Raymond L. Kozub
Professor of Physics
Bruner Hall, Room 227C
Tel: 931-372-3479, -3483
rkozub@tntech.edu

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Professional Information

Formal Education

· B. S. in Physics and Mathematics, 1962, Wisconsin State College-River Falls

· M. S. in Physics, 1964, Michigan State University

· Ph. D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics, 1967, Michigan State University

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 2012 Progress Report, please click here, and be patient (5.6 MB).

Recent Publications

· “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).

· "Comment on ‘Low-energy ¹⁸F(p,α)¹⁵O cross section measurements relevant to nova γ-ray emission’,” J. F. Shriner, Jr., D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, R. L. Kozub, and M.S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 81, 039801-1-2 (2010).

· “The magic nature of ¹³²Sn explored through the single-particle states of ¹³³Sn,” K. L. Jones, A.S. Adekola, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, L. Erikson, C. Harlin, R. Hatarik, R. Kapler, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, R. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, F. M. Nunes, S. D. Pain, N. P. Patterson, D. Shapira, J. F. Shriner Jr, M.S. Smith, T.P. Swan, and J. S. Thomas, Nature 465, 454-457 (2010).

· “The ²⁸Si(p,t)²⁶Si*(p) reaction and implications for the astrophysical ²⁵Al(p,γ)²⁶Si reaction rate,” K. A. Chipps, D. W. Bardayan, K. Y. Chae, J. A. Cizewski, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 82, 045803-1-5 (2010).

· “Spin assignments to excited states in ²²Na through a ²⁴Mg(p,³He)²²Na reaction 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 82, 047302-1-4 (2010).

· “Direct studies of low-energy resonances in ³¹P(p,a)²⁸Si and ³⁵Cl(p,a)³²S,” B.H. Moazen, C. Matei, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K.A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, M. Matos, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O’Malley, S.D. Pain, T. Pelham, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, J.F. Shriner, Jr., and M.S. Smith, Eur. Phys. J. A 47, 66 (2011): 7 pages.

· “First proton-transfer study of ¹⁸F + p resonances relevant for novae,” A. S. Adekola, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, C. R. Brune, K. Y. Chae, C. Domizioli, U. Greife, Z. Heinen, M. J. Hornish, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, T.N. Massey, B. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, J. F. Shriner Jr., N. D. Smith*, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, D. W. Visser, and A. V. Voinov, Phys. Rev. C 83, 052801(R)-1-5 (2011).

· “Direct reaction measurements with a ¹³²Sn radioactive ion beam,” K. L. Jones, F. M. Nunes, A.S. Adekola, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, L. Erikson, C. Harlin, R. Hatarik, R. Kapler, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, R. Livesay, Z. Ma, B. Moazen, C.D Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, N. P. Patterson, D. Shapira, J. F. Shriner Jr., M. S. Smith, T.P. Swan, and J. S. Thomas, Phys. Rev. C 84, 034601-1-9 (2011).

· “Search for a resonant enhancement of the ⁷Be + d reaction and primordial ⁷Li abundances,” P.D. O’Malley, D. W. Bardayan, A. S. Adekola, S. Ahn, K. Y. Chae, J. A. Cizewski, S. Graves, M. E. Howard, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, L. Lindhardt, M. Matos, B. M. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, J. F. Shriner Jr., M. S. Smith, I. Spassova, S. Y. Strauss, and J. L. Wheeler, Phys. Rev. C 84, 042801-1-3(R) (2011).

· “Comment on ‘Properties of ²⁶Mg and ²⁶Si in the sd shell model and the determination of the ²⁵Al( p,γ )²⁶Si reaction rate’,” K. A. Chipps, D. W. Bardayan, K. Y. Chae, J. A. Cizewski, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 84, 059801-1-2 (2011).

· “Single-nucleon transfer reactions on ¹⁸F,” A. S. Adekola, C. R. Brune, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, C. Domizioli*, U. Greife, Z. Heinen, M. J. Hornish, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, R. J. Livesay, Z. Ma, T. N. Massey, B. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, J. F. Shriner Jr., N. D. Smith*, M. S. Smith, J. S. Thomas, D. W. Visser, and A. V. Voinov, Phys. Rev. C 84, 054611-1-12 (2011).

· “¹⁹Ne levels studied with the ¹⁸F(d, n)¹⁹Ne*(¹⁸F+ p) reaction,” A. S. Adekola, C. R. Brune, D.W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, J. A. Cizewski, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, T. N. Massey, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, J.F. Shriner Jr., M.S. Smith, and J. S. Thomas, Phys. Rev. C 85, 037601-1-4 (2012).

· “Halo Nucleus ¹¹Be: A Spectroscopic Study via Neutron Transfer,” K. T. Schmitt, K. L. Jones, A. Bey, S. H. Ahn, D.W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, S. M. Brown, K.Y. Chae,K. A. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, K. I. Hahn, J. J. Kolata, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, M. Matoš, D. Matyas, B. Moazen, C. Nesaraja, F. M. Nunes, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, A. Roberts, D. Shapira, J. F. Shriner, Jr., M. S. Smith, I. Spassova, D.W. Stracener, A. N. Villano, and G. L. Wilson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 192701-1-5 (2012).

· “²⁶Al+ p elastic and inelastic scattering reactions and galactic abundances of ²⁶Al,” S. T. Pittman, D. W. Bardayan, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, C. Matei, M. Matoš, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, P. D. Parker, W. A. Peters, J. F. Shriner Jr., and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 85, 065804-1-6 (2012).

· “Proton decay branching ratio for the 6.15-MeV ¹⁸Ne level,” D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, R. L. Kozub, M. Matoš, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 85, 065805-1-3 (2012).

· “²⁸Si( p,³He) reaction for spectroscopy of ²⁶Al,” K. A. Chipps, D. W. Bardayan, K. Y. Chae, J.A. Cizewski, R. L. Kozub, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, W.A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 86, 014329-1-7 (2012).

· “Structures of exotic ^131,133Sn isotopes and effect on r-process nucleosynthesis,” Shi-Sheng Zhang, M. S. Smith, G. Arbanas, and R. L. Kozub, Phys. Rev. C 86, 032802-1-5(R) (2012).

· “Neutron single particle structure in ¹³¹Sn and direct neutron capture cross sections,” R. L. Kozub, G. Arbanas, A. S. Adekola, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, L. Erikson, R. Hatarik, W. R. Hix, K. L. Jones, W. Krolas, J. F. Liang, Z. Ma, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, D. Shapira, J. F. Shriner, Jr., M. S. Smith, and T. P. Swan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 172501-1-5 (2012).

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