{"id":206,"date":"2018-09-03T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T10:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuclear.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2022-07-24T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T14:41:09","slug":"nuclearwarriors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nuclear.uwc.ac.za\/index.php\/nuclearwarriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

“A Spartan chorus of warriors called out to the young men: Grow up to be yet braver than we!”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems: Selected Writings (1900) by Ludwig Boltzmann<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Prof Nico Orce (CV_Orce_July 2022<\/a>)
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Dr Nikita Bernier<\/span><\/strong> is doing research on beta decay data of exotic nuclei, 66Ge and 70Se, taken at CERN, developing fast digital processing at the Modern African Nuclear DEtector LAboratory, and proposing experiments at TRIUMF and CERN.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Dr Kenzo Abrahams <\/span><\/strong> just finished his PhD analysing the data taken from our leading experiment @ CERN<\/a>. <\/strong><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Craig Mehl (PhD)<\/span><\/strong> is finishing his PhD working on measuring the shape of 20Ne and collective effects arising from the nuclear polarizability. His work is about to be submitted to Physics Letters B!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Elijah Akakpo (PhD)<\/span><\/strong> is working on fast digital processing and doing GEANT simulations of plastic scintillators that will be used as PET detectors applying quantum entanglement. He was a big part of our CERN experiment.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Cebo Ngwetsheni (PhD)<\/span><\/strong> is analysing one of the highest statistics Coulomb-excitation measurements ever carried out at MLL (Munich, Germany). He is currently simulating the Doppler effect due to the kick of the 4.4 MeV gamma-ray on the 12C projectile motion. He has already published three leading papers from his MSc work!<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Kanting Motimele (PhD)<\/span><\/strong> is doing a PhD in Nuclear Theory using ab initio <\/em>methods based in renormalization group approaches.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Ntokozo Radebe (MSc<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/strong> is analysing the Coulomb-excitation of 36Ar, from data collected at iThemba LABS.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Andile Zulu (MSc)<\/span><\/strong> is studying nuclear vibrations and analysing the Coulomb-excitation of 62Ni, from the first experiment using exotic beams prepared with the MIVOC method.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Brenden Lesch<\/span><\/strong> (MSc)<\/span><\/strong> is studying nuclear vibrations and analysing the Coulomb-excitation of 60Ni, from the first experiment using exotic beams prepared with the MIVOC method.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Remember Ayanda Madonsela (MSc)<\/span><\/strong> is developing the fast digitizers @ MANDELA.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Manfred Jaftha (MSc)<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is analysing the data from the first African co-led experiment at TRIUMF. A Coulomb excitation of 82Sr<\/a> which will shed light onto the phenomenon of shape coexistence.<\/p>\r\n

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And Always on the Bench ready to help! <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Elias Martin Montes (MSc with Cum Laude) <\/span><\/strong>is taking a break from studies, but he’s always there to support the group with his exceptional engineering skills. <\/span><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Mogammad Allie Kamedien (Group Finances & Honours)<\/span><\/strong>, well known as Danny Ocean remains involved with the group after he joined the Statistics Department at UWC. We’ll get him back!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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“A Spartan chorus of warriors called out to the young men: Grow up to be yet braver than we!”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems: Selected Writings (1900) by Ludwig Boltzmann Manfred Jaftha (MSc) is analysing the data from the first African co-led experiment at TRIUMF. A Coulomb excitation of 82Sr which will shed light onto the…<\/span><\/p>\n

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