Robert B. Wiringa

(the guy on the right)

• phone: 630/252-6134
• FAX: 630/252-6008
• e-mail: wiringa@anl.gov

Biographical sketch

• 1972 B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 1974 M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1978 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1978-80 Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 1981-83 Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1983-87 Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1987-99 Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2000- Senior Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory

Visiting appointments

• 1993 Visiting Associate & Lecturer, California Institute of Technology

Honors, Organizations, Committees, etc.

• 1994-2001 Chief, Theory Group, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1997-2000 Webmaster, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
• 1999 Fellow, American Physical Society
• 2000 University of Chicago Medal for Distinguished Performance at Argonne National Laboratory
• 2002-2004 Editorial Board, Physical Review C
• 2003-2005 National Advisory Committee, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle
• 2005-2008 Argonne PS/CLS Programmatic and Operations Committee - Hires and Promotions
• 2006 Argonne Laboratory Director's Oversight Council - Hires and Promotions
• 2010 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society

Publications

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Recent papers

1. Neutron Spectroscopic Factors in ⁹Li from ²H(⁸Li,p)⁹Li
   A. H. Wuosmaa, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, L. Jisonna, E. F. Moore, R. C. Pardo, M. Paul, D. Peterson, Steven C. Pieper, G. Savard, J. P. Schiffer, R. E. Segel, S. Sinha, X. Tang, and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 082502-1:4 (2005)
2. Search for excited states in ⁷He with the ²H(⁶He,p)⁷He reaction
   A. H. Wuosmaa, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, L. Jisonna, E. F. Moore, R. C. Pardo, M. Paul, D. Peterson, Steven C. Pieper, G. Savard, J. P. Schiffer, R. E. Segel, S. Sinha, X. Tang, and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. C 72, 061301(R)-1:5 (2005)
3. Pair counting, pion-exchange forces, and the structure of light nuclei
   R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. C 73, 034317-1:11 (2006)
4. Modern theories of low-energy astrophysical reactions
   L. E. Marcucci, Kenneth M. Nollett, R. Schiavilla, and R. B. Wiringa
   Nucl. Phys. A 777, 111-136 (2006)
5. Tensor Forces and the Ground-State Structure of Nuclei
   R. Schiavilla, R. B. Wiringa, Steven C. Pieper, and J. Carlson
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 132501-1:4 (2007)
6. Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of Neutron-α Scattering
   Kenneth M. Nollett, Steven C. Pieper, R. B. Wiringa, J. Carlson, and G. M. Hale
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 022502-1:4 (2007)
7. Dependence of nuclear binding on hadronic mass variation
   V. V. Flambaum and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. C 76, 054002-1:11 (2007)
8. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of electroweak transition matrix elements in A = 6,7 nuclei
   Muslema Pervin, Steven C. Pieper, and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. C 76, 064319-1:9 (2007)
9. Spectroscopic factors for the ⁹Li ground state and N=6 shell closure
   R. Kanungo, A. N. Andreyev, L. Buchmann, B. Davids, G. Hackman, D. Howell, P. Khalili, B. Mills, E. Padilla Rodal, Steven C. Pieper, J. Pearson, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, A. Shotter, I. Tanihata, C. Vockenhuber, P. Walden, and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Lett. B 660, 26-31 (2008)
10. Dependence of two-nucleon momentum densities on total pair momentum
    R. B. Wiringa, R. Schiavilla, Steven C. Pieper, and J. Carlson
    Phys. Rev. C 78, 021001(R)-1:3 (2008)
11. Quantum Monte Carlo Methods for Nuclei
    R. B. Wiringa
    Physics in Canada 64, No.2, p.67-73 (2008)
12. Structure of ⁷He by proton removal from ⁸Li with the (d,³He) reaction
    A. H. Wuosmaa, J. P. Schiffer, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, L. Jisonna, J. C. Lighthall, S. T. Marley, E. F. Moore, R. C. Pardo, N. Patel, M. Paul, D. Peterson, Steven C. Pieper, G. Savard, R. E. Segel, R. H. Siemssen, X. D. Tang, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 78, 041302(R)-1:5 (2008)
13. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of magnetic moments and M1 transitions in A≤7 nuclei including meson-exchange currents
    L. E. Marcucci, Muslema Pervin, Steven C. Pieper, R. Schiavilla, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 78, 065501-1:10 (2008)
14. Enhanced effect of quark mass variation in ²²⁹Th and limits from Oklo data
    V. V. Flambaum and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 79, 034302-1:8 (2009)
15. Recent Developments in Nuclear Quantum Monte Carlo
    R. B. Wiringa
    AIP Conf. Proc. 1128, 1-10 (2009)
16. Electromagnetic Currents and Magnetic Moments in χEFT
    S. Pastore, L. Girlanda, R. Schiavilla, M. Viviani, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 80, 034004-1:22 (2009)
17. Precise Electromagnetic Tests of Ab Initio Calculations of Light Nuclei: States in ¹⁰Be
    E. A. McCutchan, C. J. Lister, R. B. Wiringa, Steven C. Pieper, D. Seweryniak, J. Greene, C. J. Chiara, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, I. Stefanescu, and S. Zhu
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 192501-1:4 (2009)

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