CYCLOTRON INSTITUTE logo
D. Melconian
First name(s): D.
Last name(s): Melconian
Email: dmelconian@tamu.edu
Institute: Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University; CENTAUR
URL:http://people.physics.tamu.edu...
This author entry is a synonym of another author entry. Click here to go to the main entry to see any additional publications of this author

Keywords:


Publications of D. Melconian

Authors associated with the Cyclotron Institute are underlined, and those associated with Center of Excellence in Nuclear Training And University-based Research (CENTAUR) have a * next to their name.

2023
Expanding {RIB} capabilities at the Cyclotron Institute: $^3$He-{LIG} production with an isobar separator {LSTAR}, D. Melconian*, G. P. A. Berg, P. D. Shidling, M. Couder, M. Brodeur, G. Chubarian, V. E. Iacob, J. Klimo and G. Tabacaru, 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, W. Byron, H. Harrington, R. J. Taylor, W. DeGraw, N. Buzinsky, B. Dodson, M. Fertl, A. García, G. Garvey, B. Graner, M. Guigue, L. Hayen, X. Huyan, K. S. Khaw, K. Knutsen, D. McClain*, D. Melconian*, P. Müller, E. Novitski, N. S. Oblath, R. G. H. Robertson, G. Rybka, G. Savard, E. Smith, D. D. Stancil, M. Sternberg, D. W. Storm, H. E. Swanson, J. R. Tedeschi, B. A. VanDevender, F. E. Wietfeldt, A. R. Young, characteristic of nuclear β decays. The cyclotron frequency of the radiating β particles in a magnetic field is used to determine the β energy precisely. Our work establishes the foundation to apply the cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy (CRES) tec Zhu, X.} abstract = {We present an apparatus for detection of cyclotron radiation yielding a frequency-based β± kinetic energy determination in the 5 keV to 2.1 MeV range, β+’s from 19Ne decays to demonstrate the broadband response of our detection system and opening its reach to searches for new physics beyond the TeV scale via precision β-decay measurements. assess potential systematic uncertainties for β spectroscopy over the full (MeV) energy range. To our knowledge, this is the first direct observation of cyclotron radiation from individual highly relativistic β’s in a waveguide. This work establishes the application of CRES to a variety of nuclei, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 082502 (2023) pub id: 1333 [DOI] [URL]
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
2015
Status of the TAMUTRAP facility and initial characterization of the RFQ cooler/buncher, M. Mehlman, P. D. Shidling, R. Burch, E. Bennett, B. Fenker and D. Melconian*, 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
Progress towards precision measurements of $\beta$-decay correlation parameters using atom and ion traps, D. Melconian*, R. S. Behling, B. Fenker, M. Mehlman, P. D. Shidling, M. Anholm, D. Ashery, J. A. Behr, A. Gorelov, G. Gwinner, K. Olchanski and S. Smale, 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, J. A. Behr, A. Gorelov, K. P. Jackson, M. R. Pearson, M. Anholm, T. Kong, R. S. Behling, B. Fenker, D. Melconian*, D. Ashery and G. Gwinner, 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, S. Aubin, J. A. Behr, R. Collister, V. V. Flambaum, E. Gomez, G. Gwinner, K. P. Jackson, D. Melconian*, L. A. Orozco, M. R. Pearson, D. Sheng, G. D. Sprouse, M. Tandecki, J. Zhang and Y. Zhao, 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, M. Mehlman, P. D. Shidling, R. S. Behling, L. G. Clark, B. Fenker and D. Melconian*, 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, D. Melconian*, 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]
The Francium facility at TRIUMF, S. Aubin, J. A. Behr, G. Chen, R. Collister, V. V. Flambaum, E. Gomez, G. Gwinner, K. P. Jackson, D. Melconian*, L. A. Orozco, M. R. Pearson, M. C. Ruiz, D. Sheng, Y. H. Shin, G. D. Sprouse, M. Tandecki, J. Zhang and Y. Zhao, 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
Precise life-time measurement of the ${T}= 1/2$ mirror $\beta$ transitions, P. D. Shidling, D. Melconian*, R. S. Behling, M. Mehlman and B. Fenker, 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, P. D. Shidling, M. Mehlman, D. Melconian*, R. S. Behling and B. Fenker, 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, S. Aubin, E. Gomez, J. A. Behr, M. R. Pearson, D. Sheng, J. Zhang, R. Collister, D. Melconian*, V. V. Flambaum, G. D. Sprouse, L. A. Orozco and G. Gwinner, in: 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 11), AIP Conference Proceedings 1441, pages 555-557, AIP Proceedings, 2012 pub id: 54 [DOI]
2011
The $\beta^+$ decay of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ as a multi-faceted probe of fundamental physics, D. Melconian*, R. S. Behling, J. A. Behr, D. Ashery, A. Gorelov, K. P. Jackson, T. Kong, M. Mehlman, M. R. Pearson and P. D. Shidling, 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
2009
$\beta$ decay correlation studies using very cold, highly polarized sources, D. Melconian*, 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, A. L. Sallaska, S. A. Hoedl, A. García, D. Melconian*, A. R. Young, P. Geltenbort, S. K. L. Sjue and A. T. Holley, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 603, 421 - 428 (2009) pub id: 26 [DOI] [URL]
2008
2007
2006
2005
Precision half-life measurement of $^{62}\mathrm{Ga}$, B. Hyland, D. Melconian*, G. C. Ball, J. R. Leslie, C. E. Svensson, P. G. Bricault, E. S. Cunningham, M. Dombsky, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, K. A. Koopmans, F. Sarazin, M. A. Schumaker, H. C. Scraggs, M. B. Smith and P. M. Walker, 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, D. Melconian*, M. Trinczek, A. Gorelov, W. P. Alford, J. A. Behr, J. M. D’Auria, M. Dombsky, U. Giesen, K. P. Jackson, T. B. Swanson and W. Wong, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 538, 93 - 99 (2005) pub id: 13 [DOI] [URL]
2004
2003
Measuring isospin mixing in $^{36}\mathrm{Ar}$ using a polarized, neutral atom trap, D. Melconian*, D. Ashery, G. C. Ball, J. A. Behr, P. G. Bricault, B. A. Brown, M. Dombsky, K. P. Jackson, S. Fostner, A. Gorelov, M. N. Groves, S. Gu, M. R. Pearson, I. S. Towner, M. Trinczek and I. Vollrath, 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]
Polarized radioactive beam at ISAC, C. D. P. Levy, A. Hatakeyama, Y. Hirayama, R. F. Kiefl, R. Baartman, J. A. Behr, H. Izumi, D. Melconian*, G. D. Morris, R. Nussbaumer, M. Olivo, M. R. Pearson, R. Poutissou and G. W. Wight, 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, A. Hatakeyama, Y. Hirayama, J. A. Behr, H. Izumi, C. D. P. Levy, D. Melconian* and T. Shimoda, 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
1999
1998
Beta-decay experiments of neutral atoms in a magneto-optical trap, J. Dilling, J. A. Behr, A. Gorelov, T. B. Swanson, O. Häusser, D. Melconian*, K. P. Jackson, M. Trinczek, U. Giesen and J. M. D’Auria, 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, T. B. Swanson, D. Asgeirsson, J. A. Behr, A. Gorelov and D. Melconian*, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 15, 2641--2645 (1998) pub id: 2 [DOI] [URL]