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PNNL Publications

2025

• Dembski C., A. Spyrou, A. Brown, S.N. Liddick, H. Berg, D.L. Bleuel, and K.L. Childers, et al. 2025. "Extreme Shape Coexistence observed in 70Co." Communications Physics 8:Art. No. 77. PNNL-SA-203628. doi:10.1038/s42005-025-01998-2
• Owens-Fryar G., S.M. Lyons, A.L. Richard, A. Spyrou, A. Brown, C. Robin, and Z. Meisel, et al. 2025. "Total Absorption Spectroscopy for the ß+ decay strength distribution of 60Ga." Physical Review C 111, no. 6:Art. No. 065801. PNNL-SA-204181. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.111.065801

2024

• Cox I., Z. Xu, R. Grzywacz, W. Ong, B.C. Rasco, N. Kitamura, and D. Hoskins, et al. 2024. "Proton Shell Gaps in N = 28 Nuclei from the First Complete Spectroscopy Study with FRIB Decay Station Initiator." Physical Review Letters 132, no. 15:Art. No. 152503. PNNL-SA-197844. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.152503
• Spyrou A., D. Mucher, P.A. Denissenkov, F. Herwig, E.C. Good, G. Balk, and H. Berg, et al. 2024. "First study of the 139Ba(n,y)140Ba reaction to constrain the conditions for the astrophysical i process." Physical Review Letters 132, no. 20:Art. No. 202701. PNNL-SA-197915. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.202701

2023

• Kuatbek M., B.D. Pierson, S.M. Lyons, M. Flaska, and A.M. Johnsen. 2023. "Characterization of the Fast-Neutron Irradiator and the Fast-Flux Tube Irradiation Fixtures at the Pennsylvania State Breazeale Reactor." Nuclear Engineering and Design 413. PNNL-SA-188802. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112505
• Lyons S.M., B.D. Pierson, M.I. Mayfield, J.F. Christ, C.A. Lani, and M. Flaska. 2023. "Characterization of D-T Generator Neutron Flux Spectrum for Cyclic Neutron Activation Analysis Experiments." In Women in Physics, the Proceedings of the Seventh IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, July 11-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by C.P. Foley, D.M. Kane and J. Turner, 3040, Art. No. 070003. Melville, New York:AIP Publishing. PNNL-SA-168063. doi:10.1063/5.0176948
• Lyons S.M., C.G. Britt, L.S. Wood, D.L. Duke, B.G. Fulsom, M.E. Moore, and L. Snyder. 2023. "Machine Learning Methods for Fission Product Identification from Bragg Curves." AIP Advances 13, no. 8:Art. No. 085115. PNNL-SA-178019. doi:10.1063/5.0142716
• Mucher D., A. Spyrou, M. Wiedeking, M. Guttormsen, A.C. Larsen, F. Zeiser, and C. Harris, et al. 2023. "Extracting Model-Independent Nuclear Level Densities Away From Stability." Physical Review Letters 107, no. 1:Art. No. L011602. PNNL-SA-160867. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.107.L011602
• Rocco N.D., I.J. Arnquist, H.O. Back, M. Bliss, M. Bronikowski, M. di Vacri, and E.R. Edwards, et al. 2023. "Impact of lowering potassium contamination in liquid scintillation cocktails for ultra-sensitive radiation detection." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 332, no. 10:4223-422. PNNL-SA-185642. doi:10.1007/s10967-023-09105-x

2022

• Lani C.A., B.D. Pierson, S.M. Lyons, and M. Flaska. 2022. "Optimization Simulations for a Gamma-Ray Calibration Standard for a Cyclic Neutron Activation Analysis Pneumatic System at the Penn State Breazeale Reactor." In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2021), October 16-23, 2021, Piscataway, NJ, 1-4. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-169296. doi:10.1109/NSS/MIC44867.2021.9875483
• VanDevender B.A., A.L. Gorham, X. Huyan, C.M. Jackson, S.M. Lyons, N.S. Solomon-Oblath, and S. Sharma Poudel. 2022. Rapid Acceleration of Outcomes in Physics: Final Report for the Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology (NPAC) Umbrella Project. PNNL-33439. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Rapid Acceleration of Outcomes in Physics: Final Report for the Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology (NPAC) Umbrella Project