Dr. Kathrin Wimmer
| Name: | Kathrin Wimmer |
| Phone: | +49-6159-71-2550 |
| Room: | SB3.4147 |
| Address: | GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt |
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Curriculum Vitae
Employment
| 2021 - | Researcher, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Germany |
| 2019 - 2021 | Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain |
| 2014 - 2019 | Lecturer, Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 - 2014 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, USA Adjunct Assistant Professor, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA |
| 2010 - 2012 | Research Associate, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA |
| 2007 - 2010 | Research Assistant, Technische Universität München, Germany |
Education
| 2023 | Habilitation, Universität Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2010 | Ph.D. Physics, Technische Universität München, Germany |
| 2007 | Diploma in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany |
Committees
| 2022 - 2025 | JYFL Program Advisory Committee, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 2021 - 2023 | ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight Experiments Committee (INTC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2020 - 2022 | ILL Subcommittee 3 "Nuclear and Particle Physics" |
| 2017 - 2020 | RIBF User Executive Committee (vice-chair 2017, 2020, chair 2018 - 2020) |
Collaborations
| Project manager and spokesperson HiCARI "High resolution Cluster Array at the RIBF" |
| AGATA local campaign manager FAIR |
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Selected Publications
A first glimpse at the shell structure beyond 54Ca: Spectroscopy of 55K, 55Ca, and 57CaT. Koiwai, K. Wimmer, P. Doornenbal, A. Obertelli, C. Barbieri, T. Duguet, J.D. Holt, T. Miyagi, P. Navrátil, K. Ogata, N. Shimizu, V. Somà, Y. Utsuno, K. Yoshida, N.L. Achouri, H. Baba, F. Browne, D. Calvet, F. Château, S. Chen, N. Chiga, A. Corsi, M.L. Cortés, A. Delbart, J.-M. Gheller, A. Giganon, A. Gillibert, C. Hilaire, T. Isobe, T. Kobayashi, Y. Kubota, V. Lapoux, H.N. Liu, T. Motobayashi, I. Murray, H. Otsu, V. Panin, N. Paul, W. Rodriguez, H. Sakurai, M. Sasano, D. Steppenbeck, L. Stuhl, Y.L. Sun, Y. Togano, T. Uesaka, K. Yoneda, O. Aktas, T. Aumann, L.X. Chung, F. Flavigny, S. Franchoo, I. Gasparic, R.-B. Gerst, J. Gibelin, K.I. Hahn, D. Kim, Y. Kondo, P. Koseoglou, J. Lee, C. Lehr, B.D. Linh, T. Lokotko, M. MacCormick, K. Moschner, T. Nakamura, S.Y. Park, D. Rossi, E. Sahin, P.-A. Söderström, D. Sohler, S. Takeuchi, H. Toernqvist, V. Vaquero, V. Wagner, S. Wang, V. Werner, X. Xu, H. Yamada, D. Yan, Z. Yang, M. Yasuda and L. Zanetti
Physics Letters B 827 (2022) 136953
part of the PhD thesis of T. Koiwai, The University of Tokyo 2022
Coexisting normal and intruder configurations in 32Mg
N. Kitamura, K. Wimmer, A. Poves, N. Shimizu, J.A. Tostevin, V.M. Bader, C. Bancroft, D. Barofsky, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, J.S. Berryman, V. Bildstein, A. Gade, N. Imai, T. Kröll, C. Langer, J. Lloyd, E. Lunderberg, F. Nowacki, G. Perdikakis, F. Recchia, T. Redpath, S. Saenz, D. Smalley, S.R. Stroberg, Y. Utsuno, D. Weisshaar and A. Westerberg
Physics Letters B 822 (2021) 136682
part of the PhD thesis of N. Kitamura, The University of Tokyo 2021
Shape Changes in the Mirror Nuclei 70Kr and 70Se
K. Wimmer, W. Korten, P. Doornenbal, T. Arici, P. Aguilera, A. Algora, T. Ando, H. Baba, B. Blank, A. Boso, S. Chen, A. Corsi, P. Davies, G. de Angelis, G. de France, J.-P. Delaroche, D. T. Doherty, J. Gerl, R. Gernhäuser, M. Girod, D. Jenkins, S. Koyama, T. Motobayashi, S. Nagamine, M. Niikura, A. Obertelli, J. Libert, D. Lubos, T. R. Rodríguez, B. Rubio, E. Sahin, T. Y. Saito, H. Sakurai, L. Sinclair, D. Steppenbeck, R. Taniuchi, R. Wadsworth, and M. Zielinska
Physical Review Letters 126 (2021) 072501
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Shell structure of 43S and collapse of the N = 28 shell closure
S. Momiyama, K. Wimmer, D. Bazin, J. Belarge, P. Bender, B. Elman, A. Gade, K.W. Kemper, N. Kitamura, B. Longfellow, E. Lunderberg, M. Niikura, S. Ota, P. Schrock, J. A. Tostevin, and D. Weisshaar
Physical Review C 102 (2020) 034325
part of the PhD thesis of S. Momiyama, The University of Tokyo 2019
Discovery of 68Br in secondary reactions of radioactive beams
K. Wimmer, P. Doornenbal, W. Korten, T. Arici, P. Aguilera, A. Algora, T. Ando, H. Baba, B. Blank, A. Boso, S. Chen, A. Corsi, P. Davies, G. de Angelis, G. de France, D. T. Doherty, J. Gerl, R. Gernhäuser, D. Jenkins, S. Koyama, T. Motobayashi, S. Nagamine, M. Niikura, A. Obertelli, D. Lubos, B. Rubio, E. Sahin, T. Y. Saito, H. Sakurai, L. Sinclair, D. Steppenbeck, R. Taniuchi, R. Wadsworth, and M. Zielinska
Physics Letters B 795 (2019) 266
First spectroscopy of 61Ti and the transition to the Island of Inversion at N = 40
K. Wimmer, F. Recchia, S.M. Lenzi, S. Riccetto, T. Davinson, A. Estrade, C.J. Griffin, S. Nishimura, F. Nowacki, V. Phong, A. Poves, P.-A. Söderström, O. Aktas, M. Al-Aqeel, T.,o, H. Baba, S. Bae, S. Choi, P. Doornenbal, J. Ha, L. Harkness-Brennan, T. Isobe, P.R. John, D. Kahl, G. Kiss, I. Kojouharov, N. Kurz, M. Labiche, K. Matsui, S. Momiyama, D.R. Napoli, M. Niikura, C. Nita, Y. Saito, H. Sakurai, H. Schaffner, P. Schrock, C. Stahl, T. Sumikama, V. Werner, W. Witt, P.J. Woods
Physics Letters B 792 (2019) 16
Shape coexistence and isospin symmetry in A = 70 nuclei: Spectroscopy of the Tz=-1 nucleus 70Kr
K. Wimmer, W. Korten, T. Arici, P. Doornenbal, P. Aguilera, A. Algora, T. Ando, H. Baba, B. Blank, A. Boso, S. Chen, A. Corsi, P. Davies, G. de Angelis, G. de France, D. T. Doherty, J. Gerl, R. Gernhäuser, D. Jenkins, S. Koyama, T. Motobayashi, S. Nagamine, M. Niikura, A. Obertelli, D. Lubos, B. Rubio, E. Sahin, T. Y. Saito, H. Sakurai, L. Sinclair, D. Steppenbeck, R. Taniuchi, R. Wadsworth, and M. Zielinska
Physics Letters B 785 (2018) 441
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Recent Talks
Nuclear Structure Physics with Swift Radioactive Beams
IOP UK Nuclear Physics Conference 2023, April 4 - 6 York, UK
LISA: LIfetime measurements with Solid Active targets
86. Annual Meeting of DPG and DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting) of the Matter and Cosmos Section, March 20 - 24 2023, Dresden, Germany
Nuclear Structure Physics with Swift Radioactive Beams
Department of Astronomy and Physics Colloquium, Saint Mary's University, February 10 2023, Halifax, Canada (virtual)
Symmetry and collectivity of mirror nuclei
Teilchenkolloquium, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, January 31 2023, Heidelberg, Germany
Overview of Nuclear Deformation in Low-Energy Experiments
Intersection of Nuclear Structure and High-Energy Nuclear Collisions INT Program 23-1a, January 23 - February 24 2023, Seattle, USA (virtual)
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Teaching
Invited lectures and summer schools
| Summer 2021 | Interuniversity Master in Nuclear Physics | Spain |
| August 2019 | 20th STFC / 75th SUSSP Summer School of Nuclear Physics | St. Andrews, UK |
| May 2019 | Osaka University intensive lecture week | Osaka University, Japan |
Regular teaching, lectures and seminars
| Summer 2023 | Tutorial: Experimentalphysik IV (Kern- und Teilchenphysik) | University of Heidelberg |
| Summer 2022 | Tutorial: Experimentalphysik IV (Kern- und Teilchenphysik) | University of Heidelberg |
| Fall 2018 | Lecture: Nuclear Physics 2 | The University of Tokyo |
| Fall 2017 | Seminar: Nuclear Astrophysics | The University of Tokyo |
| Fall 2017 | Lecture: Nuclear Physics 2 | The University of Tokyo |
| Spring 2016 | Lecture: Subatomic Physics | The University of Tokyo |
| Spring 2015 | Lecture: Subatomic Physics | The University of Tokyo |
| Spring 2014 | Seminar: Contemporary Physics PHY 685A | Central Michigan University |
| Spring 2014 | Lecture: Modern Concepts in Nuclear and Particle Physics PHY 280A | Central Michigan University |
| Fall 2013 | Lecture: Intermediate Mechanics PHY 322 | Central Michigan University |
| Spring 2013 | Lecture: Nuclear Physics PHY 552 | Central Michigan University |
Completed theses
| Takuma Koiwai | In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich nuclei beyond 54Ca | PhD thesis at The University of Tokyo | 2022 |
| Noritaka Kitamura | Nuclear structure at the border of the island of inversion: in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of 30Mg | PhD thesis at The University of Tokyo | 2021 |
| Jaime Acosta Loza | Line-shape analysis of gamma-ray transitions emitted from relativistic 134Sn nuclei | Master thesis at Universidad Complutense Madrid | 2020 |
| Satoru Momiyama | Collapse of the N = 28 shell closure: single-particle structure of 43S | PhD thesis at The University of Tokyo | 2019 |
| Takuma Koiwai | In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy of 55K and 55Ca via nucleon knockout reactions | Master thesis at The University of Tokyo | 2019 |
| Takashi Ando | Study of isomers in neutron-rich nuclei near N = 40 via gamma-ray spectroscopy | Master thesis at The University of Tokyo | 2017 |
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