Loveland, Walter D.

Education: SB, MIT (1961); PhD, University of Washington (1966); Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory (1966-68)Sigma Xi Award for Research; F.A. Gilfillan Award for Research

Research group web site:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nchem/

Affiliations: Radiation Center

Research Interests

The long term goals of our nuclear chemistry research group are to search for new phenomena at the limits of nuclear stability, to study the dynamics and thermodynamics of colliding nuclei and to apply nuclear techniques to the study of environmental and/or biomedical problems. In support of these goals, we are pursuing, or have recently pursued, the following research: the study of fusion enhancement with neutron-rich radioactive projectiles (in reactions that are relevant for the synthesis of new heavy nuclei), the study of fusion enhancement with halo nuclei, and the study of "hot fusion" path to the heaviest nuclei and why it works.

Representative Publications

• Modern Nuclear Chemistry, (Wiley, New York, 2006) 671 pages.
• Attempt to confirm superheavy element production in the ⁴⁸Ca + ²³⁸U reaction, Phys. Rev. C 72, 014605 (2005).
• Fusion studies with RIBs, Eur. Phys. J A 25, Suppl 1, 233 (2005).
• Angular distribution in multifragmentation, Phys. Rev. C 73, 047602 (2006).