Publications of Dan Melconian
Authors associated with the Cyclotron Institute are , and those associated with Center of Excellence in Nuclear Training And University-based Research (CENTAUR) have a * next to their name.
2024
Analog-antianalog isospin mixing in $^{47}$K $\beta^-$ decay, , , , , , *, , and , Phys. Rev. C 109, L052501 (2024) | pub id: 1375 [DOI] [URL] |
LSTAR ? An isobar separator for expanding radioactive ion beam production at the Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, , *, , , , and , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 169944 (2024) | pub id: 1382 [DOI] [URL] |
Precise measurements of the $\gamma$-ray intensities following the $\beta$ decay of $^{144}\mathrm{Ce}$ and $^{147}\mathrm{Nd}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 110, 024307 (2024) | pub id: 1381 [DOI] [URL] |
2023
Expanding {RIB} capabilities at the Cyclotron Institute: $^3$He-{LIG} production with an isobar separator {LSTAR}, *, , , , , , , and , in: EMIS 2022, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 541, RAON, Daejeon, South Korea, pages 99, Elsevier {BV}, 2023 | pub id: 1312 [DOI] [URL] |
First Observation of Cyclotron Radiation from MeV-Scale $e^{\pm}$ following Nuclear $\beta$ Decay, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 082502 (2023) | pub id: 1333 [DOI] [URL] |
2021
The TAMUTRAP facility: A Penning trap facility at Texas A\&M University for weak interaction studies, , , , , , , , , , , *, , *, , , *, , and *, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 468, 116636 (2021) | pub id: 1128 [DOI] [URL] |
2020
Improved limits on Fierz interference using asymmetry measurements from the Ultracold Neutron Asymmetry (UCNA) experiment, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 101, 035503 (2020) | pub id: 985 [DOI] [URL] |
2019
Ion-trap application: Fundamental weak interaction studies using ion traps, , , *, *, and *, in: 25th Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, AIP Conference Proceedings 2160, Grapevine, Texas, USA, pages 070011, 2019 | pub id: 957 [DOI] [URL] |
TAMUTRAP facility: Penning trap facility for weak interaction studies, , , *, *, and *, in: 7th International Conference on Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Physics (TCP2018), Hyperfine Interactions 240, Traverse City, Michigan, USA,, pages 40, 2019 | pub id: 895 [DOI] [URL] |
2018
High-precision half-life measurement of the $\beta^+$ decay of $^{21}\mathrm{Na}$, , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 98, 015502 (2018) | pub id: 826 [DOI] [URL] |
New result for the neutron $\beta$-asymmetry parameter $A_0$ from UCNA, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 97, 035505 (2018)
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pub id: 808 [DOI] [URL] |
Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: $n\rightarrow\chi+e^+e^-$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 97, 052501 (2018) | pub id: 821 [DOI] [URL] |
Supplemental Material for Precision measurement of the $\beta$ asymmetry in spin-polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ decay, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , and , Supplemental Material to Fenker et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 062502 (2018), 2018 |
pub id: 775 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision Measurement of the $\beta$ Asymmetry in Spin-Polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ Decay, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 062502 (2018) |
pub id: 774 [DOI] [URL] |
2017
First direct constraints on Fierz interference in free-neutron $\beta$ decay, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 96, 042501(R) (2017) | pub id: 764 [DOI] [URL] |
Physics beyond the standard model with trapped atoms in the LHC era, , , , , , , , , , , , * and , in: Les XXIX Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste, Il Nuovo Cimento 39 C, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, pages 346, 2017 |
pub id: 671 [DOI] [URL] |
The Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University, *, , , , , *, , *, *, and *, Nuclear Physics News 27, 5--13 (2017) | pub id: 776 [DOI] [URL] |
2016
Nuclear structure beyond the neutron drip line: The lowest energy states in $^9\mathrm{He}$ via their ${T} = 5/2$ isobaric analogs in $^9\mathrm{Li}$, , *, , , , , , , , , , * and , Physics Letters B 754, 323 - 327 (2016) | pub id: 91 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision measurement of the nuclear polarization in laser-cooled, optically pumped $^{37}\mathrm{K}$, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , New Journal of Physics 18, 073028 (2016) | pub id: 465 [DOI] [URL] |
2015
Status of the TAMUTRAP facility and initial characterization of the RFQ cooler/buncher, , , , , and *, in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Physics (TCP 2014), Hyperfine Interactions 235, Takamatsu, Japan, pages 77-86, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 | pub id: 55 [DOI] [URL] |
2014
Decay studies for neutrino physics, , , , , *, and , Hyperfine Interactions 223, 201-206 (2014) | pub id: 37 [DOI] |
Precision half-life measurement of the $\beta^+$ decay of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$, , *, , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 90, 032501(R) (2014) | pub id: 42 [DOI] [URL] |
Progress towards precision measurements of $\beta$-decay correlation parameters using atom and ion traps, *, , , , , , , , , , and , in: The Xth Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications (LASNPA 2013), Proceedings of Science X LASNPA, Montevideo, Uruguay, pages 010, 2014 | pub id: 65 [URL] |
TRINAT: measuring $\beta$-decay correlations with laser-trapped atoms, , , , , , , , , *, and , in: ISAC and ARIEL: The TRIUMF Radioactive Beam Facilities and the Scientific Program, Hyperfine Interactions 225, Vancouver, Canada, pages 115--120, Springer, 2014 | pub id: 50 [DOI] [URL] |
2013
Atomic parity non-conservation: the francium anapole project of the FrPNC collaboration at TRIUMF, , , , , , , , *, , , , , , and , in: The 5th International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (SSP 2012), Hyperfine Interactions 214, Groningen, The Netherlands, pages 163-171, Springer Netherlands, 2013 | pub id: 53 [DOI] |
Design of a unique open-geometry cylindrical Penning trap, , , , , and *, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 712, 9 - 14 (2013) | pub id: 41 [DOI] [URL] |
Isospin-symmetry-breaking effects in nuclear $\beta$ decay, *, in: 11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics:(CIPANP 2012), AIP Conference Proceedings 1560, AIP Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL, pages 604--609, 2013 | pub id: 51 [DOI] [URL] |
Performance of the Los Alamos National Laboratory spallation-driven solid-deuterium ultra-cold neutron source, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Review of Scientific Instruments 84, 013304 (2013) | pub id: 39 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision measurement of the neutron $\beta$-decay asymmetry, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 87, 032501(R) (2013) | pub id: 40 [DOI] [URL] |
The Francium facility at TRIUMF, , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , and , in: Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry: Twenty-Second International Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings 1525, Fort Worth, TX, pages 530--537, AIP Publishing, 2013 | pub id: 52 [DOI] |
2012
$\beta$ decay of $^{32}\mathrm{Cl}$: Precision $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy and a measurement of isospin-symmetry breaking, *, , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 85, 025501 (2012) | pub id: 33 [DOI] [URL] |
$\gamma$-ray constraints on the properties of unbound $^{32}\mathrm{Cl}$ levels, , , *, and , Phys. Rev. C 86, 047305 (2012) | pub id: 321 [DOI] [URL] |
Atomic parity non-conservation in francium: The FrPNC experiment at TRIUMF, , , , , , , , *, , , , and , in: From Parity Violation to Hadronic Structure and more (PAVI11), Il Nuovo Cimento 35 C, pages 85-90, 2012 | pub id: 56 [DOI] [URL] |
Measurement of the neutron $\beta$-asymmetry parameter ${A}_0$ with ultracold neutrons, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 86, 055501 (2012) | pub id: 320 [DOI] [URL] |
Precise life-time measurement of the ${T}= 1/2$ mirror $\beta$ transitions, , *, , and , in: Proceedings of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics 57, Delhi, India, pages 580-581, 2012 | pub id: 57 [URL] |
TAMUTRAP facility - program for the study of fundamental weak interaction, , , *, and , in: Proceedings of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics 57, Delhi, India, pages 155-161, 2012 | pub id: 58 [URL] |
The FrPNC experiment at TRIUMF: Atomic parity non-conservation in francium, , , , , , , , *, , , and , in: 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 11), AIP Conference Proceedings 1441, pages 555-557, AIP Proceedings, 2012 | pub id: 54 [DOI] |
2011
Experimental Validation of the Largest Calculated Isospin-Symmetry-Breaking Effect in a Superallowed Fermi Decay, *, , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 182301 (2011) | pub id: 32 [DOI] [URL] |
Nuclear $\beta$-decay measurements and $|V_\mathrm{ud}|$, *, in: The 6th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, eConf C100906, Warwick, UK, pages 1-7, 2011 | pub id: 820 [URL] |
The $\beta^+$ decay of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ as a multi-faceted probe of fundamental physics, *, , , , , , , , and , in: 2nd International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications 1342, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, pages 53-58, AIP Publishing, 2011 | pub id: 59 [DOI] [URL] |
2010
Determination of the Axial-Vector Weak Coupling Constant with Ultracold Neutrons, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 181803 (2010) | pub id: 29 [DOI] [URL] |
2009
$\beta$ decay correlation studies using very cold, highly polarized sources, *, in: XXXII Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Revista Mexicana de Física Suplemento 55, pages 81--87, 2009 | pub id: 23 [URL] |
Characterization of thin-foil ultracold neutron detectors, , , , *, , , and , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 603, 421 - 428 (2009) | pub id: 26 [DOI] [URL] |
First Measurement of the Neutron $\beta$ Asymmetry with Ultracold Neutrons, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 012301 (2009) | pub id: 24 [DOI] [URL] |
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at TRIUMF-ISAC: the New Frontier of Radioactive Ion Beam Research, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , AIP Conference Proceedings 1109, pages 19-26, 2009 | pub id: 67 [DOI] [URL] |
Line-shape analysis of Doppler-broadened $\gamma$ lines following the $\beta$ decay of $^{11}\mathrm{Li}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 80, 034318 (2009) | pub id: 27 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision test of the isobaric multiplet mass equation for the ${A}=32$, ${T}=2$ quintet, , , , , , , , , , , , *, and , Phys. Rev. C 80, 051302 (2009) | pub id: 28 [DOI] [URL] |
Tensor interaction constraints from $\beta$-decay recoil spin asymmetry of trapped atoms, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 79, 015501 (2009) | pub id: 25 [DOI] [URL] |
2008
$\mathit{ft}$ value of the $0^+\rightarrow0^+$ $\beta^+$ decay of $^{32}\mathrm{Ar}$: A measurement of isospin symmetry breaking in a superallowed decay, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 77, 065503 (2008) | pub id: 21 [DOI] [URL] |
Electron-capture branch of $^{100}\mathrm{Tc}$ and tests of nuclear wave functions for double-$\beta$ decays, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 78, 064317 (2008) | pub id: 22 [DOI] [URL] |
Internal $\gamma$ Decay and the Superallowed Branching Ratio for the $\beta^+$ Emitter $^{38}\mathrm{K}^{m}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 192504 (2008) | pub id: 20 [DOI] [URL] |
2007
$^{3}\mathrm{He}+^{4}\mathrm{He}\rightarrow^7\mathrm{Be}$ astrophysical ${S}$ factor, , , , , *, , and , Phys. Rev. C 76, 055801 (2007) | pub id: 19 [DOI] [URL] |
Measurement of the neutrino asymmetry in the $\beta$ decay of laser-cooled, polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$, *, , , , , , , , , , , and , Physics Letters B 649, 370 - 375 (2007) | pub id: 18 [DOI] [URL] |
Superallowed Beta Decay Studies at TRIUMF -- Nuclear Structure and Fundamental Symmetries, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, Acta Physica Polonica B 38, Zakopane, Poland, pages 1179-1194, 2007 | pub id: 17 [URL] |
2006
Excitation energies in $^{33}\mathrm{Cl}$ via $^{32}\mathrm{S}(p,\gamma)$, , , *, and , Phys. Rev. C 74, 054306 (2006) | pub id: 16 [DOI] [URL] |
Gamma-Ray Transitions In the Decay of the Superallowed Beta Emitter $^{62}\mathrm{Ga}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , and , AIP Conference Proceedings 819, pages 105-109, 2006 | pub id: 68 [DOI] [URL] |
Mass of the lowest ${T}=2$ state in $^{32}\mathrm{S}$: A test of the isobaric multiplet mass equation, , , , , *, , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 73, 054313 (2006) | pub id: 14 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision Branching Ratio Measurement for the Superallowed $\beta^+$ Emitter $^{62}\mathrm{Ga}$ and Isospin-Symmetry-Breaking Corrections in ${A}\ge62$ Nuclei, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 102501 (2006) | pub id: 15 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision Measurement Of The Neutron's Beta Asymmetry Using Ultra-Cold Neutrons, , , * and , AIP Conference Proceedings 842, pages 808, 2006 | pub id: 60 [DOI] [URL] |
2005
High-resolution $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy: a versatile tool for nuclear $\beta$-decay studies at TRIUMF-ISAC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: International Conference on the interface between NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions (NUSTAR 2005), Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 31, pages S1491, IOP Publishing Ltd, 2005 | pub id: 10 [DOI] [URL] |
Precision half-life measurement of $^{62}\mathrm{Ga}$, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: International Conference on the interface between NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions (NUSTAR 2005), Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 31, pages S1885, IOP Publishing Ltd, 2005 | pub id: 11 [DOI] [URL] |
Release of K from catcher foils, *, , , , , , , , , and , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 538, 93 - 99 (2005) | pub id: 13 [DOI] [URL] |
Scalar Interaction Limits from the $\beta-\nu$ Correlation of Trapped Radioactive Atoms, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 142501 (2005) | pub id: 8 [DOI] [URL] |
Weak interaction symmetries with atom traps, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , The European Physical Journal A 25, 685-689 (2005) | pub id: 12 [DOI] |
2004
Halo neutrons and the $\beta$ decay of $^{11}\mathrm{Li}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 70, 031302(R) (2004) | pub id: 7 [DOI] [URL] |
2003
Measuring isospin mixing in $^{36}\mathrm{Ar}$ using a polarized, neutral atom trap, *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: 14th International Conference on Electromagnetic Isotope Separators and Techniques Related to their Applications (EMIS14), Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 204, Victoria, BC, Canada, pages 540 - 543, Elsevier Science, 2003 | pub id: 5 [DOI] [URL] |
Novel Search for Heavy $\nu$ Mixing from the $\beta^+$ Decay of $^{38m}\mathrm{K}$ Confined in an Atom Trap, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 012501 (2003) | pub id: 6 [DOI] [URL] |
Polarized radioactive beam at ISAC, , , , , , , , *, , , , , and , in: 14th International Conference on Electromagnetic Isotope Separators and Techniques Related to their Applications, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 204, Victoria, BC, Canada, pages 689 - 693, Elsevier Science, 2003 | pub id: 4 [DOI] [URL] |
2002
Optical pumping at the ISAC polarizer, , , , , , * and , in: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Polarized Sources and Targets, Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Polarized Sources and Targets, Nashville, Indiana, pages 339, World Scientific Publishing, 2002 | pub id: 70 [URL] |
2000
Beta-neutrino correlation experiments on laser trapped $^{38m}\mathrm{K}$, $^{37}\mathrm{K}$, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: 1st Euroconference on Atomic Physics at Accelerators (APAC 99), Hyperfine Interactions 127, pages 373-380, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 | pub id: 3 [DOI] |
1999
Search for scalar contributions to the $^{38m}\mathrm{K}$ $\beta-\nu$ correlation in a magneto-optic trap, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , AIP Conference Proceedings 457, pages 148-154, 1999 | pub id: 71 [DOI] [URL] |
1998
Beta-decay experiments of neutral atoms in a magneto-optical trap, , , , , , *, , , and , in: 3rd Euroconference on Atomic Physics with Stored Highly Charged Ions, Hyperfine Interactions 115, pages 159-164, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998 | pub id: 1 [DOI] |
Efficient transfer in a double magneto-optical trap system, , , , and *, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 15, 2641--2645 (1998) | pub id: 2 [DOI] [URL] |