SECTION I: NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICS

Giant resonance study of ²⁸Si and ²⁴Mg with 240 MeV ⁶Li scattering ...................................... I-1

X. Chen, Y.-W. Lui, H.L. Clark, Y. Tokimoto, and D.H. Youngblood

β-delayed p-decay of proton-rich nucleus ³¹Cl............................................................................. I-9

L. Trache, A. Banu, J. C. Hardy, M. McCleskey, E. Simmons, R. E. Tribble, Y. Zhai

A. Saastamoinen, A. Jokinen, T. Davinson, P.J. Woods, L. Achouri, and B. Roeder

Determination of the ANC and spectroscopic factor for ¹⁵C from neutron transfer

reactions ¹⁴C(d,p)¹⁵C and ¹³C(¹⁴C,¹⁵C)¹²C.................................................................................. I-12

M. McCleskey, A. M. Mukhamedzhanov, R. E. Tribble, L. Trache, E. Simmons,

A. Banu, V. Goldberg, X. F. Chen, and Y. -W. Lui

Correlated two-proton decay from ¹⁰C^*.................................................................................... I-14

K. Mercurio, R. J. Charity, R. Shane, L. G. Sobotka, J. M. Elson, M. Famiano, A. Wuosmaa,

A. Banu, C. Fu, L. Trache, R. E. Tribble, and A. M. Mukhamedzhanov

Asymptotic Normalization Coefficient (ANC) of the system ¹³O ® ¹²N + p determined

from a (¹²N,¹³O) proton transfer reaction................................................................................. I-17

A. Banu, T. Al.-Abdullah, V. Burjan, F. Carstoiu, C. Fu, C. A. Gagliardi, M. McCleskey,

G. Tabacaru, L. Trache, R. E. Tribble, and Y. Zhai

The ⁶Li (0⁺, T=1) decay of the ¹⁰B states populated in the resonance ⁹Be+p interaction ......... I-20

G. V. Rogachev, V. Z. Goldberg, J. C. Hardy, R. E. Tribble, L. E. Miller,

E. D. Johnson, S. Cherubini, M. Gulino, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, R. G. Pizzone,

S. M. R. Puglia, G. G. Rapisarda, S. Romano, M. L. Sergi, C. Spitaleri,

W. H. Trzaska, and A. Tumino

Superallowed beta decay............................................................................................................ I-24

J. C. Hardy, I. S. Towner, V. E. Iacob, N. Nica, V. Golovko, H. I. Park, J. Goodwin,

L. Trache, and R. E. Tribble

The half Life of ¹⁰C .................................................................................................................... I-28

V. E. Iacob, J. C. Hardy, V. V. Golovko, J. Goodwin, N. Nica, H. I. Park, L. Trache and

R. E. Tribble

Improved β branching ratios in ³⁴Ar......................................................................................... I-29

V. E. Iacob, J. C. Hardy and V. V. Golovko

High precision half-life measurement of ³⁸Ca........................................................................... I-30

H. I. Park, J. C. Hardy, V. V. Golovko, V. E. Iacob, N. Nica, A. Banu, L. Trache,

R. E. Tribble, and Y. Zhai

JYFLTRAP : Q_EC-values of the superallowed decays of ⁵⁰Mn and ⁵⁴Co ................................ I-31

J. C. Hardy

The half-life of ⁹⁷Ru: A test for temperature dependence in electron-capture decay .............. I-33

J. R. Goodwin, V. V. Golovko, V. E. Iacob, and J. C. Hardy

The half-life of ¹⁹⁸Au: high-precision measurement shows no temperature dependence......... I-35

J. R. Goodwin, V. V. Golovko, V. E. Iacob and J. C. Hardy

Tests of internal-conversion theory with precise γ- and x-ray spectroscopy:

the ¹⁹⁷Pt^m case............................................................................................................................. I-37

N. Nica, C. Balonek, J. C. Hardy, M. Hernberg, V. E. Iacob, J. Goodwin, and

M. B. Trzhaskovskaya

United States nuclear data program evaluated nuclear structure data file (ENSDF)

at Texas A&M............................................................................................................................ I-39

N. Nica and J.C. Hardy

The UCN-A experiment: measuring the β asymmetry using ultra-cold neutrons.................. I-41

D. Melconian for the UCNA collaboration

ft value of the superallowed β-delayed proton decay of ³²Ar.................................................... I-43

D. Melconian, E. G. Adelberger, M. Bhattacharya, A. García and S. Triambak

¹⁰⁰Tc electron capture branching ratio ..................................................................................... I-45

D. Melconian, S.K.L. Sjue, I. Ahmad, A. Algora, J. Äystö, K.S. Dryckx, T. Eronen,

A. García, S.A. Hoedl, A. Jokinen, I.D. Moore, H. Penttilä, S. Rahaman, J. Saastamoinen,

H.E. Swanson, S. Triambak and C. Weber

Spin and low-x physics with STAR at RHIC..……………………………………………..I-47

J. L. Drachenberg, C. A. Gagliardi, L. Huo, M. Sarsour, R. E. Tribble,

and the STAR Collaboration

TWIST: measuring the space-time structure of muon decay …………………...……....I-50

C. A. Gagliardi, R. E. Tribble, and the TWIST Collaboration

Toward understanding relativistic heavy-ion collisions with the STAR detector at RHIC…...…..I-51

M. Cervantes, R. Clarke, M. Codrington, A. Hamed, S. Mioduszewski,

and the STAR Collaboration