K. Ernst Rehm

 

(630) 252-4073
FAX: (630) 252-6210
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Ernst Rehm

Education

High School Gymnasium Casimirianum
Coburg, Germany
Diploma Technical University Munich 1963-1968
Ph. D. Technical University Munich
"16O induced Transfer Reactions
on the even Zr-isotopes"
1969-1973
Dr. habil Technical University Munich 1979

Career

Research Associate Technical University Munich 1973-1975
Scientific Assistant Technical University Munich 1977-1981
Associate Physicist Argonne National Laboratory 1981-1989
Senior Physicist Argonne National Laboratory 1990-present

Honors

Title Organization Dates
Fellow Max Kade Foundation 1976-1977
Chief Low Energy Nuclear Physics Group 1990-1994
Fellow American Physical Society 1998

Research Interests

My interest lies in the study of reaction mechanisms, i.e. trying to understand how nuclei interact with each other via elastic and inelastic scattering, through few-particle transfers up to complex multi-particle transfer reactions and fusion, and the interplay among these various reaction modes. The study of these processes requires cutting-edge, high-resolution detector systems.

In the last 10 years I have worked on the development of unstable (radioactive) beams at the ATLAS accelerator, using either the In-Flight technique (for short-lived isotopes) or the two-accelerator method (for longer-lived isotopes). With these exotic beams many problems in nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics can be addressed for the first time. The detector systems developed for these studies can also be used for experiments in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry where isotopes at ultra-low concentrations (<10-16) have to be detected. This research area has close ties to other fields, such as geology, paleontology, oceanography, astrophysics and others.

Recent Publications

"Study of the 56Ni(d,p)57Ni Reaction and the Astrophysical 56Ni(p,gamma)57Cu Reaction Rate", K. E. Rehm, F. Borasi, C. L. Jiang et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 676 (1998).

"Fusion Cross Sections for the Proton Drip Line Nucleus 17F", K. E. Rehm, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3341 (1998).

"The 44Ti(alpha,p) Reaction and its Implication on the 44Ti Yield in Supernovae", A. Sonzogni, K. E. Rehm, I. Ahmad et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1651 (2000).

"Nuclear Astrophysics Measurements with Radioactive Beams", M. S. Smith and K. E. Rehm, Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 51, 91(2001).

"Large Angle Elastic Alpha Scattering on a N=Z Nucleus above A=40", K. E. Rehm, C. L. Jiang, I Ahmad et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 132501 (2002).

"Widths of astrophysically important resonances in 18Ne", B. Harss, C. L. Jiang, K. E. Rehm, Phys. Rev. C65, 035803(2002)

"Determination of the 8B Neutrino Spectrum", W. Winter, S. J. Freedman, K. E. Rehm et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 252501 (2003).

"Influence of Nuclear Structure on Sub-Barrier Hindrance in Ni + Ni Fusion", C. L. Jiang, K. E. Rehm, R. V. F. Janssens, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 012701 (2004).

"Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the 6He charge radius", L. B. Wang, P. Mueller K. Bailey et al., Phys Rev. Lett. 93,142501 (2004).

"Neutron Spectroscopic Factors in 9Li from 2H(8Li,p)9Li", A. Wuosmaa, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 082502 (2005).