is a powerful tool in the local control of cancer. The advantages of proton radiotherapy over gamma-ray therapy arise from the phenomenon…”
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Stabilization of Particle Discrimination Efficiencies for Neutron Spectrum Unfolding With Organic Scintillators by Lawrence, Chris C., Polack, J. K., Febbraro, Michael, Kolata, J. J., Flaska, Marek, Pozzi, S. A., Becchetti, F. D.

“…The literature discussing pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) in organic scintillators dates back several decades. However, little has been written about PSD…”
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Response characterization for an EJ315 deuterated organic-liquid scintillation detector for neutron spectroscopy by Lawrence, Chris C., Enqvist, Andreas, Flaska, Marek, Pozzi, Sara A., Howard, A.M., Kolata, J.J., Becchetti, F.D.

“…Organic liquid scintillation detectors have shown promise as neutron detectors for characterizing special nuclear materials in various arms-control…”
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Upgrades for TwinSol facility by O’Malley, P.D., Bardayan, D.W., Kolata, J.J., Hall, M.R., Hall, O., Allen, J., Becchetti, F.D.

“…TwinSol, a pair of coupled, superconducting solenoids, was one of the first devices capable of producing beams of radioactive nuclei at energies near the…”
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The Prototype Active-Target Time-Projection Chamber used with TwinSol radioactive-ion beams by Ahn, T., Bardayan, D.W., Bazin, D., Beceiro Novo, S., Becchetti, F.D., Bradt, J., Brodeur, M., Carpenter, L., Chajecki, Z., Cortesi, M., Fritsch, A., Hall, M.R., Hall, O., Jensen, L., Kolata, J.J., Lynch, W., Mittig, W., O’Malley, P., Suzuki, D.

“…The study of low-energy reactions with radioactive-ion beams has been greatly enhanced by the recent use of active-target detectors, which have high efficiency…”
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Colliding nuclei to colliding galaxies: Illustrations using a simple colliding liquid-drop apparatus by Becchetti, F. D., Mack, S. L., Robinson, W. R., Ojaruega, M.

“…A simple apparatus suitable for observing the collisions between drops of fluids of various properties is described. Typical results are shown for experiments…”
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Solution growth of a deuterated trans-stilbene crystal for fast neutron detection by Carman, M.L., Glenn, A.M., Mabe, A.N., Becchetti, F.D., Payne, S.A., Zaitseva, N.P.

“…•First deuterated trans-stilbene single crystal grown.•Optical and physical properties characterized.•Scintillation properties considered in comparison to…”
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Evidence for Nuclear Reactions in Imploding Bubbles by Becchetti, F. D.

“…Taleyarkhan et al report in a study that they have achieved the conditions for d + d nuclear fusion with acoustic shock waves generated in a "table-top"…”
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A USB-2 based portable data acquisition system for detector development and nuclear research by Jiang, Hao, Ojaruega, M., Becchetti, F.D., Griffin, H.C., Torres-Isea, R.O.

“…A highly portable high-speed CAMAC data acquisition system has been developed using Kmax software (Sparrow, Inc.) for Macintosh laptop and tower computers. It…”
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Time-of-flight energy compensation to improve energy resolution in low-energy radioactive beam experiments at the TwinSol facility by Becchetti, F.D., Jiang, Hao, Ojaruega, M., Torres-Isea, R.O., Villano, A.N., Kolata, J.J., Roberts, A.

“…Improved time-of-flight (ToF) capability has been added to the University of Michigan (UM)–University of Notre Dame (UND) TwinSol low-energy dual 6T…”
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Nuclear fusion. Evidence for nuclear reactions in imploding bubbles by Becchetti, F D

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A dual 6T persistent-mode SC solenoid ion-optical system for radioactive nuclear beam research by Becchetti, F.D., Lee, M.Y., Roberts, D.A., O'Donnell, T.W., Zimmerman, J.A., Kolata, J.J., Peterson, D., Santi, P., Guimaraes, V., Lamm, L.O.

“…A unique ion-optical system for the production of high-intensity, short-lived radioactive nuclear beams has been designed, constructed and put into operation…”
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Light Output Quenching in Response to Deuterium-ions and Alpha Particles and Pulse Shape Discrimination in Deuterated Trans-stilbene by Zhou, J, Gaughan, N, Becchetti, F. D, Torres-Isea, R. O, Febbraro, M, Zaitseva, N, Di Fulvio, A

“…We characterized the light output response of a new 140 cm3 stilbene-d12 crystal up to 14.1 MeV neutron energies using a coincidence neutron scattering system…”
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