Wolfgang Hammer

Visiting Professor
Nuclear Physics

Research Interests

• Development of a high current (mA) particle accelerator at Stuttgart; design and build up of related experiments.

• Development of experiments using intense ion beams: optical spectroscopy of heavy ion induced plasmas; exotic molecules; scattering of polarized neutrons to determine the nuclear optical potential; measurement of extreme low cross sections (10-9 … 10-12 barn) for the purpose of nuclear astrophysics.

• Investigation of some fundamental reactions required for understanding the nucleosynthesis in stars.

• Development of basic experiments for a teaching laboratory.

• Teaching Nuclear Physics.
  
  

Selected Publications:

“New determination of the ¹²C(a,g)¹⁶O reaction rate from g-ray angular distribution measurements”,
J.W. Hammer, et al., Proc. of the Int. Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2004), Göteborg, Sweden, June 27 - July 2, 2004, Nucl. Phys. A 752, 514 (2005)

“Astrophysical Reaction Rate of ¹²C(a,g)¹⁶O”, R. Kunz, M. Fey, M. Jaeger, A. Mayer, and J.W. Hammer, G. Staudt, S. Harissopulos and T. Paradellis, Astrophysical Journal 567, 643 (2002).

“²²Ne(a,n)²⁵Mg: The Key Neutron Source In Massive Stars”, M. Jaeger, R. Kunz, A. Mayer, J.W. Hammer, G. Staudt, K.-L. Kratz, B. Pfeiffer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 202501-1 (2001).

“¹²C(a,g)¹⁶O: The Key Reaction in Stellar Nucleosynthesis”, R. Kunz, M. Jaeger, A. Mayer, J.W. Hammer, G. Staudt, S. Harissopulos, T. Paradellis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3244 (2001).

“Halo Properties of the First 1/2⁺ State in ¹⁷F from the ¹⁶O(p,g)¹⁷F Reaction”, R. Morlock, R. Kunz, A. Mayer, M. Jaeger, A. Müller, J.W. Hammer, P. Mohr, H. Oberhummer, G. Staudt, V. Kölle, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3837 (1997).

“New Possible Laser Media in the UV and XUV in High Current Heavy Ion Beam Induced Plasmas”, J.W. Hammer, K. Petkau, T. Griegel, H. Langhoff, M. Mantel, Hyperfine Interactions 88, 151 (1994).

“SCORPION, the Stuttgart Scattering Facility for Fast Polarized Neutrons”, J.W. Hammer, G. Bulski, W. Grum, W. Kratschmer, H. Postner, G. Schleußner, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A244, 455 (1986).

“Beam Properties of the 4 MV Dynamitron Accelerator at Stuttgart”, J.W. Hammer, B. Fischer, H. Hollick, H.P. Trautvetter, K.U. Kettner, C. Rolfs, M. Wiescher, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 161, 189 (1979).

“Beam Transport System for a 4 MV Dynamitron Accelerator”, J.W. Hammer, H.M. Schüpferling, E. Bergandt, Th. Pflaum, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 128, 409 (1975).

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