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Paul Gueye<br />
Associate Professor of Physics<br />
Keywords: Neutron Dripline, Nuclear Structure, MoNA-LISA Weakly-Bound<br />
Nuclear Systems.<br />
Experimental Nuclear Physics<br />
About<br />
• MS, Physics, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal,<br />
1990<br />
• PhD, Physics, Université Clermont-Ferrand II, France,<br />
1994<br />
• Joined the laboratory in September 2018<br />
• gueye@frib.msu.edu<br />
Research<br />
The nucleus of the simplest atom (hydrogen) is composed<br />
of a single proton. With the addition of one neutron, a<br />
heavier hydrogen (deuteron) atom can be formed but<br />
this is also when nucleon-nucleon interactions start to<br />
occur inside nuclei. How does nature went from hydrogen<br />
to heavier elements? What happens when many more<br />
nucleons are packed into a small pace? Are any of these<br />
exotic nuclei better for imaging or therapy applications?<br />
These and many more questions are vital to our<br />
understanding of the universe and contribution to society.<br />
My research is in experimental nuclear physics with a<br />
focus on neutron-rich isotopes along the neutron dripline.<br />
I am a member of the MoNA Collaboration that studies<br />
these unique systems using the MoNA-LISA modular<br />
neutron detector and a 4 Tm large gap superconducting<br />
sweeper magnet. The Collaboration recently built a Si-<br />
CsI telescope to enable a complementary sweeperless<br />
experimental scientific program.<br />
Biography<br />
Prof. Paul Guèye received his BS and MS in Physics<br />
and Chemistry from the University Cheikh Anta Diop<br />
(Senegal). He obtained his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics<br />
from the University of Clermont-Ferrand II (France)<br />
on electron/positron scattering off carbon and lead.<br />
He was then a postdoc with the nuclear physics group<br />
of Hampton University on the first the strange quark<br />
experiment at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator<br />
Facility (Virginia). He joined the MoNA Collaboration in<br />
2013 to study rare isotopes at the Facility for Rare Isotope<br />
Beams/National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory<br />
(Michigan). He chaired the HU Physics Department in<br />
2015-2018 and joined MSU in the Fall 2018. Scientific<br />
discoveries require a diverse pool of students, each with<br />
their unique talents and abilities. My group is reflective of<br />
my passion to provide exciting opportunities for students<br />
from multi-disciplinary background interested in gaining<br />
some knowledge and contributing to basic and applied<br />
nuclear physics fields.<br />
How Students can Contribute as Part<br />
of my Research Team<br />
I am utilizing my expertise from high energy electron<br />
scattering to enhance our existing research thrusts through<br />
the development of a highly segmented gas electron<br />
multiplier-based active target that will house several<br />
thin (250-500 mm) targets, a next generation neutron<br />
detector to provide unprecedented position (100s mm)<br />
and timing (tens of ps) resolution, a GEANT4 Monte Carlo<br />
simulation general framework for <strong>FRIB</strong>, and a polarized<br />
target to enable spin dependent observables for rare<br />
isotope research. I am also developing a compact polarized<br />
electron/positron linac for lepton scattering experiments<br />
off rare isotopes.<br />
Selected Publications<br />
D. Votaw et al., Shell inversion in the unbound N = 7<br />
isotones, Phys. Rev., C102, 014325 (<strong>202</strong>0)<br />
T. Redpath et al., New Segmented Target for Studies of<br />
Neutron Unbound Systems, Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. Res.,<br />
A977, 164284 (<strong>202</strong>0)<br />
P. Guèye et al., Dispersive Corrections to the Born<br />
Approximation in Elastic Electron-Nucleus Scattering in<br />
the Intermediate Energy Regime, Eur. Phys. Jour. A56:126<br />
(<strong>202</strong>0)<br />
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