Raymond L. Kozub Professor of Physics Bruner Hall, Room 227C Tel: 931-372-3479, -3483 rkozub@tntech.edu These pages were last modified January 13, 2010, but will probably never be up-to-date....

"Legend" and me

Formal Education

Employment History

• 1967-72:  Assistant Professor of Physics (term appointment) (1967-71), Research Scientist (1971-72), Cyclotron Institute, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.
• 1972-74:  Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York,  New York.
• 1974-77:  Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• 1977-present:  Associate Professor (1977-80), Professor (1980-present), Chairman (1986-96),  Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee.
• Summer, 1978:  Faculty Research Participant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,  Illinois.
• August, 1981:  Visiting Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Fall Semester, 1997:  Non-Instructional Faculty Assignment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Research Activities

• Nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics using radioactive ion beams.  For my 2009 Progress Report, please click here, and be patient (4.2 MB).

Recent Publications

• “¹⁹F alpha widths and the ¹⁸F+p reaction rates,” D. W. Bardayan, R. L. Kozub, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 71, 018801-1-3 (2005).
• “First study of the level structure of the r-process nucleus ⁸³Ge,” J. S. Thomas, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, J. A. Cizewski, U. Greife, C. J. Gross, M.S. Johnson, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. H. Moazen*, C. D. Nesaraja, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 71, 021302(R)-1-4 (2005).
• “New constraints on the ¹⁸F(p,a)¹⁵O rate in novae from the (d,p) reaction,” R. L. Kozub, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Batchelder, J. C. Blackmon, C. R. Brune, A. E. Champagne, J. A. Cizewski, T. Davinson, U. Greife, C. J. Gross, C. C. Jewett, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. H. Moazen*, C. D. Nesaraja, L. Sahin, J. P. Scott*, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, and P. J. Woods, Phys. Rev. C 71, 032801(R)-1-5 (2005).
• “Elastic scattering of the proton drip-line nucleus ¹⁷F,” J. C. Blackmon, F. Carstoiu, L. Trache, D.W. Bardayan, C. R. Brune, C. A. Gagliardi, U. Greife, C.J. Gross, C. C. Jewett, R. L. Kozub, T. A. Lewis, J. F. Liang, B. H. Moazen*, A. M. Mukhamedzhanov, C. D. Nesaraja, F. M. Nunes, P. D. Parker, L. Sahin, J. P. Scott*, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, and R. E. Tribble, Phys. Rev. C 72, 034606-1-8 (2005).
• “Neutron single particle strengths from the (d,p) reaction on ¹⁸F,” R. L. Kozub, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Batchelder, J. C. Blackmon, C. R. Brune, A. E. Champagne, J. A. Cizewski, U. Greife, C. J. Gross, C. C. Jewett, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. H. Moazen*, C. D. Nesaraja, L. Sahin, J. P. Scott*, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith, and J. S. Thomas, Phys. Rev. C 73, 044307-1-6 (2006).
• "First experimental constraints on the interference of 3/2⁺ resonances in the ¹⁸F( p, α)¹⁵O reaction," K. Y. Chae, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, D. Gregory*, M. W. Guidry, M. S. Johnson, R. L. Kozub, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, S. Paulauskas*, M. Porter-Peden, J. F. Shriner Jr., N. Smith*, M. S. Smith, and J. S. Thomas, Phys. Rev. C 74, 012801(R)-1-5  (2006).

• “Astrophysically important ²⁶Si states studied with the ²⁸Si(p,t)²⁶Sireaction. II. Spin of the 5.914-MeV ²⁶Si level and galactic ²⁶Al production,” D.W. Bardayan, J.A. Howard*, J.C. Blackmon, C.R. Brune, K.Y. Chae, W.R. Hix, M.S. Johnson, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, E.J. Lingerfelt, R.J. Livesay, S.D. Pain, J.P. Scott*, M.S. Smith, J.S. Thomas, and D.W. Visser, Phys. Rev. C 74, 045804-1-6 (2006).

• “Nuclear structure properties of astrophysical importance for ¹⁹Ne above the proton threshold energy,” C. D. Nesaraja, N. Shu, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, Y. S. Chen, R. L. Kozub, and M.S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 75, 055809-1-9 (2007). 

• “Measurement of the 183 keV resonance in ¹⁷O( p, α)¹⁴N using a novel technique,” B. H. Moazen, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. Chipps, C. P. Domizioli*, R. Fitzgerald, U. Greife, W. R. Hix, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, R. J. Livesay, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, L. F. Roberts, J. F. Shriner Jr., M. S. Smith, and J. S. Thomas, Phys. Rev. C 75, 065801-1-7 (2007).

• “Astrophysically important ³¹S states studied with the ³²S( p,d)³¹S reaction,” Z. Ma, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, R. P. Fitzgerald, M. W. Guidry, W. R. Hix, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, R. J. Livesay, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, and D. W. Visser, Phys. Rev. C 76, 015803-1-11 (2007).

• “Single-neutron excitations in neutron-rich ⁸³Ge and ⁸⁵Se,” J. S. Thomas, G. Arbanas, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, J. A. Cizewski, D. J. Dean, R. P. Fitzgerald, U. Greife, C. J. Gross, M. S. Johnson, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, D. Shapira, M. S. Smith, and D. W. Visser, Phys. Rev. C 76, 044302-1-11 (2007).

• “³⁰S studied with the ³²S( p, t)³⁰S reaction and the ²⁹P( p, γ )³⁰S reaction rate,” D. W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, R. P. Fitzgerald, W. R. Hix, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, L. F. Roberts, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, and D. W. Visser, Phys. Rev. C 76, 045803-1-7 (2007).

• “Spectroscopic study of low-lying ¹⁶N levels,” D. W. Bardayan, P. D. O’Malley, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski,  R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, S. Paulauskas, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, J. F. Shriner, Jr., and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 78, 052801(R)-1-4 (2008).

• “First Direct Measurement of the ¹⁷F(p,g)¹⁸Ne Cross Section,” K. A. Chipps, D. W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, U. Greife, R. Hatarik, R. L. Kozub, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, J. F. Shriner, Jr., and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. Letters 102, 152502-1-4 (2009).

• “Constraint on the astrophysical ¹⁸Ne(α,p)²¹Na reaction rate through a ²⁴Mg( p,t)²²Mg measurement,” K. Y. Chae, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, S. T. Pittman, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 79, 055804-1-5 (2009).

• "Analysis of ²⁵Al energy levels observed in the ²⁸Si(p,a)²⁵Al reaction,” S. T. Pittman, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, R. L. Kozub, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 80, 038801-1-4 (2009).

• "The ¹⁷F( p,γ )¹⁸Ne resonant cross section," K. A. Chipps, D. W. Bardayan, C. D. Nesaraja, M. S. Smith, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, B. H. Moazen, S. T. Pittman, U. Greife, R. Hatarik, W. A. Peters, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Shriner Jr., C. Matei, and S. D. Pain, Phys. Rev. C 80, 065810-1-8 (2009).

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