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The study of nuclear structure at very high angular momentum requires sensitive detector systems in order to detect weak signals. Large gamma-ray arrays were used in this thesis to study the high-spin states in 166;168;170Ta and 160Yb....
In this study three projects are described that investigate the transport properties of the ferromagnetic semiconductor, EuS, as well as devices based on the half metal, CrO2. These materials are expected to be highly spin-polarized...
This dissertation represents a set of work in the field of semiconductor spintronics. We address an important issue in this field that involves spin injection efficiency in spintronics devices from a ferromagnet into a non-magnetic...
In this dissertation, we present a precision measurement of the 1s2s 1S0 – 1s2p 3P1 intercombination interval in the moderate-Z helium-like ion, 28Si12+, using a fast-beam laser resonance technique. This experiment is a second-generation...
High-spin states up to I~22, 37/2 and 24ћ have been studied in the 134, 135Ba (Z=56) and 120Te (Z=52) nuclei respectively. The reaction used to populate 134Ba and 135Ba high-spin states was 124Sn(14C, 4n and 3n) at a beam energy of 57 and...
Direct observation and understanding of atomic-level structural dynamics are important frontiers in scientific research and applications. Femtosecond electron diffraction (FED), a technique that combines time-resolved pump-probe and...
High-energy heavy-ion collisions are a powerful tool in the laboratory to investigate the phase transition from ordinary nuclear matter to a deconfined state of quarks and gluons, called the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), which is predicted...
There are theoretical predictions that chromium dioxide (CrO2) is a half metallic ferromagnet. Accordingly, CrO2 would be expected to be very suitable for spin electronic devices. We started the present work in an attempt to prove (or...
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