Rituparna Kanungo
Assistant Professor
Astronomy and Physics
Saint MaryÕs University
Office : MM 301-A
Email : ritu@triumf.ca, rkanungo@ap.smu.ca,
Phone : 1-902-420-5428
Fax :
1-902-496-8218
Research :
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Exotic structures: halo, skin in neutron and proton-rich nuclei
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Change of shell structure in exotic nuclei
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Nuclear excitations
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Synthesis of elements in nature
Nuclei, that make up 99% of our body weight are the core of all matter around us and the driving fuel for the stars. I find it fascinating to explore the properties of these tiny (~10-15 m ) objects that have led to the creation of our lives. How, why and where did oxygen, carbon that are necessary for our lives be created in nature ? It turns out that most of the nuclear species that we find on our earth today were created in the core of exploding stars, like the supernova. In this creation process are involved nuclei that have very usual properties than what we find on our earth. My research involves re-creating these species in our laboratories and inducing further reactions with them. Accelerated beams of such species are called radioactive ion beams (RIB).
Reactions with RIB that I pursue at the accelerator centers are, elastic scattering to determine density of a nucleus. Knockout and transfer reactions to study nucleon arrangements. Inelastic scattering experiments to study the excitation phenomena. Reaction rates by indirect methods relevant for nucleosynthesis.
Interested
students please contact me.
PUBLICATIONS (click here)
Accelerator centers
where I work :
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TRIUMF ,
Vancouver, Canada (National
Laboratory of Canada)
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GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
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RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan
¥ NSERC Subatomic Physics Project Grant
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Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Saint MaryÕs
University,
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RIKEN Strategic Research Project Grant
¥ Hicham Al Falou
Graduate
¥ Aaron Gallant (UBC)
Undergraduate
Graduate students :
Interested students please contact me.
Summer research program (2010)
: Interested students please contact me.