Dr Edward Simpson
MPhys (Fist Class Honours, Surrey), PhD (Surrey)
Fellow
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Nuclear Physics 510601
Research interests
- Nuclear fusion
- Nuclear structure
- Radiation effects in space
- Proton and hadron beam cancer therapy
- Astrophysics
Biography
Ed Simpson is a physicist at the Australian National University researching nuclear reactions and their applications. He completed his PhD in nuclear theory at the University of Surrey in 2009, and has since held research positions at the University of Surrey, the University of York, and the Australian National University.
He has won two ARC Discovery Project Grants (total awarded $1,153,500) and computer time from the National Computational Infrastructure (176,000 CPU hours). He was winner of the inaugural UK Institute of Physics Nuclear Physics Group Prize (2010), recipient of a Young Tall Poppies Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (2018), received an award from the Director of the Research School of Physics for Contributions to the Promotion of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (2018), and was nominated for a College of Science Award for Excellence in Supervision (2019).
Publications
- Tanaka, T, Hinde, D, Dasgupta, M et al. 2021, 'Mass Equilibration and Fluctuations in the Angular Momentum Dependent Dynamics of Heavy Element Synthesis Reactions', Physical Review Letters, vol. 127, no. 22.
- Banerjee, K, Hinde, D, Dasgupta, M et al. 2021, 'Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)', Physics Letters B, vol. 820, pp. 1-7.
- Hinde, D, Dasgupta, M & Simpson, E 2021, 'Experimental studies of the competition between fusion and quasifission in the formation of heavy and superheavy nuclei', Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, vol. 118.
- Yajzey, R, Bentley, M, Simpson, E et al. 2021, 'Spectroscopy of the T = 2 mirror nuclei 48Fe/48Ti using mirrored knockout reactions', Physics Letters B, vol. 823, pp. 1-8.
- Jeung, D, Hinde, D, Williams, E et al. 2021, 'Energy dissipation and suppression of capture cross sections in heavy ion reactions', Physical Review C, vol. 103, no. 034603.
- Brunet, M, Podolyak, Z, Berry, T et al. 2021, 'Competition between allowed and first-forbidden beta decays of At-208 and expansion of the Po-208 level scheme', Physical Review C, vol. 103, no. 5.
- Albers, H, Khuyagbaatar, J, Hinde, D et al. 2020, 'Zeptosecond contact times for element Z=120 synthesis', Physics Letters B, vol. 808, pp. 1-6.
- Banerjee, T, Hinde, D, Jeung, D et al. 2020, 'Systematic evidence for quasifission in 9Be-, 12C-, and 16O-induced reactions forming 258, 260No', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 1-22.
- Eriksen, T, Kibedi, T, Reed, M et al. 2020, 'Improved precision on the experimental E0 decay branching ratio of the Hoyle state', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 1-11.
- Berry, T, Podolyak, Z, Carroll, R et al. 2020, 'Octupole states in 207TI studied through β decay', Physical Review C, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 1-12.
- Arce, P, Bolst, D, Bordage, M et al. 2020, 'Report on G4�Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group', Journal of Medical Physics, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 19-56.
- Sakata, D, Guatelli, S & Simpson, E 2020, 'Improved integrated nucleus-nucleus inelastic cross sections for light nuclides in Geant4', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 463, pp. 27-29.
- Simpson, E 2020, 'The 3D Nuclide Chart', 27th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2019), IOP Publishing (UK), UK, pp. 1-6.
- Shaharuddin, S, Stuchbery, J, Simpson, E et al. 2020, 'External beam for the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility', Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium (HIAS 2019), ed. Mitchell, A. J. et al., EPJ Web of Conferences , Australia.
- Cook, K, Simpson, E, Bezzina, L et al. 2019, 'Origins of Incomplete Fusion Products and the Suppression of Complete Fusion in Reactions of Li 7', Physical Review Letters, vol. 122, no. 10, pp. 1-6.
- Banerjee, K, Hinde, D, Dasgupta, M et al. 2019, 'Mechanisms Suppressing Superheavy Element Yields in Cold Fusion Reactions', Physical Review Letters, vol. 122, no. 23, pp. 1-6.
- Berry, T, Podolyak, Z, Carroll, R et al. 2019, 'Investigation of the Δn=0 selection rule in Gamow-Teller transitions: The β-decay of 207 Hg', Physics Letters B, vol. 793, pp. 271-275.
- Hinde, D, Jeung, D, Prasad, E et al. 2018, 'Sub-barrier quasifission in heavy element formation reactions with deformed actinide target nuclei', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 1-17.
- Wakhle, A, Hammerton, K, Kohley, Z et al. 2018, 'Capture cross sections for the synthesis of new heavy nuclei using radioactive beams', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 1-5.
- Mohanto, G, Hinde, D, Banerjee, K et al. 2018, 'Interplay of spherical closed shells and N/Z asymmetry in quasifission dynamics', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 1-10.
- Khuyagbaatar, J, David, H, Hinde, D et al. 2018, 'Nuclear structure dependence of fusion hindrance in heavy element synthesis', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 1-7.
- Lalović, N, Rudolph, D, Podolyak, Z et al. 2018, 'Study of isomeric states in Pb-198,Pb-200,Pb-202,Pb-206 and Hg-206 populated in fragmentation reactions', Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1-27pp.
- Cook, K, Carter, I, Simpson, E et al. 2018, 'Interplay of charge clustering and weak binding in reactions of 8Li', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 1-5.
- Morjean, M, Hinde, D, Simenel, C et al. 2017, 'Evidence for the Role of Proton Shell Closure in Quasifission Reactions from X-Ray Fluorescence of Mass-Identified Fragments', Physical Review Letters, vol. 119, no. 22, pp. 1-6.
- Bezzina, L, Simpson, E, Carter, I et al. 2017, 'Determination of Precision Fusion Cross Sections Using a High Efficiency Superconducting Solenoidal Separator', FUSION17, ed. E Simpson, I Carter, K Cook & C Simenel, EDP Sciences, France, pp. 1-5.
- Diget, C, Pastore, A, Leech, K et al. 2017, 'Binding blocks: building the Universe one nucleus at a time', Physics Education, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 1-7pp.
- Simpson, E 2016, 'Production of the PET isotope C-11 in hadron therapy via neutron knockout', Physica Medica, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 1813-1818pp.
- Simpson, E, Cook, K, Luong, D et al. 2016, 'Disintegration locations in Li-7 -> Be-8 transfer-triggered breakup at near-barrier energies', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 024605 /1-9.
- Milne, S, Lemasson, A, Simpson, E et al. 2016, 'Mirrored one-nucleon knockout reactions to the T-z = +/- 3/2 A=53 mirror nuclei', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 1-10.
- Vo-Phuoc, K, Simenel, C & Simpson, E 2016, 'Dynamical effects in fusion with exotic nuclei', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. -.
- Milne, S, Bentley, M, Simpson, E et al. 2016, 'Isospin Symmetry at High Spin Studied via Nucleon Knockout from Isomeric States', Physical Review Letters, vol. 117, no. 8, pp. -.
- Rafferty, D, Dasgupta, M, Hinde, D et al. 2016, 'Multinucleon transfer in 16,18O, 19F + 208Pb reactions at energies near the fusion barrier', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 024607 (1-14pp).
- Cook, K, Dasgupta, M, Hinde, D et al. 2016, 'Importance of lifetime effects in breakup and suppression of complete fusion in reactions of weakly bound nuclei', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 1-15.
- Kalkal, S, Simpson, E, Luong, D et al 2016, 'Asymptotic and near-target direct breakup of 6Li and7Li', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 93, p. 044605
- Henry, T, Bentley, M, Clark, R et al. 2015, 'Triplet energy differences and the low lying structure of Ga-62', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 92, no. 2.
- Nichols, A, Wadsworth, R, Iwasaki, H et al. 2014, 'Collectivity in A∼70 nuclei studied via lifetime measurements in 70Br and 68,70Se', Physics Letters B, vol. 733, pp. 52-57.
- Chen, L, Walker, P, Geissel, H et al. 2013, 'Direct Observation of Long-Lived Isomers in 212Bi', Physical Review Letters, vol. 110, no. 12, pp. 1-5.
- Alharbi, T, Regan, P, Mason, P et al. 2013, 'Electromagnetic transition rates in the Î? = 80 nucleus 138/58Ce', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
- Bowry, M, Podolyak, Z, Pietri, S et al. 2013, 'Population of high-spin isomeric states following fragmentation of 238U', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 88, no. 2, pp. 1-11.
- Bunce, M, Regan, P, Werner, C et al. 2013, 'High-spin study of the shell model nucleus 88Y49', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 1-8.
- Davies, P, Bentley, M, Henry, T et al. 2013, 'Mirror Energy Differences at Large Isospin Studied through Direct Two-Nucleon Knockout', Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, no. 7, pp. 1-5.
- Tostevin, J, Brown, B & Simpson, E 2013, 'Two-proton removal from 44S and the structure of 42Si', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 1-4.
- Simpson, E, Navratil, P, Roth, R et al. 2012, 'Microscopic two-nucleon overlaps and knockout reactions from 12C', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 1-10.
- Kobayashi, N, Nakamura, T, Tostevin, J et al. 2012, 'One- and two-neutron removal reactions from the most neutron-rich carbon isotopes', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 1-11.
- Mason, P, Alharbi, T, Regan, P et al. 2012, 'Half-life of the IÎ = 4- intruder state in 34P: M2 transition strengths approaching the island of inversion', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 1-6.
- Mason, P, Alharbi, T, Regan, P et al. 2012, 'Half-life of the IÎ = 4- Intruder State in 34P Using LaBr3:Ce Fast Timing', Rutherford Centennial Conference on Nuclear Physics, IOP Publishing, United Kingdom.
- Simpson, E & Tostevin, J 2012, 'Projectile deformation effects on single-nucleon removal reactions', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 1-18.
- Wimmer, K, Bazin, D, Gade, A et al. 2012, 'Correlations in Intermediate Energy Two-Proton Removal Reactions', Physical Review Letters, vol. 109, no. 20, pp. 1-5.
- Adelberger, E, Garcia, A, Hamish Robertson, R et al. 2011, 'Solar fusion cross sections. II. The pp chain and CNO cycles', Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 195-245.
- Simpson, E & Tostevin, J 2011, 'Two-nucleon correlation effects in knockout reactions from 12C', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 1-9.
- Santiago-Gonzalez, D, Wiedenhover, I, Abramkina, V et al. 2011, 'Triple configuration coexistence in 44S', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 83, no. 6, pp. 1-7.
- Simpson, E & Tostevin, J 2010, 'Correlations probed in direct two-nucleon removal reactions', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 1-13.
- Costantini, H, de Boer, R, Azuma, R et al. 2010, '16O(α,γ)20Ne S factor: Measurements and R-matrix analysis', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 1-11.
- Simpson, E, Tostevin, J, Podolyak, Z et al. 2010, 'Differential isomeric ratios following two-proton knockout from 208Pb', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 1-3.
- Azuma, R, Uberseder, E, Simpson, E et al. 2010, 'AZURE: An R-matrix code for nuclear astrophysics', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 1-17.
- Simpson, E, Tostevin, J, Bazin, D et al. 2009, 'Longitudinal momentum distributions of the reaction residues following fast two-nucleon knockout reactions', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 79, no. 064621, pp. 1-13.
- Simpson, E, Tostevin, J, Bazin, D et al. 2009, 'Two-Nucleon Knockout Spectroscopy at the Limits of Nuclear Stability', Physical Review Letters, vol. 102, no. 132502, pp. 1-4.
- Simpson, E, Tostevin, J, Podolyak, Z et al. 2009, 'Population of low-seniority isomeric states of 206Hg by two-proton knockout reactions at relativistic energies', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 80, no. 6.
- Simpson, E & Tostevin, J 2009, 'One- and two-neutron removal from the neutron-rich carbon isotopes', Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, vol. 79, no. 024616, pp. 1-10.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Quantum thermalisation: A new framework for nuclear collisions (Secondary Investigator)
- Cluster Dynamics in Nuclear Fusion (Primary Investigator)
- Ian Potter Conference Grant for FUSION17 (Secondary Investigator)
