Henning Esbensen

• phone: 630/252-4098
• FAX: 630/252-6008
• e-mail: [email protected]

Biographical sketch

• 1972 M.S., University of Aarhus, Denmark
• 1977 Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Denmark
• 1978-79 Fellowship, Danish Natural Science Research Council, Niels Bohr Institute
• 1979-81 NORDITA Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute
• 1982 Fellowship, Danish Natural Science Research Council, Niels Bohr Institute
• 1982 Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 1982-84 Research Associate, Michigan State University Cyclotron Laboratory
• 1984-85 Research Associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• 1985-2015 Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2015 Senior Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2016-present Senior Physicist Emeritus, Argonne National Laboratory

Honors, Organizations, Committees, etc.

• 2004 Fellow, American Physical Society
• 2004-06 Editorial Board, Physical Review Letters
• 2008 Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society
• 2016 Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Physics G

Recent papers

1. Fusion of ⁴⁰Ca + ⁹⁶Zr revisited: Transfer couplings and hindrance far below the barrier
   A.M. Stefanini, G. Montagnoli, H. Esbensen, L. Corradi, S. Courtin, E. Fioretto, A. Goasduff, J. Grebosz, F. Haas, M. Mazzocco, C. Michelagnoli, T. Mijatović, D. Montanari, G. Pasqualato, C. Parascandolo, F. Scarlassara, E. Strano, S. Szilner, D. Torresi
   Phys. Letts. B 728, 639-644 (2014)
2. Recent developments in heavy-ion fusion reactions
   B. B. Back, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang, and K. E. Rehm
   Rev. Mod. Phys. 86, 317-360 (2014)
3. Influence of multiphonon excitations and transfer on the fusion of Ca+Zr
   H. Esbensen and A. M. Stefanini
   Phys. Rev. C 89 044616 (2014) [15 pages]
4. Influence of heavy-ion transfer on fusion reactions
   C. L. Jiang, K. E. Rehm, B. B. Back, H. Esbensen, R. V. F. Janssens, A. M. Stefanini, G. Montagnoli
   Phys. Rev. C 89 051603(R) (2014) [4 pages]
5. Measurements of Fusion Reactions of Low-Intensity Radioactive Carbon Beams on ¹²C and their Implications for the Understanding of X-Ray Bursts
   P. F. F. Carnelli, S. Almaraz-Calderon, K. E. Rehm, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, P. F. Bertone, B. Digiovine, H. Esbensen, J. O. Fernández Niello, D. Henderson, C. L. Jiang, J. Lai, S. T. Marley, O. Nusair, T. Palchan-Hazan, R. C. Pardo, M. Paul, and C. Ugalde
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 192701 (2014) [5 pages]
6. Fusion Hindrance for a Positive-Q-Value System ²⁴Mg+³⁰Si
   C. L. Jiang, A. M. Stefanini, H. Esbensen, K. E. Rehm, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. B. Back, L. Corradi, E. Fioretto, G. Montagnoli, F. Scarlassara, D. Montanari, S. Courtin, D. Bourgin, F. Haas, A. Goasduff, S. Szilner, and T. Mijatovic
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 222701 (2014) [5 pages]
7. Fusion of ²⁸Si+^28,30Si: Different trends at sub-barrier energies
   G. Montagnoli, A. M. Stefanini, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang, L. Corradi, S. Courtin, E. Fioretto, J. Grebosz, F. Haas, H. M. Jia, M. Mazzocco, C. Michelagnoli, T. Mijatović, D. Montanari, C. Parascandolo, F. Scarlassara, E. Strano, S. Szilner, and D. Torresi
   Phys. Rev. C 90 044608 (2014) [8 pages]
8. Fusion reactions of ^58,64Ni+¹²⁴Sn
   C. L. Jiang, A. M. Stefanini, H. Esbensen, K. E. Rehm, S. Almaraz-Calderon, M. L. Avila, B. B. Back, D. Bourgin, L. Corradi, S. Courtin, E. Fioretto, F. Galtarossa, A. Goasduff, F. Haas, M. M. Mazzocco, D. Montanari, G. Montagnoli, T. Mijatovic, R. Sagaidak, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, F. Scarlassara, E. E. Strano, and S. Szilner
   Phys. Rev. C 91 044602 (2015) [7 pages]
9. Oscillations above the barrier in the fusion of ²⁸Si + ²⁸Si
   G. Montagnoli, A. M. Stefanini, H. Esbensen, L. Corradi, S. Courtin, E. Fioretto, J. Grebosz, F. Haas, H. M. Jia, C. L. Jiang, M. Mazzocco, C. Michelagnoli, T. Mijatović, D. Montanari, C. Parascandolo, F. Scarlassara, E. Strano, S. Szilner, D. Torresi
   Phys. Letts. B 746, 300-304 (2015)
10. Revised analysis of ⁴⁰Ca+⁹⁶Zr fusion reactions
    H. Esbensen, G. Montagnoli, and A. M. Stefanini
    Phys. Rev. C 93 034609 (2016) [8 pages]
11. Moments of fusion-barrier distributions
    K. E. Rehm, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang, B. B. Back, A. M. Stefanini, and G. Montagnoli
    Phys. Rev. C 94 044612 (2016) [8 pages]
12. New results in low-energy fusion of ⁴⁰Ca+^90,92Zr
    A. M. Stefanini, G. Montagnoli, H. Esbensen, P. Čolović, L. Corradi, E. Fioretto, F. Galtarossa, A. Goasduff, J. Grebosz, F. Haas, M. Mazzocco, N. Soić, E. Strano, and S. Szilner
    Phys. Rev. C 96 014603 (2017) [8 pages]
13. Isotopic effects in sub-barrier fusion of Si + Si systems
    G. Colucci, G. Montagnoli, A. M. Stefanini, H. Esbensen, D. Bourgin, P. Čolović, L. Corradi, M. Faggian, E. Fioretto, F. Galtarossa, A. Goasduff, J. Grebosz, F. Haas, M. Mazzocco, F. Scarlassara, C. Stefanini, E. Strano, S. Szilner, M. Urbani, and G. L. Zhang
    Phys. Rev. C 97 044613 (2018) [8 pages]

Selected previous papers