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 Scientific 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 NSF Nuclear Theory Review Panel
• 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

Recent papers

1. 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, R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Lett. B 660, 26-31 (2008)
2. 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) (2008) [3 pages]
3. Quantum Monte Carlo Methods for Nuclei
   R. B. Wiringa
   Physics in Canada 64, No.2, p.67-73 (2008)
4. 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) (2008) [5 pages]
5. 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 (2008) [10 pages]
6. 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 (2009) [8 pages]
7. Recent Developments in Nuclear Quantum Monte Carlo
   R. B. Wiringa
   AIP Conf. Proc. 1128, 1-10 (2009)
8. Electromagnetic Currents and Magnetic Moments in χEFT
   S. Pastore, L. Girlanda, R. Schiavilla, M. Viviani, and R. B. Wiringa
   Phys. Rev. C 80, 034004 (2009) [22 pages]
9. 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. P. Greene, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, I. Stefanescu, and S. Zhu
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 192501 (2009) [4 pages]
10. Jastrow functions in double-beta decay
    J. Engel, J. Carlson, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 83, 034317 (2011) [6 pages]
11. Asymptotic normalization coefficients from ab initio calculations
    Kenneth M. Nollett and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 83, 041001(R) (2011) [5 pages]
12. Knockout Reactions from p-shell Nuclei: Tests of Ab Initio Structure Models
    G. F. Grinyer, D. Bazin, A. Gade, J. A. Tostevin, P. Adrich, M. D. Bowen, B. A. Brown, C. M. Campbell, J. M. Cook, T. Glasmacher, P. G. Hansen, S. McDaniel, P. Navr´atil, A. Obertelli, S. Quaglioni, K. Siwek, J. R. Terry, D. Weisshaar, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 162502 (2011) [4 pages]
13. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of spectroscopic overlaps in A≤7 nuclei
    I. Brida, Steven C. Pieper, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 84, 024319 (2011) [15 pages]
14. Lifetime of the 2₁⁺ state in ¹⁰C
    E. A. McCutchan, C. J. Lister, Steven C. Pieper, R. B. Wiringa, D. Seweryniak, J. P. Greene, B. F. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, G. Gürdal, C. R. Hoffman, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, and S. Zhu
    Phys. Rev. C 86, 014312 (2012) [8 pages]
15. Systematic study of p-shell nuclei via single-nucleon knockout reactions
    G. F. Grinyer, D. Bazin, A. Gade, J. A. Tostevin, P. Adrich, M. D. Bowen, B. A. Brown, C. M. Campbell, J. M. Cook, T. Glasmacher, S. McDaniel, A. Obertelli, K. Siwek, J. R. Terry, D. Weisshaar, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 86, 024315 (2012) [12 pages]
16. Polarized proton+^4,6,8He elastic scattering with breakup effects
    K. Kaki, Y. Suzuki, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 86, 044601 (2012) [9 pages]
    Erratum: Phys. Rev. C 86, 059904 (2012) [2 pages]
17. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of electromagnetic moments and transitions in A ≤ 9 nuclei with meson-exchange currents derived from chiral effective field theory
    S. Pastore, Steven C. Pieper, R. Schiavilla, and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 87, 035503 (2013) [15 pages]
18. Inelastic scattering of ⁹Li and excitation mechanism of its first excited state
    H. Al Falou, R. Kanungo, C. Andreoiu, D. Cross, B. Davids, M. Djongolov, A. T. Gallant, N. Galinski, D. Howell, R. Kshetri, D. Niamir, J. N. Orce, A. C. Shotter, S. Sjue, I. Tanihata, I. J. Thompson, S. Triambak, M. Uchida, P. Walden, R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Lett. B 721 224-228 (2013)
19. Electromagnetic transition from the 4⁺ to 2⁺ resonance in ⁸Be measured via the radiative capture in ⁴He+⁴He
    V. M. Datar, D. R. Chakrabarty, Suresh Kumar, V. Nanal, S. Pastore, R. B. Wiringa, S. P. Behera, A. Chatterjee, D. Jenkins, C. J. Lister, E. T. Mirgule, A. Mitra, R. G. Pillay, K. Ramachandran, O. J. Roberts, P. C. Rout, A. Shrivastava, P. Sugathan
    arXiv:1305.1094, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.