Undergraduate Oral Session VII

Presentations

• High‐precision measurements of half‐lives for ¹⁹⁶Au, ⁹⁹Mo, ¹²²Sb, ⁷⁹Kr, ⁷⁷Kr, ⁸⁹Zr, ⁸⁵Sr, and ⁷⁷Br radionuclides via photoactivation at the Madison Accelerator Laboratory.

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 2:00 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 2:12 PM

  Publication: We plan to submit this work for publication in the Physical Review C Journal.

  Presenters

  • Aiden Ebner

    James Madison University

  Authors

  • Aiden Ebner

    James Madison University

  • Lena Cressman

    James Madison University

  • Robert Geissler

    James Madison University

  • Mace Mierisch

    James Madison University

  • Tilda Pendleton

    James Madison University

  • David Purdham

    Theragenics

  • Evan Witczak

    James Madison University

  • Adriana Banu

    James Madison University

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• Analysis of toponium mass spectra with the T-matrix formalism

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 2:12 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Oliver Fast

  Authors

  • Oliver Fast

  • Zhanduo Tang

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University

  • Ralf F Rapp

    Texas A&M University College Station

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• Characterizing silicon photomultipliers for a next generation neutron detector

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 2:24 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Jalen Felix

    VSU

  Authors

  • Jalen Felix

    VSU

  • Thomas Redpath

    Virginia State University

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• Updates to the FAIRRAY Detector at the UMass Lowell Research Reactor

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 2:36 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel E Fernandez

    University of Massachusetts Lowell

  Authors

  • Daniel E Fernandez

    University of Massachusetts Lowell

  • Marian Jandel

    University of Massachusetts Lowell

  • Stanislav Valenta

    University of Massachusetts Lowell

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• Optical Characterization of Window Materials for the J-PARC MARQ RICH Aerogel Radiator

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 2:48 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Owen K Finch

    University of Connecticut, Coworker, University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Owen K Finch

    University of Connecticut, Coworker, University of Connecticut

  • Ken Suzuki

    Research Center For Nuclear Physics, Osaka University

  • Hiroyuki Noumi

    Research Center For Nuclear Physics, Osaka University

  • Michael K Frank

    University of Connecticut

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• Optimization of the Light Guides for the ATLAS-ZDC

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Ujjwal Paul

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Ujjwal Paul

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Matthias G Perdekamp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Riccardo Longo

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Additive Manufacturing of Near Components for Background Reduction and Structural Supports in LEGEND-1000

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 3:12 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Venkata Dinesh Reddy Gangavarapu

    University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Venkata Dinesh Reddy Gangavarapu

    University of Tennessee

  • Brennan T Hackett

    University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• In Search of Mirror Neutrons: Prototyping a Tri-Helical Coil with a Longitudinally Tunable Uniform Omnidirectional Field

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 3:24 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin J Gorton

  Authors

  • Benjamin J Gorton

  • Christopher B Crawford

    University of Kentucky

  • Thomas G Porter

    University of Kentucky

  • Andrew D Winterman

    University of Kentucky

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• Silicon Strip Detector Testing in Support of Proposed Deuteron Charge Radius Measurements

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 3:36 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Mohima Chowdhury Anushi

    Sweet Briar College

  Authors

  • Mohima Chowdhury Anushi

    Sweet Briar College

  • Forrest QL Friesen

    Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory

  • Jingyi Zhou

    Duke University

  • Diane M Markoff

    North Carolina Central University

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• Investigating Shell Structure at the N=34 Shell Gap

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 3:48 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Ella Marie Sarnac

    Florida State University

  Authors

  • Ella Marie Sarnac

    Florida State University

  • Vandana Tripathi

    Florida State University

  • Samuel Ayaji

    Floirda State University

  • Jacob Davis

    Florida State University

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