CURRICULUM VITAE

Jim S. Al-Khalili PhD CPhys FInstP

 

 

Affiliation:      Department of Physics            

University of Surrey

Guildford        

Surrey  GU2 7XH, UK

 

                                    Tel:                  +44 (0) 1483 686808

                                    Fax:                 +44 (0) 1483 686781

                                    Email:              j.al-khalili@surrey.ac.uk

 

Current Position:        Professor of Physics

                                    Professor of the Public Engagement in Science

                                    Head of Nuclear Theory Group

Date of Birth:             20 September 1962

Nationality:                British

Marital Status:                       Married with 2 children.

 

Education:

1982 -1986       Undergraduate degree in Physics, University of Surrey: B.Sc. First Class Honours

1986 -1989     PhD in theoretical nuclear physics, University of Surrey (Dec. 1989)

Thesis title:  Intermediate energy deuteron elastic scattering from nuclei in a three-body model.

 

Honours and Awards:

á       Elected Fellow of Institute of Physics, April 2000.

á       Institute of Physics Award for Public Awareness in Physics, June 2000.

á       Nominated three times (1999, 2000, 2005) for Royal Society Michael Faraday Award for Public Understanding of Science.

 

Appointments:

10/2005 –                    Joint Professor of Physics and Professor of the Public Engagement in Science

04/2001 - 9/2005        Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey

10/1999 - 9/2000        Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University

10/1994 - 9/1999        EPSRC Advanced Fellow, University of Surrey

10/1992 -                    Lecturer in Physics, University of Surrey

10/1991 - 9/1992        Research Assistant, University of Surrey

10/1989 - 9/1991        SERC Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University College London

 

Research Specialization:

Subject                        Theoretical Nuclear Physics

Research areas            My research interests lie mainly in the field of direct nuclear reaction theory and the development of few-body quantum scattering methods to study nuclear structure, particularly as applied to the study of exotic (halo) nuclei produced by radioactive beam facilities around the world. I have expertise in the study of polarization phenomena in light and heavy-ion induced reactions and scattering, I have pioneered the application of few-body Glauber methods in nuclear reactions, in particular stripping and knockout reactions at fragmentation energies. Current interests span a wide range of reaction energies from the study of the light nuclei using electromagnetic probes such as electron scattering and photo-induced pion production reactions, to reactions of astrophysical interest such as beta decay studies of exotic nuclei and proton radioactivity.

 

Professional Affiliations and Activities:

á       Chair of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Division of the Institute of Physics (2001–2005).

á       Member of Heads of Groups committee of UK nuclear phsyics research groups (2005 – )

á       Member of Council of the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science)  (2002 – present)

á       Nominated UK representative on Nuclear Physics Commission of IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) (2005).

á       Coordinator and Chair of Steering Committee for European Nuclear Theory Network (NTSTAR)

á       Advisory Group Member on Future Directions of BA, 2005.

á       Member of Board of Directors of Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams (1999–2005).

á       Coordinator/Chair of Board of Directors of Euro Summer School (2006 – 2009)

á       Member of GSI Community Council for NUSTAR (Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions)

á       Physics and Astronomy Recorder for the BA (2002 – present)

á       Member of EPS/NuPECC Public Awareness of Nuclear Science (PANS) Committee (1997– 2003)

á       Member of the Institute of Physics, U.K. (1991-2000), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2000- )

á       Member of Institute of Physics Membership and Qualifications Board (2003– present)

á       Member of Institute of Physics Science Policy Advisory Group (SPAG) (2002 – present)

á       Member of EPSRC Physics College (1998-2000), Member of new EPSRC College (2000- present).

á       Regular referee for Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics, Journal of Physics G.

á       Referee for UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grants, NATO grants, Euroscience Open Forum Awards and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) awards.

á       Judge for the Royal Society Novartis Foundation Junior Science Book Prize 2005.

 

Administrative Duties within University:

á       Postgraduate Admissions Tutor for Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Physics at Surrey (2003- ).

á       Senior Admissions Tutor for Physics at the University of Surrey (1999-2003).

á       Member of University of Surrey Academic Strategy Task Group

á       Member of University of Surrey Marketing Process Review Group

á       Member of Department of Physics Board of Studies and of Nuclear Physics Group Committee.

á       University of Surrey Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTiHE) Classroom Observer.

á       Staff Liaison Member for studentsÕ Physical Society

 

Travel/Collaborative Research:

á       Indiana University Cyclotron Facility on NATO Research Exchange Grant, 13 - 26 September 1992.

á       Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen on NORDITA Fellowship. 6 August - 5 October 1994.

á       Lecture tour of Japan (RIKEN, Tokyo Met., Niigata, Osaka Universities and Yukawa Institute), June 1996.

á       GANIL Laboratory, Caen, France, 22 – 26 November 1997.

á       GSI Darmstadt, Germany, 9 December 1997.

á       NSCF, Michigan State University, USA, as Adjunct Professor, 11-29 January 2000.

á       NSCF, Michigan State University, USA, as Adjunct Professor, 30 April – 19 May 2000.

á       University of Glasgow, collaborative meeting on photonuclear reactions, 11–12 June 2002

á       TRIUMF National Lab, Vancouver, 20 July – 31 August 2002

á       TRIUMF Laboratory, Vancouver, 15 July – 5 July, 2003.

á       TRIUMF Laboratory, Vancouver, 3 March – 6 March, 2004.

á       TRIUMF Laboratory, Vancouver, 3 July – 24 July, 2004.

 

Research Grants:

á       EPSRC Advanced Fellowship B/94/AF/1784 (1.10.94--30.9.99) £132,176.

á       EPSRC Fellowship Starter grant GR/K47696 (1.1.95--31.12.95) £8,963.

á       EPSRC rolling grant GR/J95867 (1.10.94 - 30.9.00): Research in Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions (with P.M. Walker, R.C. Johnson, J.A. Tostevin, I.J. Thompson, R.C. Barrett, W.N. Catford, W. Gelletly, P.H. Regan) £2,791,655.

á       GR/J95867 revised (1.10.94 - 30.9.00).

á       Royal Society Visiting Fellowship for Dr Florin Carstoiu (17.5.97 - 30.6.98) £4,135.

á       EPSRC grant GR/M82141 (1.10.99 – 30.9.03) Theory of Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions (with J.A. Tostevin, R.C. Johnson, I.J. Thompson, P.M. Walker and R.C. Barrett) £907,749.

á       EPSRC Fast Stream Grant GR/R78633/01 (1/12/2001 – 31/8/2003) Electromagnetic probes of light exotic nuclei £61,918, (Principle Investigator).

á       Numerous smaller grants (< £5000) to EPSRC and the Royal Society for travel, holding one-day workshops and public awareness activities.

á       EPSRC grant, ÒProbing the limit of nuclear existence for heavy proton rich nucleiÓ (with J. Simpson, R. Page, P. Stevenson) £80,466 – as part of larger £750k joint grant with Daresbury/Liverpool, (Principle Investigator).

á      EPSRC grant ÒEffective Field Theories and Few-Body PhysicsÓ (for visiting fellowship for B. Krippa) £24,233, (Principle Investigator).

á      EU 6th framework grant ÒEuro Summer School on Exotic BeamsÓ, application to hold series of postgraduate summer schools around Europe 2006-2009, Û300,000, (Principle Investigator), pending.

 

Teaching (University of Surrey):

á       Mathematics: Level 1 Maths III (module developer) (1991–94, 1996– )

á       Mathematics: Level 1 Mathematics I (module developer) (1996– 2001)

á       Quantum Mechanics: Level 2 core module on quantum mechanics (1992–95, 2001– )

á       Principles of Relativity: Level 1 half module (module developer) (1996-99)

á       Space, Time and Relativity: Level 1 full module (module developer) (1999- )

á       Introduction to Scattering Theory, postgraduate lectures (1991-94).

á       Computer Skills, introductory course on computing (1996 – 2003)

 

External Teaching:

á       Invited lecturer on Nuclear Reaction Theory at 8th National Postgraduate School on Nuclear Physics, University of Wales, Bangor, 3-16 September 1995

á       Invited lecturer on Structure and Reaction Studies with Halo Nuclei at Euroschool on Exotic Beams (European Postgraduate Summer School), Leuven, Belgium, 31 August - 4 September, 1998.

á       Few-body models of direct nuclear reactions, 10 lectures as part of ECT* Marie Curie Doctoral Training Programme, Trento, Italy, 25-29 Aug 2003.

á       Direct Nuclear Reactions, course of 12 lectures delivered to French postgraduate students at Institut de Physique NuclŽaire, Orsay, France, 18-20 May 2005.

 

Supervision of research students:

1.     Matthew Bush (1993-97), PhD, September 1997, Spin-dependent interactions in the three-body eikonal model (supported by EPSRC research studentship), with J.A. Tostevin.

2.     John Brooke (1996-99), PhD, September 1999, Non-eikonal corrections to nuclear few-body scattering models (supported by EPSRC research studentship), with J.A. Tostevin.

3.     Neil Summers (1998-2001), PhD December 2001, Beyond the adiabatic model for the elastic scattering of composite nuclei (supported by EPSRC research studentship), with R.C. Johnson.

4.     Steven Young (2000-2004), PhD June 2004, Probing halo nuclei with the pion photoproduction reaction (supported by Project Studentship on Grant GR/M82141).

5.     David Howell (2003 –), on knockout reactions as probe of exotic nuclei, supported by EPSRC studentship

6.     Christine Carter (2004 –), on (p,2p) quasielastic reactions as probe of exotic nuclei, supported by EPSRC studentship.

7.     James Broomfield (2005 –), on model independent methods in electron scattering, supported by EPSRC studentship.

8.     Adrian Cannon (2005 – ), on modelling proton radioactivity in proton-rich nuclei, supported by EPSRC.

 

PhD examinations:

á       Internal examiner, University of Surrey: Bulent Gonul, 1994

á       Internal examiner, University of Surrey: Adam Sergeant, 1998

á       External examiner, Chalmers University, Gothenburg: Martin Smedberg, 1998

á       External examiner, Cairo University: Badawi Abu-Ibrahim Ibrahim, 2000

á       Internal examiner, University of Surrey: John Mortimer, 2001

á       External examiner, Bergen University: Giedre Sapragonaite, 2002

á       External Examiner, Bergen University: Henning Heiberg-Andersen, 2002

á       External examiner, University of Brighton: Nico Orce, 2003

á       Internal examiner, University of Surrey: James Stott, 2003

 

Workshops/Conferences organised:

1.     One-day Post-IoP Conference Workshop on Halo Nuclei, University of Surrey 14 April 1994 [attendance: 29].

2.     Lectures in Nuclear Astrophysics (a series of six lectures given over three days by Professor Claus Rolfs from Bochum University, Germany), University of Surrey, 6-8 March 1995 [attendance: 40].

3.     Nuclear Physics Study Weekend ÔExtreme States of NucleiÕ, Cosener's House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 20-22 October 1995 [attendance: 80]. Funded by EPSRC.

4.     Two-day ÔUnder-40sÕ meeting of nuclear physics academics, Cosener's House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 19–20 June 2001 [attendance: 15].

5.     Public Awareness of Nuclear Science Workshop, London, 9,10 November 2001 [attendance: 40]

6.     Director (with R.D. Page) of Postgraduate Nuclear Physics Summer School, Bangor, Wales, 3–15 September, 2001, funded by EPSRC [50 students].

7.     UK Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference as part of Institute of Physics Congress, Brighton, 8 – 11 April 2002 [attendance 250].

8.     One day workshop on the Transmutation of Nuclear Waste. University of Surrey, 20 November 2002 [attendance: 60].

9.     Regular organiser of Physics and Astronomy programme as part of the BA Festival of Science in role as Section recorder (Manchester 2003, Exeter 2004, Dublin 2005)

10.  UK Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference, Chair of organising committee, University of Surrey, April 2007 – [att: ~350].

 

 OUTPUT

 

Research Output:

 Refereed Publications:

1.     The momentum-dependent tensor interaction in intermediate-energy deuteron scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin, R.C. Johnson and M Kawai, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Phys. 14 (1988) L103–L108.

2.     Effects of singlet break-up effects in intermediate energy deuteron elastic scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin, and R.C. Johnson, Phys. Rev. C 41 (1990) R806-R810

3.     Singlet channel coupling in deuteron elastic scattering at intermediate energies, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin, and R.C. Johnson, Nucl. Phys. A514 (1990) 649–681.

4.     An alternative non-relativistic optical potential parameterisation for the proton-nucleus interaction, J.S. Al-Khalili and E.D. Cooper, Nucl. Phys. A513 (1990) 43–52.

5.     Application of the cluster-folding model to polarised Li scattering at intermediate energies, J.S. Al-Khalili, Phys. Lett. B252 (1990) 327–330.

6.     A three-body Glauber model for polarised deuteron scattering at intermediate energies, J.S. Al-Khalili and R.C. Johnson, Nucl. Phys. A546 (1992) 622–652.

7.     An analysis of h-production via the p 6Li ¨ h 7Be reaction, J.S. Al-Khalili, M.B. Barbaro and C. Wilkin, J. Phys. G: Nuclear and Particle Phys. 19 (1993) 403–415.

8.     Quasielastic scattering of 11Li using realistic three-body wavefunctions, I.J. Thompson, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin and J.M. Bang, Phys. Rev. C 47 (1993) R1364–R1368.

9.     The dynamic polarisation potential for 11Li scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. C 49 (1994) 386–390.

10.  Effect of the break-up channel on 11Li elastic scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili, Nucl. Phys. A 581 (1995) 315-330

11.  Evaluation of an eikonal model for 11Li-nucleus elastic scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili, I.J. Thompson and J.A. Tostevin, Nucl. Phys. A 581 (1995) 331-355

12.  Structure and reactions of the Li and Be halo nuclei, I.J. Thompson, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.M. Bang, B.V. Danilin, V.D. Efros, F. Nunes, J.S. Vaagen and M.V. Zhukov, Nucl. Phys. A 588 (1995) C59-C64.

13.  A relativistic optical model for a + nucleus elastic scattering, S. Ait-Tahar, J.S. Al-Khalili and Y. Nedjadi, Nucl. Phys. A589 (1995) 307-319.

14.  Sensitivity of reaction cross sections to halo nucleus density distributions, M.P Bush, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin, and R.C. Johnson, Phys. Rev. C 53 (1996) 3009-3013.

15.  Elastic scattering of 6He and its analysis within a four-body eikonal model,  J.S. Al-Khalili, M.D. Cortina-Gil, P. Roussel-Chomaz, N. Alamanos, J. Barrette, W. Mittig, F. Auger, Y. Blumenfeld, J.M. Casandjian, M. Chartier, V. Fekou-Youmbi, B. Fernandez, N. Frascaria, A. Gillibert, H. Laurent, A. Lepine-Szily, N.A. Orr, V. Pascalon, J.A. Scarpaci, J.L. Sida, T. Suomijarvi, Phys. Lett. B378 (1996) 45-49.

16.  Quasielastic scattering of  9Li on 12C, M. Zahar, M. Belbot, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkin, D.J. Morrissey, B.M. Sherrill, M. Lewitowicz, A.H. Wuosmaa, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin and I.J. Thompson, Phys. Rev. C 54 (1996) 1262– 1266.

17.  Revised size determinations for light halo nuclei, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, contribution to RIKEN Workshop: Nuclear Physics in RI Beam Factory, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan, 17 June 1996. Proceedings published by RIKEN Laboratory.

18.  Matter radii of light halo nuclei, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3903-3906.

19.  Radii of halo nuclei from cross section measurements, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin and I.J. Thompson, Phys. Rev. C 54 (1996) 1843-1852.

20.  Beyond the eikonal model for few-body systems, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin and J.M. Brooke, Phys. Rev. C 55 (1997) R1018-R1022.

21.  Four-body adiabatic model applied to elastic scattering, J.A. Christley, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.A. Tostevin and R.C. Johnson, Nucl. Phys. A 624 (1997) 275-292.

22.  Elastic scattering and elastic breakup of halo nuclei, R.C. Johnson, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. Letts. 79 (1997) 2771-2774.

23.  How large are the halos of light nuclei? J.A. Tostevin and J.S. Al-Khalili, Nucl. Phys. A616 (1997) C418-C425.

24.  Elastic and quasielastic scattering of 8He from 12C, J.A. Tostevin, J.S. Al-Khalili, M. Zahar, M. Belbot, J.J. Kolata, K. Lamkin, D.J. Morrissey, B.M. Sherrill, M. Lewitowicz and A.H. Wuosmaa, Phys. Rev. C 56 (1997) R2929–R2933.

25.  Manifestation of halo size in scattering and reactions, J.A. Tostevin, R.C. Johnson and J.S. Al-Khalili, Nucl. Phys. A630 (1998) C340-C351.

26.  Few-body calculations of proton- 6 ,8He scattering, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. C 57 (1998) 1846–1852..

27.  Sizes and interactions of halo nuclei, J.A. Tostevin, J.S. Al-Khalili, J.M. Brooke, and J.A. Christley, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 24 (1998) 1589-1597.

28.  Sizes of the He isotopes deduced from proton elastic scattering measurements, J.A. Tostevin,  J.S. Al-Khalili, in Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses (ENAM98) (Bellaire, Michigan) ed B M Sherrill, D J Morrissey and C N Davids, AIP Conf. 455 (AIP, New York 1998) 227-232.

29.  Calculations of reaction cross sections for 19C at relativistic energies, J.A. Tostevin and J.S. Al-Khalili, Phys. Rev. C 59 (1999) R5-R8.

30.  Noneikonal calculations for few-body projectiles, J.M. Brooke, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. C 59 (1999) 1560-1566. 

31.  A quantum mechanical model of adaptive mutations, J. MacFadden and J.S. Al-Khalili, BioSystems 50 (1999) 203–211.

32.  Nuclear reactions involving weakly bound nuclei, R.C. Johnson, J.S. Al-Khalili, N.K. Timofeyuk and N. Summers, in Proc. Int. Conf. on Experimental Nuclear Physics in Europe, 21-26 June 1999 (Seville, Spain) eds. B. Rubio, M. Lozano and W. Gelletly, AIP Conf. Proc. 495 (AIP, New York 1999) 297-300.

33.  Three-body effects in the (d,2He) charge-exchange reaction, S. Rugmai, J.S. Al-Khalili, R.C. Johnson, and J.A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. C 60 (2000) 7002.

34.  Validity of spectator core model in neutron knock-out reactions, J.S. Al-Khalili, Nuclear Physics A, 689 (2001) 551–554.

35.  Non-diffractive mechanisms in the f meson photoproduction on nucleons, Q. Zhao, B. Saghai and J.S. Al-Khalili, Phys. Lett. B 509 (2001) 231–238.

36.  Quark model predictions for K* photoproduction on the proton, Q. Zhao, J.S. Al-Khalili and C. Bennhold Physical Review C 64 (2001) 052201.

37.  Pion photoproduction on the nucleon in the quark model, Q. Zhao, J.S. Al-Khalili, Z.-P. Li and R.L. Workman Physical Review C 65 (2001) 065204.

38.  Few-body models of nuclear reactions, J.S. Al-Khalili and J.A. Tostevin, in Scattering: multi-volume reference book edited by P. Sabatier and E.R. Pike, 2002, pp 1373 - 1392.

39.  Contribution of vector meson photoproduction on the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule, Q. Zhao, J.S. Al-Khalili and C. Bennhold Physical Review C 65 (2002) 032201.

40.  Structure and reactions of halo nuclei: an entangled approach, J.S. Al-Khalili, Euro. Phys. J. A 15 (2002) 27–31.

41.  Nonadiabatic corrections to elastic scattering of halo nuclei, N. Summers, J.S. Al-Khalili and R.C. Johnson, Physical Review C 66 (2002) 014614.

42.  Many-body approach to proton emission and the role of spectroscopic factors, Jim Al-Khalili, Carlo Barbieri, Jutta Escher, Byron K. Jennings, and Jean-Marc Sparenberg, Physical Review C 68 (2003) 024314.

43.  Reaction models to probe the structure of light exotic nuclei J.S. Al-Khalili and F. Nunes, J. Phys. G: Nucl. and Part. Phys 29 (2003) R89.

44.  Structure of halo nuclei – overview of theoretical status, J.S. Al-Khalili, Proceedings of the International Workshop XXXI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations Hirschegg, Austria (2003), edited by  H. Feldmeier et al.(2003) 176.

45.  Double Polarization asymmetry as a filter for the parity of the Q +, Q. Zhao and J.S. Al-Khalili, Phys. Lett. B 585 (2004) 91.

46.  An Introduction to Halo Nuclei, J.S. Al-Khalili, Lect. Notes Phys. 651 (2004) 77.

47.  A quark model framework for the study of nuclear medium effects, Q. Zhao, J.S. Al-Khalili and R.C. Johnson, J.Phys. G: Nucl and Part. Phys. 30 (2004) 1153.

48.  Eikonal corrections for the scattering of spin-one particles, M.W. Gaber, C. Wilkin and J.S. Al-Khalili, Euro. Phys. J. A 21 (2004) 185.

49.  Halo neutron survival in the beta-decay of 11Li, F.Sarazin, J.S. Al-Khalili, G.C. Ball, G. Hackman, P.M. Walker, R.A.E. Austin, B. Eshpeter, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, W.D. Kulp, J.R. Leslie, D. Melconian, C.J. Osborne, H.C. Scraggs, M.B. Smith, C.E. Svensson, J.C. Waddington and J.L. Wood, Phys. Rev. C 70 (2004) 031302(R).

50.  A case for British Research into the transmutation of radioactive wastes and other problematic materials, W.J. Nuttall, D.G. Ireland, J.S. Al-Khalili and W. Gelletly, Int. J. Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2005) 380.

51.  The Thrill of Discovery: Nuclear Physics Research in the 21st Century, J. S. Al-Khalili, Nucl. Phys. A 751 (2005) 469

52.  Density matrix elements for polarization observables in vector meson photoproduction, Q. Zhao, J.S. Al-Khalili and P.L. Cole, Phys. Rev C 71 (2005) 054004.

53.  High Resolution Gamma-ray Spectroscopy: A Versatile tool for nuclear beta-decay Studies at TRIUMF ISAC, G. Ball, J.S. Al-Khalili et al., J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 (2005) S1491.

54.  Coupled channels calculations of 11Be breakup, D. Howell, J.A. Tostevin and J.S. Al-Khalili, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 (2005) S1881.

55.  Non-adiabatic corrections within a three-body scattering model, N. Summers, J.S. Al-Khalili and R.C. Johnson, submitted to Physical Review C.

56.  Excited state halos in 10Be, J.S. Al-Khalili and K. Arai, submitted to Physical Review C.

57.  Simulating the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects for position measurements, L. Edney, P. D. Stevenson and J.S. Al-Khalili, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

58.  Multiple scattering in impact parameter formalism, J.S. Al-Khalili, R. Crespo, A. Moro and I.J. Thompson,  in preparation.

 

Other Published Work:

59.  Software lessons, J.S. Al-Khalili, R. Bacon, J.Blakey, D. Faux, and D. Lancefield, Physics World, Vol. 6 No. 2 (February, 1993) 43–46.

60.  Nuclei on the dripline, Physics World, 9 (June, 1996) 33–37.

61.  The Halo at the Centre of the Atom, brochure for Royal Society New Frontiers in Science Exhibition 1997.

62.  Nuclear Halos and Borromean Rings, Jeff Tostevin and Jim Al-Khalili, Highlights in Physics 1996, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

63.  El halo del centro del atomo, Jeff Tostevin and Jim Al-Khalili, Tecnicas de Laboratorio, No. 230, April 1998, 161-162.

64.  Time Travel, Physics Review, Vol. 9 No. 4 (March, 2000) 2–5.

65.  Nuclear Magic Numbers Appear and Disappear, Physics World, Vol. 13 No. 8 (August, 2000) 24-25.

66.  Cleaning Up Our Nuclear Waste, D. Ireland and J. Al-Khalili, Physics World, Vol. 14 No. 11 (November, 2001) 14-15.

67.  Wormholes, Astronomy Now, May 2002 issue.

68.  Time travel: separating science fact from science fiction, Physics Education, 38 (2003) 14

 

(in addition to above, several newspaper, magazine and online articles, interviews and editorials)

 

Books:

1.     Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines, Institute of Physics Publishing, 1999. Translated into 9 languages.

2.     Scattering, co-author, with Dr J.A. Tostevin, of chapter 4 within topic 3.1 of multi-volume reference book edited by P. Sabatier and E.R. Pike, 2001.

3.     Collins Encyclopaedia of the Universe. 20,000 word chapter on quantum mechanics as part of large general interest reference book on astronomy, Harper-Collins, 2001.

4.     NUCLEUS: A Trip into the Heart of Matter, R.S. Mackintosh, J.S. Al-Khalili, B. Jonson and T. Pena, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. Translated into 5 languages.

5.     Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003.

6.     Invisible Worlds, Piers Bizony and Jim Al-Khalili (consultant editor), Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004

7.     Lecture Notes in Physics: Nuclear Physics with Exotic Beams Volume I, Eds. J.S. Al-Khalili and E. Roeckl, Springer-Verlag, 2004.

8.     Lecture Notes in Physics: Nuclear Physics with Exotic Beams Volume II, Eds. J.S. Al-Khalili and E. Roeckl, Springer-Verlag, 2005, in press.

9.     Author of chapter in forthcoming Quantum Origins of Life, ed. Paul Davies, Oxford U.P. (2006)

 

Invited Talks at Conferences and Workshops:

1.     A review of two quantum mechanics software packages, Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) Workshop, University of Surrey, 15 January 1993.

2.     Elastic scattering of 11Li in a four-body Glauber model, Nordita/Norfa Study Weekend on Halo Nuclei, Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 19-21 March 1993.

3.     The dynamic polarization of 11Li, Nordita/Norfa Study Weekend on Halo Nuclei, Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 28-30 January 1994.

4.     Effect of the breakup channel on 11Li elastic scattering, Theory Workshop: Physics of Exotic Beams, GANIL, Caen, 23-24 February 1994.

5.     Reaction mechanisms in 11Li scattering, Post-IoP-Conference Workshop on Halo Nuclei, University of Surrey, 14 April 1994.

6.     Nuclear reactions of halo nuclei, Nordita Workshop on Aspects of Nuclear and Astrophysics, Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 12-13 September 1994.

7.     Revised size determinations for light halo nuclei, Workshop on Nuclear Physics in RI Beam Factory, RIKEN, Tokyo, 17 June 1996.

8.     Renaissance of Glauber methods in the Study of Reactions with Halo Nuclei, Workshop on the Physics of Halo Nuclei, ECT*, Trento, Italy,  7-17 October 1996

9.     The Glauber model: A tool for studying reactions of light dripline nuclei, UK Annual Nuclear Physics Study Weekend, University of Birmingham,  26-27 October 1996.

10.  Advances in reaction models for halo nuclei, Symposium on New Spectroscopy and Nuclear Structure 1997 dedicated to Aage Bohr and Ben Mottelson, Copenhagen, 16-20 September 1997.

11.  An impact parameter multiple scattering prescription for few-body projectiles, HALO'98, Lisbon, 3-5 April 1998.

12.  Findings of EPSRC Young Researchers' Committee on Future Direction of Physics Programme, Physics Programme Community Meeting, London, 21 April 1998.

13.  Reactions with loosely-bound projectiles, 13th Nordic Meeting on Intermediate and High Energy Nuclear Physics, Graftvallen, Oviken, Sweden 4-10 January 1999.

14.  New reaction theories for loosely-bound projectiles, HALOÕ99, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 28–30 May 1999.

15.  6He and 6Li: Twins or Distant Cousins?, Institute of Physics Half-Day Meeting on New Results in the Study of Neutron-rich Nuclei., University of Manchester, 27 October 1999.

16.  Exploring the Nuclear Halo, IoP Nuclear Physics Conf. 2000, Univ. of Birmingham, 12-14 April 2000.

17.  Stripping reaction calculations to probe the structure of 12Be, HALO 2000, UniversitŽ Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 28-30 April 2000.

18.  Dynamic core excitations in one-neutron knockout reactions, One Day GANIL Workshop on exotic Nuclei, GANIL, Caen, France, 29 June 2000.

19.  Stripping reactions as a probe of the structure of light exotic nuclei, ECT* Workshop on Physics with radioactive beams: key experiments and requirements, Trento, Italy, 27 November - 1 December 2000.

20.  Structure and reactions of halo nuclei: an entangled approach, ENAM 2001, the 3rd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, July 2-7, 2001, HŠmeenlinna, Finland.

21.  The Status of nuclear theory in the UK, invited talk at UK Nuclear Physics Study Days: Future Directions in Nuclear Physics, 19 – 20 April, 2002, CosenerÕs House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

22.  Probing halo nuclei with electron beams, HaloÕ02, Gothenberg, Sweden, 13 – 15 June, 2002

23.  Structure of halo nuclei – overview of theoretical status, International Workshop XXXI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations, Hirschegg, Austria (2003)

24.  Few-body models of direct nuclear reactions, series of 10 lectures as part of ECT* Marie Curie Doctoral Training Programme, Trento, Italy, 25-29 Aug, 2003.

25.  Quantum superpositions in biological systems, Workshop on Quantum Origins of Life, NASA Ames, California, 30 Sep – 3 Oct 2003.

26.  High energy reactions to probe the structure of light nuclei, GSI, Future Project 2nd International Workshop, 14-17 October 2003.

27.  Review of Nuclear Reactions, RIA Theory Working Group, 1st Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 2-3 Nov 2003.

28.  Quantum: still crazy after all these years, Univ. of Birmingham Physics Dept. Colloquium, 26 Nov 2003.

29.  Nuclear Transmutation: an alchemistÕs dream? IoP South East Branch, Sussex University, 4 Dec 2003.

30.  The Thrill of Discovery: nuclear physics research in the 21st century, invited plenary lecture at the International Nuclear Physics Conference INPC2004, Gothenberg, 27 June – 2 July 2004.

31.  The Status of nuclear theory in the UK, invited talk at UK Nuclear Physics Study Days: Future Directions in Nuclear Physics, 25,26 May 2005, CosenerÕs House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

 

External Research Seminars and Colloquia:

 

1.     Polarised deuteron elastic scattering at intermediate energies, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Washington DC, April 1989.

2.     Polarised deuteron elastic scattering at intermediate energies, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Colombus, Ohio, November 1990.

3.     Neutron halos are even bigger than we thought, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, June 1996

4.     Neutron halos are even bigger than we thought, Niigata University, Japan, June 1996

5.     Nuclei with neutron halos, Osaka City University, Japan, June 1996

6.     Neutron halos are even bigger than we thought, Yukawa Institute, Kyoto, Japan, June 1996

7.     Neutron halos: A new form of matter, Departmental seminar, Dept of Physics, University of Edinburgh, 26 February 1997.

8.     Reaction studies of halo nuclei, GANIL Laboratory, Caen, France, 29 January 1998

9.     Structure and reactions of neutron rich nuclei, Dept of Physics, University of Birmingham, 13 May 1998

10.  The Neutron Halo, Dept of Physics, UMIST, 13 January 1999

11.  The Neutron Halo, The Maxwell Society, Kings College London, 15 February 1999

12.  Neutron halos: A new form of matter, Inst. Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal, 8 November 1999.

13.  6He and 6Li: Twins or Distant Cousins? NSCF Theory Seminar, Michigan State University, USA, 12 January 2000.

14.  Few-body Methods in Direct Reactions (I), NSCF Theory Seminar, MSU, USA, 13 January 2000.

15.  Few-body Methods in Direct Reactions (II), NSCF Theory Seminar, MSU, USA, 20 January 2000.

16.  Recent Advances in Few-body Reaction Theory, Argonne National Lab, Illinois, USA, 27 January 2000.

17.  The importance of single particle transitions in stripping reactions, NSCF Theory Seminar, Michigan State University, USA, 3 May 2000.

18.  Nuclei with Neutron Halos, Department of Physics, University of Bristol, 23 October 2000.

19.  Exploring the nuclear halo, TRIUMF Laboratory, Vancouver, 30 July, 2002.

20.  Nuclear Halos, University of York, Physics and Astronomy Departmental seminar, 26 Feb. 2003.

21.  Quantum: still crazy after all these years, University of Birmingham Physics Colloquium, 26 Nov 2003.

22.  Neutron halos: a new state of matter, Balliol College, Oxford Physics Society, 3 May 2005.

 

Conferences Contributions:

Over 100 conference papers in theoretical nuclear physics either as oral contribution or posters, many given by students and collaborators.      

Public Awareness Output

For popular science publications and books see previous pages.

 

Public Lectures:

Over 150 talks and lectures to schools (Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges lecturer for 1998), scientific societies, science festivals, book festivals and branches of learned societies. Venues include the Royal Institution (6 times), Royal Society and the British Museum.

Public lectures overseas:  The Staatliche Museum of Berlin in 2004 and lecture tours in theatres, cafes and bars in Greece, Czech Republic, Oman and Thailand in 2005, all organised by British Council.

 

Lecture topics/titles include:

From the Liquid Drop to Chains and Halos: Extreme shapes of atomic nuclei

The Halo at the centre of the atom

Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines

Quantum Computing

The Quantum Universe

Nuclear Transmutation: an alchemistÕs dream

Quantum: A guide for the perplexed

The Interpretation of Michael FraynÕs Copenhagen: Friendship, quantum mechanics and the bomb

The Nature of Time in 21st Century Physics

Time Travel: fact or fiction

The Riddle of EinsteinÕs Brain

The Great Quantum Debate

The Photoelectric Effect

 

Popular Science articles online:

1.     FAQs on the Nature of Space and Time, web pages in support of BBC Flow of Time Documentary 1999 (see Television below). These pages are copies as the BBC originals no longer on line.  (http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/npg/jak/time/faqs.html)

2.     The Science behind Star Wars, article following interview on BBC World Service discussing some of the scientific ideas of the Star Wars films (http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/npg/jak/starwars.html)

3.     The History of Time, Royal Institution expert articles, 2000 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rilectures/expert_articles.shtml)

4.     A century of quantum physics – probably, BBC NEWS, December 2000 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1070000/1070853.stm)

5.     The Trouble with black holes, BBC Science, Space Knowledge Expert Articles, 2001 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/knowledge/expert_articles/menaces.shtml)

 

Exhibitions:

The Royal Society's New Frontiers of Science Exhibition: The Halo at the Centre of the Atom, The Royal Society, London, and 18,19 June 1997.

 

Activities as science communicator:

1.     Member of Council of the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science)  (2002 – present)

2.     Advisory Group Member on Future Directions of BA, 2005.

3.     Physics and Astronomy Recorder for the BA (2002 – present)

4.     Member of EPS/NuPECC Public Awareness of Nuclear Science (PANS) Committee (1997– 2003)

5.     Referee for Euroscience Open Forum Awards and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) awards.

6.     Judge for the Royal Society Novartis Foundation Junior Book Prize for 2005.

7.     Member of judging panel for Channel 4/Daily telegraph FameLab (the search for the new faces of television science presenting), march 2005.

8.     Invited chair of Royal Institution evening event with Russell Stannard, 18 April 2005

9.     Short-listed for Royal Institution Christmas lectures, 2005.

10.  Chair of plenary session of Royal Society 4th Science Communication conference, 23,24 May 2005.

 

Television:

1.     The Flow of Time, BBC2 documentary as part of a theme night on the nature of time. Together with Roger Penrose, discussed ideas behind Einstein's theories of relativity, 9 January 1999. Subsequently screened in both US and Japan.

2.     Tomorrow's World Plus, BBC interview on the physics behind Star Wars and Star Trek. Broadcast on 20 June 1999 and repeating up to nine times over following eighteen months.

3.     The Science of Dr Who: how the TARDIS Works, short programme screened as part of BBC2 theme night on Dr Who, 13 November 1999.

4.     A Life of Time, BBC Open University programme looking at both the physics and human perceptions of time, focusing on Einstein's Special and General Theories of Relativity, BBC2, first screened on Thursday 3 February 2000 and repeated regularly since then.

5.     Journeys through Space and Time, Half-hour documentary on the nature of black holes, BBC Knowledge, February 2001.

6.     The Riddle of EinsteinÕs Brain, presenter of one hour documentary for Channel 4 and National Geographic USA, with Mark Lythgoe, Nat. Geo. Dec 2004, Channel 4, January 2005.

7.     Second by Second: the Chernobyl disaster, presenter of one-hour documentary for National Geographic USA, 2004.

8.     Guest panellist on BBC 4 Mind Games, February 2005

9.     Contributor to ITV1 South Bank Show, April 2005

 

Radio:

1.     Interview on Physics Made Simple, BBC World Service, broadcast in July 1998.

2.     Interview on BBC World Service News on the image of nuclear physics, 9 December 1998.

3.     Live interview on Century 105 FM, a Manchester-based local radio station, discussing ideas in modern physics and cosmology. 17 April 1999.

4.     Interview on BBC World Service, on The Science behind Star Wars, 22 May 1999.

5.     Interview on BBC Manchester GMR, on possible future means of transport and space travel, 18 May 1999.

6.     Live discussion on BBC Radio 4, Leading Edge: Theory of Evolution and publicÕs perception of scientific theories, 23 Sep 1999.

7.     Interview on BBC World Service, Learning Zone: Eight Experiments That Changed the World, on the Hahn-Strassman experiment in 1939 confirming nuclear fission. Broadcast around the world in June/July 2000.

8.     Live panel discussion on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time, with Melvyn Bragg, Nuclear Science, 10 Jan. 2002

9.     Interview on BBC Radio 4, Leading Edge: Quantum game theory, Feb 2002.

10.  Live radio interview, BBC Radio 4, Material World on Quantum Cryptography, 19 September 2002.

11.  Live interview BBC Radio 4, Learning Curve, on image of physics, 18 November 2003.

12.  Live radio interview and discussion on Quantum physics, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, 25 January 2004.

13.  Live discussion with Melvin Bragg on BBC Radio 4, In Our Time: Lord Rutherford, 19 February 2004.

14.  Live interview on BBC Radio 4, Today Programme, on public perception of nuclear physics, 5 April 2004.

15.  Live discussion with Melvin Bragg on BBC Radio 4, In Our Time: The Higgs Boson, 18 November 2004.

16.  Contributor to BBC Radio 4 three-part Series In EinsteinÕs Shadow, January 2005.

17.   Live interview on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on launch of BA Universe poetry competition to celebrate Einstein Year, January 2005.