Curriculum Vitae Mark A. Riley

Curriculum Vitae

Mark A. Riley

August 10, 2015

General Information

University address: Department of Physics

College of Arts and Sciences

Keen Building 0214

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4350

Phone: 850-644-2667; Fax: 850-644-8630

E-mail address: [email protected]

Web site: http://www.physics.fsu.edu/faculty/RileyMark.htm

Professional Preparation

1985 Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Liverpool, UK. Major: Nuclear

Physics.

1981 Bachelor of Science, The University of Liverpool, UK. Major: Physics.

Honors, First Class.

Professional Experience

2007–present Chair, Department of Physics, Florida State University.

2001–present Raymond K. Sheline Professor, Department of Physics, Florida State

University.

2003–2007 Associate Chair, Department of Physics, Florida State University.

1996–2001 Professor, Department of Physics, Florida State University.

1994–1996 Associate Professor, Physics, Florida State University.

1991–1994 Assistant Professor, Physics, Florida State University.

1989–1990 Advanced Fellow, Physics, University of Liverpool, UK.

http://www.physics.fsu.edu/faculty/RileyMark.htm

Vita for Mark A. Riley

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1987–1988 Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of

Tennessee.

1985–1987 Research Associate, Niels Bohr Institute, Unversity of Copenhagen.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Robert O Lawton Distinguished Professor Award, Florida State University (2014).

Distinguished Research Professor Award, Florida State University (2007).

University Teaching Award, Florida State University (2007).

Fellow of the American Physical Society (2000).

University Teaching Award, Florida State University (1999).

Teaching Incentive Program Award, Florida State University (1997).

Leon Association for Science Training, Service to Science Education Award (1995).

Teaching Incentive Program Award, Florida State University (1994).

Young Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (1993).

Fellowship(s)

Science and Engineering Research Council, Advance Fellowship Award (1988–1990).

Royal Society, European Fellowship Award (1985–1987).

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Fellow, American Physical Society

Teaching

Courses Taught

Planets, Stars, and Galaxies (AST1002)

Physics and Technology for Future Presidents Laboratory (PHY1020L)

Colloquium (PHY5920)

Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory (PHY1020-L)

Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory (PHY1020L)

Communication in Physics (PHY3091)

College Physics A (PHY2053-C)

General Physics B (PHY2049-C)

Intermediate Modern Physics (PHY3101)

General Physics B without Laboratory (PHY2049)

General Physics A (PHY2048-C)

General Physics A without Laboratory (PHY2048)


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General Physics Lab (PHY2048-L)

General Physics B Laboratory (PHY2049-L)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Teal, C., graduate. (2009).

Aguilar, A. L., graduate. (2008).

Cluff, W. T., graduate. (2008).

Pipidis, P., graduate. (2006).

Campbell, D. B., graduate. (2004).

Laird, R. E., graduate. (2004).

Brown, T. B., graduate. (1998).

Hartley, D. J., graduate. (1998).

Pfohl, J. S., graduate. (1998).

Villafana, K., doctoral candidate.

Miller, S. L., doctoral candidate.

Barron, J., doctoral candidate.

Doctoral Committee Member

Li, J., graduate. (2011).

Wang, X., graduate. (2010).

Wierschem, K. J., graduate. (2010).

Kirchhoff, J. M., graduate. (2010).

Lee, S. J., graduate. (2008).

Nie, S., graduate. (2008).

Hinners, T. A., graduate. (2008).

Sevim, V., graduate. (2008).

Manandhar, P., graduate. (2007).

Mozzoni, D. T., graduate. (2007).

Guilaran, I. J., graduate. (2004).

Diamond, T. R., doctoral candidate.

Keiper, T., doctoral candidate.

Kemper, J. B., doctoral candidate.

VonMoss, J. M., doctoral candidate.

Master's Committee Chair

Lively, M., graduate. (2000). [(Computer Software Engineer)]

Petters, T., graduate. (1994).

Shick, J., graduate. (1993). [(Adjunct Professor at Thomas University, GA)]


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Research and Original Creative Work

Nuclear structure physics and the techniques of gamma-ray spectroscopy.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Riley, M., & D. J. Hartley, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller, R. V. F. Janssens, E. S. Paul, J. M.

Rees, J. Simpson, L. L. Riedinger, A. D. Ayangeakaa, y M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U.

Garg, P. Hampson, C. R. Hoffman, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. R. Mason, J. T.

Matta, P. J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, D. C. Radford, J. P. Revill, S. Zhu, and I.

Ragnarsson. (2015). Persistence of collective behavior at high spin in the N = 88 nucleus

153Tb. Phys. Rev, C91, 057301.

Riley, M., & J. M. Rees, E. S. Paul, J. Simpson, M. A. Riley, A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P.

Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, U. Garg, P. Hampson, D. J. Hartley, C. R. Hoffman, R. V. F.

Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, P. J. R. Mason, J. Matta, S. L. Miller, P. J. Nolan,

J. Ollier, M. Petri, D. C. Radford, J. P. Revill, X. Wang, S. Zhu, J. Gellanki, and I.

Ragnarsson. (2015). High-spin terminating states in the N = 88 155Ho and 156Er

isotones. Phys. Rev, C91, 054301.

Riley, M. (2014). Observation of γ vibrations and alignments built on non-ground-state

configurations in Dy156. Phys. Rev, C91, 034330.

Riley, M., & D. J. Hartley, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X. Wang, S. Miller,

A. D. Ayangeakaa, M. P. Carpenter, J. J. Carroll, J. Cavey, C. J. Chiara, P. Chowdhury,

U. Garg, S. S. Hota, E. G. Jackson, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, M. Litz, W. C. Ma, J.

Matta, E. S. Paul, E. E. Pedicini, J. Simpson, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu. (2014). High-spin

structure of odd-odd Re172. Phys. Rev, C 90, 017301.

Riley, M., & P. J. R. Mason, J.Simpson, E.S.Paul, M.A. Riley et al. (2014). Spectroscopy of

Hf161 from low to high spin. Phys. Rev, C90, 054331.

Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Riedinger, L. L., Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Miller, S.,

Ayangeakaa, A. D., Bertone, P. F., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Chowdhury, P., Garg,

U., Gurdal, G., Hota, S. S., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Ma, W. C., Matta, J.,

McCutchan, E. A., Mukhopadhyay, S., Pedicini, E. E., Vanhoy, J. R., & Zhu, S. (2013).

Multiple band structures in 169,170Re: Search for the wobbling mode in 169Re, and

residual-interaction analysis of structures in 170Re. Phys. Rev. C, 87, 024315. Retrieved

from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.024315

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.87.024315

Revill, J. P., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Janssens, R. V. F., Ollier, J.,

Boston, A. J., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Hoffman, C. R., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen,

T., Nolan, P. J., Rees, J. M., Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I.

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.024315

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(2013). Quadrupole moments of coexisting collective shapes at high spin in 154Er.

Physics Review C, 88, 031304(R). Retrieved from

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.88.031304?referer=email

Riley, M., & D. J. Hartley, E. E. Pedicini, R. V. F. Janssens, L. L. Riedinger, M. A. Riley, X.

Wang, S. Miller, A. D. Ayangeakaa, P. F. Bertone, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, P.

Chowdhury, U. Garg, G. Gürdal, S. S. Hota, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, W. C. Ma, J.

Matta, E. A. McCutchan,*, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. Zhu. (2013). Possible

deformation evolution in the πi13/2 structure of 171Re. Physical Review, C 88, 044323.

Retrieved from http://prc.aps.org/pdf/PRC/v88/i4/e044323

Hojman, D., Cardona, M. A., Roussière, B., Sauvage, J., Riley, M. A., Tabor, S. L., Hoffman, C.

R., Aguilar, A., Cluff, W. T., Hinners, T., Lagergren, K., Lee, S., Perry, M., Pipidis, A.,

& Tripathi, V. (2012). Band structures and shape coexistence in 187Pt. European Physical

Journal A, 48, 83. doi:10.1140/epja/i2012-12083-8

Hojman, D., Cardona, M., Roussière, B., Sauvage, J., Riley, M., Tabor, S., Hoffman, C., Aguilar,

A., Cluff, W., Hinners, T., Lagergren, K., Lee, S., Perry, M., Pipidis, A., & Tripathi, V.

(2012). Band structures and shape coexistence in 187Pt. The European Physical Journal A

- Hadrons and Nuclei, 48, 1-13. Retrieved from

http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2012-12083-8

Mustafa, M., Ollier, J., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Aguilar, A., Carpenter,

M. P., Darby, I. G., Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T.,

Nolan, P. J., Petri, M., Rees, J. M., Revill, J. P., Rigby, S. V., Teal, C., Thomson, J.,

Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., Carlsson, B. G., Ma, H. L., Mufti, T., & Ragnarsson, I. (2011).

Diverse collective excitations in 159Er up to high spin. Phys. Rev. C, 84, 054320.

Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.054320

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.84.054320

Ollier, J., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Aguilar, A., Carpenter, M. P., Darby,

I. G., Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Nolan, P. J., Petri,

M., Rigby, S. V., Teal, C., Thomson, J., Unsworth, C., & Zhu, S. (2011). High-spin yrast

structure of 159Ho. Phys. Rev. C, 84, 027302. Retrieved from

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.027302 doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.84.027302

Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Riedinger, L. L., Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Aguilar, A.,

Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Chowdhury, P., Darby, I. G., Garg, U., Ijaz, Q. A.,

Kondev, F. G., Lakshmi, S., Lauritsen, T., Ludington, A., Ma, W. C., McCutchan, E. A.,

Mukhopadhyay, S., Pifer, R., Seyfried, E. P., Shirwadkar, U., Stefanescu, I., Tandel, S.

K., Vanhoy, J. R., Zhu, S., & Frauendorf, S. (2011). Rotational structures and the

wobbling mode in 167Ta. Phys. Rev. C, 83, 064307. Retrieved from


Ollier, J., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Aguilar, A., Carpenter, M. P., Darby,

I. G., Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Nolan, P. J., Petri,

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M., Rees, J. M., Rigby, S. V., Teal, C., Thomson, J., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., Kardan, A.,

& Ragnarsson, I. (2011). Structure changes in 160Er from low to ultrahigh spin. Phys. Rev.

C, 83, 044309. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.044309

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.83.044309

Rees, J. M., Paul, E. S., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Boston, H. C., Carpenter,

M. P., Chiara, C. J., Garg, U., Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Judson, D. S., Kondev, F.

G., Lauritsen, T., Lumley, N. M., Matta, J., Nolan, P. J., Ollier, J., Petri, M., Revill, J. P.,

Riedinger, L. L., Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Wang, X., & Zhu, S. (2011). Non-yrast

positive-parity structures in the γ-soft nucleus 156Er. Phys. Rev. C, 83, 044314. Retrieved


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.83.044314

Wang, X., et. al. (2011). Quadrupole moments of collective structures up to spin in 157Er and

158Er: A challenge for understanding triaxiality in nuclei. Physics Letters B, 702(2–3),

127 - 130. Retrieved from

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269311007854

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.007

Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Riedinger, L. L., Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Aguilar, A.,

Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Chowdhury, P., Darby, I. G., Garg, U., Ijaz, Q. A.,

Kondev, F. G., Lakshmi, S., Lauritsen, T., Ma, W. C., McCutchan, E. A.,

Mukhopadhyay, S., Seyfried, E. P., Shirwadkar, U., Stefanescu, I., Tandel, S. K.,

Vanhoy, J. R., & Zhu, S. (2010). Band crossings in 166Ta. Phys. Rev. C, 82, 057302.


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.82.057302

Mukherjee, G., Chowdhury, P., Kondev, F. G., Walker, P. M., Dracoulis, G. D., D'Alarcao, R.,

Shestakova, I., Abu Saleem, K., Ahmad, I., Carpenter, M. P., Heinz, A., Janssens, R. V.

F., Khoo, T. L., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C. J., Seweryniak, D., Wiedenhoever, I., Cullen, D.

M., Wheldon, C., Balabanski, D. L., Danchev, M., Goon, T. M., Hartley, D. J., Riedinger,

L. L., Zeidan, O., Riley, M. A., Kaye, R. A., & Sletten, G. (2010). K-hindered decay of a

six-quasiparticle isomer in 176Hf. Phys. Rev. C, 82, 054316. Retrieved from


Wang, X., et. al. (2010). Multi-quasiparticle structures up to spin 44h in the odd-odd nucleus 168Ta. Phys. Rev. C, 82, 034315. Retrieved from







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Aguilar, A., Hartley, D. J., Riley, M. A., Teal, C., Carpenter, M. P., Chowdhury, P., Danchev,

M., Djongolov, M. K., Hagemann, G. B., Hecht, A. A., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G.,

Lauritsen, T., Ma, W. C., Mohr, W. H., Moore, E. F., Ødegard, S. W., Riedinger, L. L.,

Sletten, G., Tandel, S. K., Vanhoy, J. R., Wang, X., & Zhu, S. (2010). Alignments,

additivity, and signature inversion in odd-odd 170Ta: A comprehensive high-spin study.

Phys. Rev. C, 81, 064317. Retrieved from


Ollier, J., et. al. (2009). Ultrahigh-spin spectroscopy of 159,160Er: Observation of triaxial strongly

deformed structures. Phys. Rev. C, 80, 064322. Retrieved from


Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Riedinger, L. L., Riley, M. A., Aguilar, A., Carpenter, M. P.,

Chiara, C. J., Chowdhury, P., Darby, I. G., Garg, U., Ijaz, Q. A., Kondev, F. G., Lakshmi,

S., Lauritsen, T., Ludington, A., Ma, W. C., McCutchan, E. A., Mukhopadhyay, S., Pifer,

R., Seyfried, E. P., Stefanescu, I., Tandel, S. K., Tandel, U., Vanhoy, J. R., Wang, X.,

Zhu, S., Hamamoto, I., & Frauendorf, S. (2009). Wobbling mode in 167Ta. Phys. Rev. C,

80, 041304. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.80.041304

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.80.041304

Paul, E. S., et. al. (2009). Loss of collectivity in the transitional 156Er nucleus at high spin. Phys.

Rev. C, 79, 044324. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044324

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044324

Teal, C., Lagergren, K., Aguilar, A., Hartley, D. J., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Carpenter, M. P.,

Garg, U., Janssens, R. V. F., Joss, D. T., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C. J., Wang,

X., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (2008). Triaxial strongly deformed bands in 160,161Tm. Phys.


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.78.017305

Aguilar, A., Campbell, D. B., Chandler, K., Pipidis, A., Riley, M. A., Teal, C., Simpson, J.,

Hartley, D. J., Kondev, F. G., Clark, R. M., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Lee, I. Y.,

Macchiavelli, A. O., & Ragnarsson, I. (2008). New shape minimum in 160Yb: Evidence

for a triaxial, strongly deformed band. Phys. Rev. C, 77, 021302. Retrieved from


Campbell, D. B., Laird, R. W., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Kondev, F. G., Hartley, D. J., Janssens,

R. V. F., Brown, T. B., Carpenter, M. P., Fallon, P., Fischer, S. M., Lauritsen, T., Nisius,

D., & Ragnarsson, I. (2007). Rotational structures and their evolution with spin in 152Gd.


















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Hartley, D. J., et al., Danchev, M., Riedinger, L. L., Hagemann, G. B., Sletten, G., Chowdhury,

P., Tandel, S. K., Ma, W. C., & Ødegard, S. W. (2007). Erratum: Multiple band

structures in 169Ta. Phys. Rev. C, 75, 029902. Retrieved from


Paul, E. S., Twin, P. J., Evans, A. O., Pipidis, A., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Appelbe, D. E.,

Campbell, D. B., Choy, P. T. W., Clark, R. M., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Gorgen, A., Joss,

D. T., Lee, I. Y., Macchiavelli, A. O., Nolan, P. J., Ward, D., & Ragnarsson, I. (2007).

Return of Collective Rotation in 157Er and 158Er at Ultrahigh Spin. Phys. Rev. Lett, 98,

012501. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.012501

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.012501

Joss, D. T., et al. (2006). Yrast states and band crossings in the neutron-deficient platinum

isotopes 169-173Pt. Phys. Rev. C, 74, 014302. Retrieved from


Lee, Sangjin, et al. (2006). Structure of 26Na from the 14C(14C, d ) reaction. Phys. Rev. C, 73,

044321. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044321

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044321

Hartley, D. J., Mohr, W. H., Vanhoy, J. R., Riley, M. A., Aguilar, A., Teal, C., Janssens, R. V.

F., Carpenter, M. P., Hecht, A. A., Lauritsen, T., Moore, E. F., Zhu, S., Kondev, F. G.,

Djongolov, M. K., Danchev, M., Riedinger, L. L., Hagemann, G. B., Sletten, G.,

Chowdhury, P., Tandel, S. K., Ma, W. C., & Ødegard, S. W. (2005). Detailed high-spin

spectroscopy and the search for the wobbling mode in 171Ta. Phys. Rev. C, 72, 064325.


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.72.064325

Pipidis, A., et al. (2005). Structural behavior of 157,158,159Dy in the I=30-50ℏ spin regime. Phys.


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.72.064307

Lagergren, K., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Appelbe, D. E., Bednarczyk, P., Campbell, D. B.,

Chandler, C., Choy, P. T. W., Curien, D., Joss, D. T., & Paul, E. S. (2005). Observation

of the second proton alignment in 160Tm. Phys. Rev. C, 72, 057303. Retrieved from


Wiedeking, M., Tabor, S. L., Pavan, J., Volya, A., Aguilar, A. L., Calderin, I. J., Campbell, D.

B., Cluff, W. T., Diffenderfer, E., Fridmann, J., Hoffman, C. R., Kemper, K. W., Lee, S.,

Riley, M. A., Roeder, B. T., Teal, C., Tripathi, V., & Wiedenhover, I. (2005). p-sd Shell

Gap Reduction in Neutron-Rich Systems and Cross-Shell Excitations in 20O. Phys. Rev.

Lett, 94, 132501. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.132501


Hartley, D.J., et al. (2005). Wobbling excitations in strongly deformed Hf nuclei? Physics Letters

B, 608(1–2), 31 - 38. Retrieved from



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Scholes, D. T., Cullen, D. M., Kondev, F. G., Janssens, R. V. F., Carpenter, M. P., Hartley, D. J.,

Djongolov, M. K., Sletten, G., Hagemann, G., Wheldon, C., Walker, P. M., Abu Saleem,

K., Ahmad, I., Balabanski, D. L., Chowdhury, P., Danchev, M., Dracoulis, G. D.,

El-Masri, H. M., Goon, J., Heinz, A., Kaye, R. A., Khoo, T. L., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C.

J., Moore, E. F., Riedinger, L. L., Riley, M. A., Seweryniak, D., & Shestak. (2004).

Highly deformed Bands in 175Hf. Phys. Rev. C, 70, 054314. Retrieved from


Evans, A. O., Paul, E. S., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Appelbe, D. E., Campbell, D. B., Choy, P.

T. W., Clark, R. M., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Gorgen, A., Joss, D. T., Lee, I. Y.,

Macchiavelli, A. O., Nolan, P. J., Pipidis, A., Ward, D., Ragnarsson, I., & Sari\ifmmode

\acutec\else ć\fi, F. (2004). High-Spin Structure beyond Band Termination in 157Er. Phys.

Rev. Lett, 92, 252502. Retrieved from



RAGNARSSON, I., KONDEV, F. G., PAUL, E. S., RILEY, M. A., & SIMPSON, J. (2004). The

Nuclear Mass at Finite Angular Momentum. International Journal of Modern Physics E

(IJMPE), 13(01), 87-96. Retrieved from

http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218301304001771

doi:10.1142/S0218301304001771

Hoffman, C. R., Tabor, S. L., Cooper, M. W., Baldwin, T., Campbell, D. B., Chandler, C.,

Kemper, K. W., Pavan, J., Pipidis, A., Riley, M. A., Wiedeking, M., & Brown, B. A.

(2003). Structure of T=2 24Ne from 14C on 14C. Phys. Rev. C, 68, 034304. Retrieved from


Djongolov, M.K., et al. (2003). Extending the region of triaxial superdeformation: candidate

TSD bands in174Hf. Physics Letters B, 560(1–2), 24 - 30. Retrieved from


doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00328-9

Brown, T. B., Riley, M. A., Campbell, D., Hartley, D. J., Kondev, F. G., Pfohl, J., Janssens, R.

V. F., Fischer, S. M., Nisius, D., Fallon, P., Ma, W. C., Simpson, J., & Sharpey-Schafer,

J. F. (2002). Rotational band structures in N=89 153Gd. Phys. Rev. C, 66, 064320.


doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.66.064320

Cooper, M. W., Tabor, S. L., Baldwin, T., Campbell, D. B., Chandler, C., Hoffman, C. R.,

Kemper, K. W., Pavan, J., Pipidis, A., Riley, M. A., & Wiedeking, M. (2002). T=5/2 27Na from 14C+14C, and the N=16 shell gap. Phys. Rev. C, 65, 051302. Retrieved from



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Laird, R. W., Kondev, F. G., Riley, M. A., Archer, D. E., Brown, T. B., Clark, R. M., Devlin, M.,

Fallon, P., Hartley, D. J., Hibbert, I. M., Joss, D. T., LaFosse, D. R., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien,

N. J., Paul, E. S., Pfohl, J., Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S. L., Simpson, J.,

Wadsworth, R., Matev, M. T., Afanasjev, A. V., Dobaczewski, J., Lalazissis, G. A.,

Nazarewicz, W., & Satu\la, W. (2002). Quadrupole Moments of Highly Deformed

Structures in the A~135 Region: Probing the Single-Particle Motion in a Rotating

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Kortelahti, M. O., Cole, J. D., Piercey, R. B., & Jin, H. Q. (1991). Tests of microscopic

calculations of multiple band structures and large deformations in 68Ge and 72Se. Phys.



Baktash, C., Garcia-Bermudez, G., Sarantites, D. G., Nazarewicz, W., Abenante, V., Beene, J.

R., Griffin, H. C., Halbert, M. L., Hensley, D. C., Johnson, N. R., Lee, I. Y., McGowan,

F. K., Riley, M. A., Stracener, D. W., Semkow, T. M., & Virtanen, A. (1991). Shape

Co-Existence and the Disappearance of Pairing Correlations in 82Sr. Physics Letters B,

255(2), 174 - 179. Retrieved from

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doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)90232-F

Fallon, P., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Cullen, D. M., Forsyth, P. D., Riley, M. A., Roberts, J. W.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Twin, P. J., Bentley, M. A., & Bruce, A. M. (1991). The

collectivity and the de-excitation of the yrast superdeformed band in 150Gd. Physics

Letters B, 257(3–4), 269 - 272. Retrieved from


doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)91891-X

Simpson, J., Timmers, H., Riley, M. A., Bengtsson, T., Bentley, M. A., Hanna, F., Mullins, S.

M., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., & Wyss, R. (1991). Competing angular momentum

mechanisms and nuclear shapes at high spin in 122Xe. Physics Letters B, 262(4), 388 -

393. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269391906103

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)90610-3

Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Alderson, A., Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A. M., Cullen, D. M., Fallon, P.,

Hanna, F., & Walker, L. (1991). Yrast Band Spectroscopy of 164W and the Systematics of

the First i13/2 Neutron Backbend in the Neutron Deficient Rare-Earth Nuclei. Journal of

Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 17(4), 511. Retrieved from


Z. Shengjiang et. al. (1991). High Spin States in 65Ga and 67Ga and Their Collective Behaviour at

High Angular Momenta. Chin. Jou. Nucl. Phys, 13, 331-338.

Cullen, D. M., Riley, M. A., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Beausang, C. W., Bengtsson, T., Bentley, M.

A., Fallon, P., Forsyth, P. D., Hanna, F., Mullins, S. M., Nazarewicz, W., Poynter, R. J.,

Regan, P. H., Roberts, J. W., Satula, W., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Simpson, J., Sletten, G.,

Twin, P. J., Wadsworth, R., & Wyss, R. (1990). Landau-Zener crossing in superdeformed 193Hg: Evidence for octupole correlations in superdeformed nuclei. Phys. Rev. Lett, 65,

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Sarantites, D. G., Baktash, C., Nicolis, N. G., Garcia-Bermudez, G., Abenante, V., Beene, J. R.,

Johnson, N. R., Halbert, M. L., Hensley, D. C., McGowan, F. K., Griffin, H. C., Lee, I.

Y., Majka, Z., Riley, M. A., Semkow, T. M., Stracener, D. W., & Virtanen, A. (1990).

Nuclear Structure Effects in Proton Evaporation Spectra. Phys. Rev. Lett, 64, 2129-2132.

Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2129


Carpenter, M. P., Janssens, R. V. F., Moore, E. F., Ahmad, I., Fernandez, P. B., Khoo, T. L.,

Wolfs, F. L. H., Ye, D., Beard, K. B., Garg, U., Drigert, M. W., Benet, P., Wyss, R.,

Satuła, W., Nazarewicz, W., & Riley, M. A. (1990). Excited Superdeformed Bands in 191Hg. Physics Letters B, 240(1–2), 44 - 49. Retrieved from

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Nazarewicz, W., Riley, M. A., & Garrett, J. D. (1990). Equilibrium deformations and excitation

energies of single-quasiproton band heads of rare-earth nuclei. Nuclear Physics A,

512(1), 61 - 96. Retrieved from


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Riley, M. A., Roberts, J. W., Simpson, J., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A. M.,

Chapman, R., Cullen, D. M., Fallon, P., Forsyth, P. D., Lisle, J. C., Mo, J. N., &

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1990). The Spectroscopy of 161,162Er at Spins Up To 50h in the

Unpaired Regime. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 16(3), L67.

Retrieved from http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/16/i=3/a=006

Riley, M. A., Cullen, D. M., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Fallon, P., Forsyth, P. D., Hanna, F., Mullins,

S. M., Roberts, J. W., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Twin, P. J., Poynter, R., Wadsworth, R.,

Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A. M., Simpson, J., Sletten, G., Nazarewicz, W., Bengtsson, T., &

Wyss, R. (1990). Multiple Superdeformed Bands in 194Hg and their Dynamical Moments

of Inertia. Nuclear Physics A, 512(1), 178 - 188. Retrieved from

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Wells, J. C., Johnson, N. R., Baktash, C., Lee, I. Y., McGowan, F. K., Riley, M. A., Virtanen, A.,

& Dudek, J. (1989). High-Spin Studies of 172,173Os: Complex Alignment Mechanism.



Riley, M. A., Akovali, Y. A., Baktash, C., Halbert, M. L., Hensley, D. C., Johnson, N. R., Lee, I.

Y., McGowan, F. K., Virtanen, A., Courtney, L. H., Janzen, V. P., Riedinger, L. L.,

Chaturvedi, L., & Simpson, J. (1989). Irregularities at high spin in the odd-odd nucleus 158Tm. Phys. Rev. C, 39, 291-294. Retrieved from




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Morrison, J. D., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., &

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1989). Rotational Band Structures in 154 Gd. Journal of Physics

G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 15(12), 1871. Retrieved from


Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Bacelar, J. C., Cook, A. P., Cresswell, J. R.,

Elenkov, D. V., Forsyth, P. D., Hagemann, G. B., Herskind, B., Holm, A., Howe, D., &

Nyako, B. M. (1989). The Structure of States At Very High Spin In 157 Er. Journal of

Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 15(5), 643. Retrieved from


Riley, M. A., Garrett, J. D., Simpson, J., & Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1988). Unpaired Band

Crossings. Phys. Rev. Lett, 60, 553-556. Retrieved from

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.553 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.553

Bingham, C. R., Riedinger, L. L., Courtney, L. H., Liu, Z. M., Larabee, A. J., Craycraft, M.,

Love, D. J. G., Nolan, P. J., Kirwan, A., Thornley, D., Bishop, P., Nelson, A. H., Riley,

M. A., & Waddington, J. C. (1988). Three band crossings in the yrast structure of 162 Hf.

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics, 14(5), L77. Retrieved from


Morrison, J. D., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Bentley, M. A., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Fallon, P.,

Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Mokhtar, A. R., Riley, M. A., & Simpson, J. (1988). Unpaired

Collective Band Crossings in 156 Dy between Spins 35- and 53-. EPL (Europhysics

Letters), 6(6), 493. Retrieved from http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/6/i=6/a=004

Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Cresswell, J. R., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W.,

Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nelson, A. H., Nolan, P. J., Smith, P. J., Ward, N. J., Lisle, J.

C., Paul, E., & Walker, P. M. (1988). Near-Yrast discrete line gamma-ray spectroscopy in 156Dy up to spin 40h. Nuclear Physics A, 486(2), 456 - 492. Retrieved from


doi:10.1016/0375-9474(88)90246-1

Yu, C.-H., Riley, M. A., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B., Simpson, J., Forsyth, P. D., Mokhtar,

A. R., Morrison, J. D., Nyakó, B. M., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., & Wyss, R. (1988). Proton

Band Crossings and Electromagnetic Transition Probabilities in 161Lu. Nuclear Physics A,

489(3), 477 - 507. Retrieved from


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Byrski, T., Beck, F. A., Merdinger, J. C., Nourreddine, A., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Elenkov, D.

V., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Riley, M. A., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Simpson, J., Dudek, J.,

& Nazarewicz, W. (1987). Search for Correlations Between Prolate-Shape Collective and

Oblate-Shape Non-Collective Nuclear Rotation: High Spin States in 159,160Yb. Nuclear

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Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Forsyth, P. D., Elenkov, D. V., Howe, D., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F.,

Riley, M. A., Sletten, G., Simpson, J., Ragnarsson, I., Xing, Z., & Bengtsson, T. (1987).

Discrete Levels in 154Dy Above Spin 30h: Evidence For Terminating Band Structures.

Nuclear Physics A, 465(3), 506 - 528. Retrieved from


doi:10.1016/0375-9474(87)90362-9

Mo, J. N., Sergiwa, S., Chapman, R., Lisle, J. C., Paul, E., Willmott, J. C., Hattula, J.,

Jääskeläinen, M., Simpson, J., Walker, P. M., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B., Herskind,

B., Riley, M. A., & Sletten, G. (1987). High-Spin Discrete Line Spectroscopy of 162Yb

and 164Hf and the Systematics of N=92 Isotones. Nuclear Physics A, 472(2), 295 - 317.

Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0375947487902120

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(87)90212-0

Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Cresswell, J. R., Elenkov, D. V., Forsyth, P. D., Hagemann, G. B.,

Howe, D., Nyako, B. M., Ogaza, S., Lisle, J. C., & Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1987).

Near-Yrast discrete line γ-ray spectroscopy of 159 Er and 160 Er up to_I> 40h. Journal of

Physics G: Nuclear Physics, 13(6), 847. Retrieved from


Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., James, A. N., Mokhtar, A. R., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Forsyth, P.

D., Kirwan, A. J., Howe, D., Morrison, J. D., & Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1987). Spin 50ℏ

in 160Er and the Boundary Between Collective and Non-Collective Rotation in the Light

Er Isotopes. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics, 13(10), L235-L240. Retrieved from


Frandsen, P., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B., Herskind, B., Riley, M. A., Chapman, R., Lisle, J.

C., Mo, J. N., Carlen, L., Lyttkens, J., Ryde, H., & Walker, P. M. (1986).

Electromagnetic Properties Through Two Band Crossings in 165Lu. Physics Letters B,

177(3–4), 287 - 292. Retrieved from


doi:10.1016/0370-2693(86)90754-9

Ragnarsson, I., Xing, Z., Bengtsson, T., & Riley, M. A. (1986). Properties of Terminating Bands

in Nuclei. Physica Scripta, 34(6A), 651. Retrieved from

http://stacks.iop.org/1402-4896/34/i=6A/a=021

Riley, M. A., Garrett, J. D., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., & Simpson, J. (1986). Discontinuites and

Prolate-Oblate Competition Near Spin 40 in the N = 90 Isotones. Physics Letters B,

177(1), 15 - 20. Retrieved from


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Simpson, J., Elenkov, D. V., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nyako, B. M., Riley, M. A., Herskind, B.,

Holm, A., & Tjom, P. O. (1986). The Strong Interaction Strength of the First Proton

Alignment in 157Ho. J. Phy.G.:Nucl.Phys, 12, L67-L74. Retrieved from

http://iopscience.iop.org/0305-4616/12/2/006/pdf/0305-4616_12_2_006.pdf

doi:10.1088/0305-4616/12/2/006

Walker, P. M., Arve, P. O., Simpson, J., Hagemann, G. B., Pedersen, J., Sletten, G., Riley, M.

A., Howe, D., Nyakó, B. M., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Lisle, J. C., & Paul, E. (1986).

Double crossing in 174Hf: A Deformation Jump? Physics Letters B, 168(4), 326 - 330.

Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269386916382

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(86)91638-2

Simpson, J., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nyako, B. M., Riley, M. A., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F.,

Bacelar, J., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B., Herskind, B., Holm, A., & Tjøm, P. O.

(1985). Signature Dependent Proton Alignments at High Rotational Frequency and the

Persistence of Proton Pairing Correlations. Phys. Rev. Lett, 54, 1132-1135. Retrieved

from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1132


Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Cresswell, J. R., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nyako, B. M.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Bacelar, J., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B., Herskind, B., &

Holm, A. (1984). Observation of a Prolate to Oblate Shape Change Near Spin 40h in 158Er. Phys. Rev. Lett, 53, 648-651. Retrieved from


Nyako, B. M., Cresswell, J. R., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nolan, P. J., Riley, M. A.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Simpson, J., Ward, N. J., & Twin, P. J. (1984). Observation of

Superdeformation in 152Dy. Phys. Rev. Lett, 52, 507-510. Retrieved from


Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Aryaeinejad, R., Cresswell, J. R., Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Nolan, P.

J., Nyakó, B. M., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Twin, P. J., Bacelar, J., Garrett, J. D.,

Hagemann, G. B., Herskind, B., & Holm, A. (1984). The Systematics of h11/2 Proton

Alignments in 157,158,159Er. Physics Letters B, 135(4), 275 - 278. Retrieved from


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Invited Book Chapters

Riley, M., Riley, M. A., & Simpson, J. (2013). Nuclear Gamma Spectroscopy and the

Gamma-Spheres. In Reinhard Stock (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Nuclear Physics and its

Applications (pp. 247 - 269). Wiley.

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Riley, M., & X. Wang, M.A.Riley, J. Simpson and E. S. Paul. (2013). Evolution of nuclear

structure in erbium-158. In Yearbook of Science & Technology. McGraw-Hill.

Refereed Book Chapters

Riley, M. A., & Simpson, J. (in press). Nuclear Gamma Spectroscopy and the Gamma-Spheres.

In Encyclopedia of Nuclear Physics and its Applications. Wiley Publishing.

Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Paul, E. S., & Simpson, J. (2013). Evolution of nuclear structire in

erbium-158. In McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology. McGraw-Hill

Professional, New York, New York.

Refereed Proceedings

Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Simpson, J., Paul, E. S., Janssens, R. V. F., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Baron,

J., Boston, H. C., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Garg, U., Hampson, P., Hartley, D. J.,

Hoffman, C. R., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Lumley, N. M., Matta, J., Miller, S., Nolan,

P. J., Ollier, J., Petri, M., Radford, D. C., Rees, J. M., Revill, J. P., Riedinger, L. L.,

Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (in press). Exotic Behavior at

Ultrahigh Spin Values in Light Rare-Earth N~90 Nuclei. In The Fifth International

Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron Rich Nuclei. Sanibel Island, FL.

Riley, M. A., Wang, X., Simpson, J., Paul, E. S., Janssens, R. V. F., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Baron,

J., Boston, H. C., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Garg, U., Hampson, P., Hartley, D. J.,

Hoffman, C. R., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Lumley, N. M., Matta, J., Miller, S., Nolan,

P. J., Ollier, J., Petri, M., Radford, D. C., Rees, J. M., Revill, J. P., Riedinger, L. L.,

Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (2012). Exotic Behavior at

Ultrahigh Spin Values in Light Rare-Earth N~90 Nuclei. In Joe Hamilton (Ed.), The Fifth

International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron Rich Nuclei. Sanibel

Island FL: World Scientific.

Wang, X., & Riley, M. A. (2012). Modern γ-ray spectroscopy and exotic behavior in rare-earth

N=90 nuclei at the limits of excitation energy and angular momentum. In Trache, L., &

Gina Isar, P. (Eds.), EXOTIC NUCLEI AND NUCLEAR/PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS

(IV). FROM NUCLEI TO STARS: Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2012 (pp.

84-96). American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from

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Revill, J. P., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Ollier, J., Boston, A. J., Carpenter,

M. P., Chiara, C. J., Hoffman, C., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Nolan,

P. J., Rees, J. M., Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (2012). Relative

quadrupole moments of exotic shapes at ultrahigh spin in 154Er: calibrating the TSD/SD

puzzle. In Rutherford Centennial Conference on Nuclear Physics (pp. 012066). Journal

of Physics Conference Series.

Wang, X., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Paul, E. S., Janssens, R. V. F., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Boston,

H. C., Carpenter, M. P., Chiara, C. J., Garg, U., Hampson, P., Hartley, D. J., Hoffman, C.

R., Judson, D. ~., Kondev, F. ~., Lauritsen, T., Lumley, N. ~., Matta, J., Miller, S., Nolan,

P. ~., Oilier, J., Petri, M., Radford, D. ~., Rees, J. ~., Revill, J. ~., Riedinger, L. L., Rigby,

S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (2012). Collective structures up to spin {

65hslash in the N = 90 isotones 158Er and 157Ho}. In Rutherford Centinnial Conference on

Nuclear Physics (pp. 012065). Journal of Physics Conference Series.

Wang, X., & Riley, M. A. (2012). Modern γ-ray spectroscopy and exotic behavior in rare-earth

N=90 nuclei at the limits of excitation energy and angular momentum. In EXOTIC

NUCLEI AND NUCLEAR/PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS (IV). FROM NUCLEI TO

STARS: Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2012 (pp. 84). AIP Conference

ProceedingsSianaia, Romania.

Revill, J. P., Paul, E. S., Wang, X., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Ollier, J., Boston, A. J., Carpenter,

M. P., Chiara, C. J., Hoffman, C. R., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T.,

Nolan, P. J., Rees, J. M., Rigby, S. V., Unsworth, C., Zhu, S., & Ragnarsson, I. (2012).

Relative quadrupole moments of exotic shapes at ultrahigh spin in 154Er: calibrating the

TSD/SD puzzle. In 100 Year Celebration of the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleaus by

Rutherford. Journal of Physics: Conference Series.

Wang, X., & Riley, M. A. (2011). The exciting γ-ray world of the atomic nucleus: The evolution

of nuclear structure in 158Er and the future of γ-ray spectroscopy. In Synposium on

Exciting Physics: quarks and gluons/atomic nuclei/biological systems/networks. Makutsi,

South Africa.

Wang, X., & Riley, M. A. (2011). The Fascinating γ-Ray World of the Atomic Nucleus: The

Evolution of Nuclear Structure in {\158\}\{Er\} and the Future of {γ}-Ray Spectroscopy.

In Symposium on Exciting Physics: wuark and gluons / atomic nuclei / biological systems

/ networks. Makutsi, South Africa, Springer Conference Series.


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Riley, M. A., Auilar, A. A., Evans, A. O., Hartley, D. J., Lagergren, K., Ollier, J., Paul, E. S.,

Pipidis, A., Simpson, J., Teal, C., Twin, P. J., Wang, X., Applebe, D. E., Campbell, D. B.,

Carpenter, M. P., Clark, R. M., Cromaz, M., Darby, I. G., Fallon, P., Garg, U., Janssens,

R. V. F., Joss, D. T., Kondev, F. G., Lauritsen, T., Lee, I. Y., Lister, C. J., Macchiavelli,

A. O., Nolan, P. J., Petri, M., Rigby, S. V., Thompson, J., Unsworth, C., & War. (2009).

Strongly Deformed Nuclear shapes at Ultra-High Spin and Shape Coexistence in N ~ 90

Nuclei. In Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol 40, No 3 (pp. 513). SLAC Master Accelerator

Laboratory.

Ragnarsson, I., Carlsson, B. G., Evans, A. O., Paul, E. S., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., & Twin, P.

J. (2006). Building Angular Momentum Beyond Band Termination in 157,158Er. In S.

Kailas, S. Kumar, & S. Santra (Eds.), DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics. India.

Hartley, D. J., Djongolov, M. K., Riedinger, L. L., Hagemann, G. B., Janssens, R. V. F., Kondev,

F. G., Moore, E. F., Riley, M. A., Aguilar, A. A., Bingham, C. R., Campbell, D. B.,

Carpenter, M. P., Chowdhury, P., Cromaz, M., Cullen, D. M., Danchev, M., Dracoulis,

G. D., Fallon, P., Goon, J., Kaye, R. A., Khoo, T. L., Laird, R. W., Lauritsen, T.,

Macchiavelli, A. O., McClain, B., Mukherjee, G., Ngijoiyogo, E., Park, H. I., Sletten, G.,

& Tandel, S. (2005). Search for Wobbling Excitations in Hf Nuclei: Are the SD Brands

Triaxial? In AIP Conference Proceedings (pp. 15-20). AIP, Vol 764, Issue 1.

Riley, M. A. (2005). Yrast structures in the light Pt isotopes 169–173Pt. In Journal of Physisc G:

Nuclear Particle Physics, Vol 31 (pp. S1715-S1718). AIP.

Riley, M. A., Djongolov, M. K., Evans, A. O., Hartley, D. J., Janssens, R. V. F., Paul, E. S.,

Simpson, J., Aguilar, A. A., Applebe, D. E., Bingham, C. R., Campbell, D. B., Carpenter,

M. P., Chowdhury, P., Choy, P. T. W., Clark, R. M., Cromaz, M., Cullen, D. M.,

Danchev, M., Dracoulis, G. D., Fallon, P., Görgen, A., Hagemann, G. B., Joss, D. T.,

Goon, J., Kaye, R.A.Khoo, T.L., Kondev, F. G., Laird, R. W., Lagergren, K., Lauritsen,

T., & Macch. (2005). Beyond Band Termination in 157Er and the Search for Wobbling

Excitations in Strongly Deformed; 174Hf. In Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Particle

Physics, Vol 31 (pp. S1735-S1740). AIP.

Ragnarsson, I., Kondev, F. G., Paul, E. S., Riley, M. A., & Simpson, J. (2003). The Nuclear

Mass at Finite Angular Momenta. In Proceedings of the 10th Nuclear Physics Workshop

"Marie and Pierre Curie" (pp. 87). Kazimierz Dolny, Poland.

Harlet, D. J., Djongolov, M., Riedinger, L. L., Kondev, F. G., Janssens, R. V. F., Abu Saleem,

K., Ahmad, I., Balabanski, D. L., Carpernter, M. P., Chowdhury, P., Cullen, D. M.,

Danchev, M., Dracoulis, G. D., El-Masri, H., Goon, J., Heinz, A., Kaye, R. A., Khoo, T.

L., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C. J., Moore, E. F., Riley, M. A., Seweryniak, D., Shestakova, I.,

Sletten, G., Walker, P. M., Wheldon, C., Wiedenhover, I., Zeidan, O., & Jing-ye, Z.

(2002). Possible triaxial superformation in 174Hf. In V. Zamfir (Ed.), International

Conference on Nuclear Structure 2002 (pp. 119). American Institute of Physics, New

York.


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Hartley, D. J., Djongolov, M., Riedinger, L. L., Kondev, F. G., Janssens, R. V. F., Abu Saleem,

K., Ahmad, I., Balabanski, D. L., Carpenter, M. P., Chowdhury, P., Cullen, D. M.,

Danchev, M., Dracoulis, G. D., El-Masri, H., Goon, J., Heinz, A., Kaye, R. A., Khoo, T.

L., Lauritsen, T., Lister, C. J., Moore, E. F., Riley, M. A., Seweryniak, D., Shestakova, I.,

Sletten, G., Walker, P. M., Wheldon, C., Wiedenhover, I., Zeidan, O., & Zhang, J.

(2002). Possible triaxial superformation in 174Hf. In P. Fallon (Ed.), Frontiers of Nuclear

Structure 2002 (pp. 177-183). American Institute of Physics, New York.

Riley, M. A., Laird, R. W., Kondev, F. G., Hartley, D. J., Archer, D. E., Brown, T. B., Clark, R.

M., Devlin, M., Fallon, P., Hibbert, I. M., Joss, D. T., LaFosse, D. R., Nolan, P. J.,

O'Brien, N. J., Paul, E. S., Pfohl, J., Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S. L.,

Simpson, J., Wadsworth, R., Matev, M. T., Afanasjev, A. V., Dobaczewski, J., Lalazissis,

G. A., Nazarewicz, W., & Satula, W. (2001). Global Lifetime Measurements of

Highly-Deformed and Other Rotational Structures in the A~135 Light Rare-Earth

Region: Probing the Single-Particle Motion in a Rotating Potential. In "High Spin Physics

2001" (pp. 2683). Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol 32Warsaw, Poland.

Riley, M. A., Kondev, F. G., Afanasjev, A. V., Brown, T. B., Carpenter, M. P., Clark, R. M.,

Devlin, M., Fallon, P., Hartley, D. J., Hibbert, I. M., Joss, D. T., LaFosse, D. R., Lively,

M., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien, N. J., Paul, E. S., Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S.

L., Simpson, J., & Wadsworth, R. (1999). The A~130 Highly-Deformed Region: New

Results and Global Differential Lifetime Measurements. In F.D. Smit, R.Lindsay, & S.V.

Fortsch (Eds.), International Conference on "The Nucleus: New Physics for the New

Millennium" (pp. 365-377). NAC, Capetown, South Africa, Kluwer Academic/Plenum

Publishers, New York.

Kondev, F. G., Riley, M. A., Brown, T. B., Clark, R. M., Devlin, M., Fallon, P., Hartley, D. J.,

Hibbert, I. M., Joss, D. T., LaFosse, D. R., Lively, M., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien, N. J., Paul,

E. S., Pfohl, J., Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S. L., Simpson, J., &

Wadsworth, R. (1999). Relative quadrupole deformations for structures in odd proton Pr

nuclei near mass ~ 130. In Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Particles Physics, Vol.25 (pp.

893). American Institute of Physics.

Kondev, F. G., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Janssens, R. V. F., Afanasjev, A. V., Ragnarsson, I.,

Ahmad, I., Blumenthal, D. J., Brown, T. B., Carpenter, M. P., Fallon, P., Fischer, S. M.,

Hackman, G., Hartley, D. J., Khoo, T. L., Lauritsen, T., Ma, W. C., Nisius, D.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Lisle, J. C., & Kalfras, C. A. (1999). Exploring the I = 50-60 h

domain: Collective and terminating structures in 156Dy, 159Er and 160Er. In Journal of

Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol.25 (pp. 897). UK.

Riley, M. A., Kondev, F. G., Afanasjev, A. V., Brown, T. B., Carpenter, M. P., Clark, R. M.,

Devlin, M., Fallon, P., Fischer, S. M., Hartley, D. J., Hibbert, I. M., Janssens, R. V. F.,

Joss, D. T., Khoo, T. L., LaFosse, D. R., Laird, R. W., Laurutsen, T., Lerma, F., Lively,

M., Ma, W. C., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien, N. J., Paul, E. S., Pfohl, J., Ragnarsson, I.,

Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S. L., Simpson, J., & Wadsworth, R. (1999).

Discrete Line Spectroscopy at I=60h and Eexcit=30MeV in Normal Deformed 156Dy and


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Global Differential Lifetime Measurements in the A~130 Highly-Deformed Region. In

Acta Physica Polonica (pp. 593-604). Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.

Kondev, G., Riley, M. A., Paul, E. S., Brown, T. B., Clark, R. M., Devlin, M., Fallon, P.,

Hartley, D. J., Hibbert, I. M., Joss, D. T., LaFosse, D. R., Laird, R. W., Lerma, F., Lively,

M., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien, N. J., Pfohl, J., Sarantites, D. G., Sheline, R. K., Shepherd, S.

L., Simpson, J., & Wadsworth, R. (1998). Highly Deformed Structures in the Mass~130

Region and Their Relative Quadrupole Moments. In C. Baktash (Ed.), Nuclear Structure

'98, Gatlinburg (pp. 383-392). American Institute ofPhysics, Woodbury, New York.

Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., Brown, T. B., Archer, D. E., Doring, J., Fallon, P., Kalfas, C.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., & Tabor, S. L. (1996). ΔI = 2 Energy Staggering in Normal

Deformed Dysprosium Nuclei. In Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear

Structure at the Limits (pp. 136-141). American Institute of Physics.

Riley, M. A., Brown, T. B., Pfohl, J., Simpson, J., Archer, D. E., Devlin, M., Doring, J., Fallon,

P., Joss, D. T., Kalfas, C., LaFosse, D. R., Nolan, P. J., O'Brien, N., Paul, E. S.,

Sarantites, D. G., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Sheline, R., Tabor, S. L., & Wadsworth, R.

(1996). Highly Deformed Bands in 135,136Pm, and Shape Coexistence and ΔI=2

Staggering in Normal Deformed Dysprosium Nuclei. In M.A. Deleplanque, I.Y. Lee, &

A.O. Macchiavelli (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Gammasphere

Physics (pp. 241-253). World Scientific, Singapore.

Riley, M. A., Brown, T. B., Simpson, J., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Archer, D. E., Doring, J., Fallon,

P., Kalfras, C., & Tabor, S. L. (1994). The New Unpaired Spectroscopy Around and

Beyond Spin 50 h in 155,156Dy. In Proceedings from the International Conference on the

Physics from Large Gamma-Ray Detector Arrays, Vol.2 (pp. 206). Berkeley.

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Joyce, M. J., Twin, P. J., Beausang, C. W., Cullen, D. M., Riley, M. A.,



Kalfas, C. A., Korichi, A., Coz, I. L., Paul, E. S., Porquet, M. G., Redon, N., Schuck, C.,

Simpson, J., Vlastou, R., & Wadsworth, R. (1993). Exotic Superdeformed Structure in A

~ 190 Nuclei observed Using Eurogam 2. In Proceedings of the International Conference

on Spectroscopyof Heavy Ions. Crete.

Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Paul, E. S., Gale, S. J., Beausang, C. W., Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A.

M., Chapman, R., Clark, R. M., Clarke, S., Copnell, J., Cullen, D. M., Fitzpatrick, A.,

Forsyth, P. D., Freeman, S. J., Jones, P. M., Joyce, M. J., Liden, F., Lisle, J. C.,

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Smith, A. G., Smith, J. F., Sweeney, J., Thompson, D. M.,

Warburton, S., & Wilson, J. N. (1993). Band Termination Spectroscopy with Eurogam.

In Proceedings of the International Conference on the Spectroscopy of Heavy Ions. Crete.

Tabor, S. L., Riley, M. A., Doring, J., Cottle, P. D., Books, R., Glasmacher, T., Holcomb, J. W.,

Hutchins, J., Johns, G. D., Petters, T., Tekyi-Mensah, O., Womble, P. C., Wright, L., &

Saladin, J. X. (1993). The Pittsburgh-Florida State Universities Ɣ Detection Array. In


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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Vol.79 (pp. 821-824).

Elsevier, B.V.

Cullen, D. M., Riley, M. A., Ali, I., Beausang, C. W., Fallon, P., Forsyth, P. D., Hanna, F.,

Mullins, S., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Smith, G., Poynter, R. J., & Wadsworth, R. (1992).

Relative Intensity of the Superdeformed Band in 192Hg. In Progress in Particle and

Nuclear Physics, Vol. 28 (pp. 421-422). Pergamon Pr.

Riley, M. A. (1991). High Spin Spectroscopy of HHIRF. In Proceedings of Symposium on

Reflections and Directions in Low Energy Heavy-Ion Physics. Joint Institute for

Heavy-Ion Research, Tennessee, USA.

Fallon, P., Nazarewicz, W., Riley, M. A., & Wyss, R. (1991). The Influence of Pairing on the

Properties of Identical Superdeformed Bands in Hg Nuclei. In Proceedings of Symposium

on Future Directions in Nuclear Physics with 4 Gamma Detection Systems of the New

Generation. Strasbourg, France.

Riley, M. A. (1990). Discrete Line Spectroscopy of High Spin States. In Proceedings of the 8th

EPS General Conference on Trends in Physics. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Cullen, D. M., Riley, M. A., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Bengtsson, T., Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A. M.,

Fallon, P., Forsyth, P. D., Hanna, F., Mullins, S. M., Nazarewicz, W., Poynter, R., Regan,

P., Roberts, J. W., Satula, W., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Simpson, J., Sletten, G., Twin, P. J.,

Wadsworth, R., & Wyss, R. (1990). Evidence for Octupole Softness of the

Superdeformed Shape from Band Interactions in 193,194Hg. In Proceedings of the

International Conference on Nuclear Structure in the Nineties (pp. A520 (105c-113c)).

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Riley, M. A., Roberts, J. W., Simpson, J., Alderson, A., Ali, I., Cullen, D. M., Fallon, P.,

Forsyth, P. D., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Bentley, M. A., Bruce, A. M., Chapman, R., Lisle,

J. C., & Mo, J. N. (1990). The Unpaired Spectroscopy of 161,162Er at Spins up to 50h. In

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Structure in the Nineties (pp.

A520 (279c-286c)). Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Simpson, J., & Riley, M. A. (1989). Developments in Gamma-Ray Detection Arrays and

Channel Selection Devices. In Proceedings of the International Conference on the

Spectroscopy of Heavy Ions. Crete.

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Morrison, J. D., Bentley, M. A., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Fallon, P.,

Forsyth, P. D., Howe, D., Mokhtar, A. R., Simpson, J., Garrett, J. D., & Riley, M. A.

(1988). Evidence for Unpaired Band Collective Band Crossings in 156Dy Below Spin 53-.

In Proceedings of the 26th Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Volume 63 (pp. 532-545).

Bormio, Italy.


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Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Garrett, J. D., & Sharpey-Schafer, J. F. (1987). Unpaired Band

Crossings. In Proceedings of the International Conference on the Variety of Nuclear

Shapes (pp. 413-423). Crete.

Hagemann, G. B., Chapman, R., Fransen, P., Mokhtar, A. R., Riley, M. A., Simpson, J., & Yu,

C-H. (1987). Shape Changes Reflected in Transitions Rates in the N=90 Region. In

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Structure through Static and

Dynamic Moments. Melbourne.

Riley, M. A. (1986). Irregularities and Prolate-Oblate Competition Near Spin 40 in theN=90

Isotones. In 24th International Meeting on Nuclear Physics. Bormio, Italy.

Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Morrison, D., Cranmer-Gordon, H. W., Elenkov, D., Forsyth, P. D.,

Howe, D., Nyako, B. M., Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., & Sletten, G. (1986). Quasi-Particle

Configurations in 154Gd and EƔ1-EƔ2 Correlations in 154,156Dy and 157Ho. In 24th

International Meeting on Nuclear Physics. Bormio, Italy.

Riley, M. A., Ward, N. J., Forsyth, P. D., Griffiths, H. W., Howe, D., Sharpey,Schafer, J.F.,

Simpson, J., Lisle, J. C., Paul, E., & Walker, P. M. (1984). Recent Results in 155,156,157Dy.

In 5th Meeting on Nuclear Physics (pp. 353-365). Jyvaskyla.

Simpson, J., Riley, M. A., Cresswell, J. R., Forsyth, P. D., Griffiths, H. W., Howe, D., Nyako, B.

M., Sharpey-Schafer, J. F., Ward, N. J., Bacelar, J., Garrett, J. D., Hagemann, G. B.,

Herskind, B., & Holm, A. (1984). Proton Alignments in 157,158,159,160Er and 157Ho. In 5th

Meeting on Nuclear Physics (pp. 335-351). Jyvaskyla.

Presentations

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Riley, M. A. (presented 2013, June). Spin 60 and beyond: exotic behavior at the limits of angular

momentum in the N=90 region. Presentation at 2013 Nuclear Chemistry Gordon

Conference, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2012, November). Exotic Behavior at Ultrahigh Spin Values in Light

Rare-Earth N~90 Nuclei. Presentation at Fifth International Conference on fission and

Properties of Neutron Rich Nuclei, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Sanibel Island,

Florida. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2012, November). Fission and Properties of Neutron Rich Nuclei.

Presentation at the meeting of Invited talk at the Fifth International Conference, Sanibel

Island, FL. (International)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 2012, September). Recent Highlights in Nuclear Structure and

GRETINA. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the XXXV Workshop on Nuclear

Physics, Brazil, Sao Paulo. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2012, August). Nuclear Collectivity. Presentation at Nuclear Structure

International Conference, Argonne National Library, Chicago. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2012, June). Modern Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Exotic Behavior in

N~90 Nuclei at the Limits of Excitation Energy and Angular Momentum. Presentation at

the meeting of Invited talk at the Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2012, Exotic

Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics (IV), "From nuclei to stars", Sinaia, Romania.

(International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2011, November). The Exciting Gamma-Ray World of the Atomic

Nucleus: The Revolution Continues. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the

Symposium on Exciting Physics: quarks and gluons /atomic nuclei / biological systems

/networks, Makutsi, South Africa. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2011, October). Scholarly Publishing. Presentation at the meeting of

invited talk at the Symposium on Open Access Publishing held at Florida State

University. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2011, August). Quadrupole Moments Measurements of Ultra-High Spin

Structures in Erbium Nuclei: A Challenge to Understanding Triaxiality in Nuclei.

Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the 100 Year Celebration of the Discovery

of the Atomic Nucleus by Rutherford, Manchester, UK. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2011, August). The Physics of GRETINA. Presentation at the meeting of

invited talk at the SuperUser Meeting held at Michigan State University. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2010, December). The Fascinating Gamma-Ray World of the Atomic

Nucleus: The Revolution Continues. Presentation at the meeting of invited colloquium at

The Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2010, October). Open Access, Physics and APS Journals. Presentation at

the meeting of invited talk as part of Open Access Week at Florida State University,

"Humanities and Science Faculty Perspectives on and Experiences with Open Access

Initiatives". (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2010, August). Conference Summary. Presentation at the meeting of

invited talk at the Nuclear Structure 2010 International Conference, Berkeley, CA.

(International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2010, June). The Fascinating Behaviour of N~90 Erbium Nuclei at

Ultra-High Spin. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the Recent Results in


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Nuclear Physics Workshop held at The University of the West of Scotland.

(International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2010, April). The Fascinating Gamma-Ray World of the Atomic

Nucleus. Presentation at the meeting of The Revolution Continues, invited colloquium at

The Department of Physics, Mississippi State University. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2009, August). Status of GRETINA and Gamma-Ray Studies with

GRETA at FRIB. Presentation at the meeting of Step Forward to FRIB Workshop at

Argonne National Laboratory. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2009, March). Scholarly Communications from a Teacher and Publisher

Perspective. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the "Collection Development

and Resource Sharing in Libraries Conference", Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2008, September). Strongly deformed nuclear shapes at ultra-high spins

and shape co-existence in N~90 nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at the

43rd Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, Zakopane, Poland. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2008, May). The Highest Spins. Presentation at the meeting of invited

talk at the International Conference on PRESENT AND FUTURE EXOTICS IN

NUCLEAR PHYSICS, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2008, May). Triaxal strongly deformed structures near A=160 at

ultra-high spin and the status of GRETINA. Presentation at the meeting of invited talk at

the International Conference on Highlights in Nuclear Structure for Bernard Haas'

Diamond Anniversary, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2008, April). New developments at ultrahigh spin in N~90 Er, Tm and

Yb nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of Frontiers of Basic and Applied Nuclear Science,

235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2008, February). The Highest Spins. Presentation at the meeting of

International Conference on PRESENT AND FUTURE EXOTICS IN NUCLEAR

PHYSICS, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2007, June). Strongly-Deformed Rotational Structures at Ultra-High

Spin near N = 90. Presentation at the meeting of Invited talk at the International Gordon

Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.

(International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2006, July). What Lies Beyond Band Termination in N~90 Erbium

Isotopes: The Return of Collectivity! Presentation at the meeting of Invited talk at the

International Conference on Nuclear Structure 06: Nuclei at the Limits, Oak Ridge, TN.

(International)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 2006, May). Nuclear Structure Opportunities with Reaccelerated Beams

At "Very" High Spin. Presentation at the meeting of Invited talk at the International

Workshop on Nuclear Structure Opportunities with Reaccelerated Beams, Michigan State

University. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2006, March). The Return of Collectivity at Ultra-High Spin in 158Er:.

Presentation at the meeting of Invited talk at the International Symposium on

Contemporary Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, American Chemical Society meeting,

Atlanta. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2005, December). New Results at High-Spin in the N = 90 Region:.

Presentation at the meeting of nvited talk at the International Conference on Nuclear

Structure entitled "The Gudrun Symposium" in honor of the retirement of Gudrun B.

Hagemann from the Niels Bohr Institute, held in Copenhagen, Den. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2005, June). Observation of States Beyond Band Termination in 156,157,158Er and Strongly Deformed Structures in 173,174Hf:. Presentation at the meeting of

Invited talk at the International Conference on Finite Fermionic Systems: Nilsson Model

50 Years, Lund, Sweden. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2005, January). Beyond Band Termination in 157Er and the Search for

Wobbling Excitations in Strongly Deformed 174Hf. Presentation at the meeting of Invited

talk at the NUSTAR '05 International Conference on Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and

Reactions, Surrey, UK. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2004, December). The Van de Graaff Accelerator and Nuclear Physics

Research. Presentation at the meeting of Guest speaker at the celebration in honor of

Robert J. Van de Graaff and the 75th anniversary of his invention. Held at the family

home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2004, April). From Here to RIA. Presentation at the meeting of

Workshop on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at HRIBF, Oak Ridge. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2003, November). Advances in Physics Using Gamma-Ray Tracking and

GRETA. Presentation at the meeting of South Eastern Section of the APS meeting,

Wilmington. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2003, March). Gamma-Ray Experiments at RIA using Slow Beams.

Presentation at the meeting of Workshop on Experimental Equipment for RIA, Oak

Ridge. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2003, February). A Future Stable Beam Facility Upgrade. Presentation

at the meeting of NSAC Subcommittee on Categorizing Future Facilities, New York.

(Regional)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 2003, January). The Fascinating Angular Momentum World of the

Atomic Nucleus: New Instrumentation and Fresh Surprises. Presentation at the meeting

of Invited colloquium at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre

Dame. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2001, December). When Nuclei First Started to Rotate: Highlights from

the Last 30 Years. Presentation at the meeting of International Workshop on Shapes,

Rotation and Temperature in Atomic Nuclei, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark.

(International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2001, June). Global Lifetime Measurements of Highly-Deformed and

Other Rotational Structures in the A~135 Light Rare-Earth Region: Probing the

Single-Particle Motion in a Rotating Potential. Presentation at High Spin Physics 2001,

International conference "High Spin Physics 2001". (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2001, May). The Atomic Nucleus and How it Responds to Rapid

Rotation. Presentation at the meeting of Invited seminar at the Department of Physics,

Rochester, New York. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2000, November). High Spin Phenomena. Presentation at the meeting of

Division of Nuclear Physics Town-meeting on Nuclear Structure and Nuclear

Astrophysics, Oakland, California. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2000, October). Nuclei at High Angular Momentum:. Presentation at the

meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, Michigan State University. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 2000, July). New Possibilities at High Angular Momentum with RIA.

Presentation at the meeting of Workshop devoted to the physics opportunities offered by

an advanced exotic beam facility known as the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA),

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1999, January). The A~130 Highly-Deformed Region: New Results and

Global Differential Lifetime Measurements. Presentation at the meeting of International

Conference, "The Nucleus: New Physics for the New Millennium", NAC, Faure, South

Africa. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1998, November). The Fascinating Angular Momentum World of the

Atomic Nucleus: Highlights From Each of the Last Three Decades. Presentation at the

meeting of Special Colloquium in Honor of Jerry Garrett, Physics Division, Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1998, November). The Fascinating World of the Atomic Nucleus: New

Instrumentation, Unexpected Discoveries and Fresh Puzzles! Presentation at the meeting

of Colloquium, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California. (Regional)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 1998, September). Discrete Line Spectroscopy at I=60 and

Eexcit=30MeV in Normal Deformed 156Dy and Global Differential Lifetime

Measurements in the A~130 Highly-Deformed Region. Presentation at the meeting of

Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Zakopane, Poland. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1998, April). The Fascinating World of the Atomic Nucleus: New

Instrumentation, Unexpected Discoveries and Fresh Puzzles! Presentation at the meeting

of Colloquium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1998). New Understanding in the A=130 Superdeformed Region.

Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Structure with Large Gamma-ray Detector Arrays

and their Auxiliary Devices, ACS meeting, Dallas, Texas. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1997, October). The Nature of the Atom. Presentation at the meeting of

Saturday Morning Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1997, August). Discrete Line Spectroscopy at Spin 60ℏ! Presentation at

the meeting of Symposium on New Spectroscopy and Nuclear Structure 1997 dedicated

to Aage Bohr and Ben Mottelson, Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1996, June). New Structures in the A=130 Superdeformed Region.

Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, Physics Division, Argonne

National Laboratory, Illinois. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1995, December). New Results from FSU: Identical Bands and

Superdeformation. Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, Department

of Physics, SUNY at Stony brook, Stony Brook, New York. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1995, July). The Long Range Plan for Nuclear Structure Physics in the

US. Presentation at the meeting of Gordon Nuclear Chemistry Conference, New

Hampshire. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1993, December). Superdeformation in Nuclei and the New Generation

of Large Gamma-Ray Arrays. Presentation at the meeting of Physics Department

Colloquium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1993, October). A Highly Deformed Band in 136Pm and the A~135

Superdeformed Region. Presentation at the meeting of American Physical Society

Meeting, Division of Nuclear Physics, Asilomar. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1993, August). Recent High-Spin Results from FSU. Presentation at the

meeting of American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1993, January). Superdeformation and Identical Bands in Normal

deformed Nuclei: New Nuclear Symmetries or Chance Cancellations? Presentation at the


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meeting of Nuclear Chemistry Seminar, Washington University, St Louis, Washington.

(National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1992, October). Discovering the Nature of the Atom. Presentation at the

meeting of Saturday Morning Physics Lectures, Florida State University, Tallahassee,

Florida. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1992, March). A Highly Deformed Band in 136Pm and the Anomalous

Dynamical Moment of Inertia behaviour in the A~135 Superdeformed Region.

Presentation at the meeting of American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington.

(National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1991, November). Discovering the Nature of the Atom. Presentation at

the meeting of Saturday Morning Physics Lectures, Florida State University, Tallahassee,

Florida. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1991, October). High-Spin Spectroscopy at HHIRF. Presentation at the

meeting of Symposium on Reflections and Directions in Low Energy Heavy-Ion Physics,

Joint Institute for Heavy-Ion Research, Tennessee. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1991, July). Superdeformation in the A=190 Region and Evidence for

Octupole Correlations. Presentation at the meeting of Physics Division Seminar,

Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,

Tennessee. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1991, May). Anomalies in Superdeformed Nuclei. Presentation at the

meeting of Wetherill Symposium For Nuclear Superdeformation, Franklin Institute,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1991, April). Exotic Nuclear Shapes at High Spin. Presentation at the

meeting of Institute of Physics Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics, Liverpool,

United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, December). Evidence for Octupole Correlations in Superdeformed

Hg Nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Structure Seminar, Daresbury

Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, December). Identical Superdeformed Rotational Bands - The Big

Surprise! Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, Florida State

University, Tallahassee, Florida. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, September). Discrete Line Spectroscopy of High Spin States.

Presentation at the meeting of European Physical Society Conf. on Trends in Physics,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (International)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, July). What Can We Learn From "Backbending" in Rotating

Nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of Workshop 90 on Heavy-Ion Physics, Chalk River,

Cananda. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, April). The Unpaired Spectroscopy of 161,162Er at Spins Up To

50ℏ. Presentation at the meeting of International Conf. on Nuclear Structure in the

Nineties, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Regional)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1990, February). The New Region of Superdeformation at A=190.

Presentation at the meeting of Special IOP Meeting on Aspects of High-Spin Nuclear

Structure, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1989, October). Exotic Nuclear Shapes. Presentation at the meeting of

Workshop on Nuclear Structure in the Era of New Specroscopy, Niels Bohr Institute,

Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1989, May). The Quenching of Nuclear Superfluidity in Rapidly Rotating

Nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, Oxford University,

Oxford, United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1989, February). The Paired to Unpaired Phase Transition in Nuclei at

High-Spin. Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1989, January). The Quenching of Nuclear Pairing Correlations.

Presentation at the meeting of Physics Seminar, University of Liverpool, Liverpool,

United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1988, November). Recent Experiments at Oak Ridge. Presentation at the

meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Manchester, Manchester, United

Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1988, April). Alignments, Shape Changes, Transitions Rates and Band

Terminations in 157Tm. Presentation at the meeting of Conf. on High-Spin Nuclear

Structure and Novel Nuclear Shapes, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.

(National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1988, January). High-Spin Nuclear Structure of 157Tm. Presentation at

the meeting of Physics Division Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,

Tennessee. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1987, April). Terminating Bands and the Finite Particle Number in

Nuclei. Presentation at the meeting of Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville,Tennessee. (Regional)


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Riley, M. A. (presented 1986, May). Competition Between Collective And Single-Particle States.

Presentation at the meeting of Workshop on High-Spin Physics, Niels Bohr Institute,

Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1986, April). Irregularities, Prolate-Oblate Competition and Feeding

Properties at Very High Spin in the N=90 Region. Presentation at the meeting of Special

Two-day Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United


Riley, M. A. (presented 1986, January). Discontinuities and Prolate-Oblate Competition in the

N=90 Isotones Near Spin 40 and Consequences for Future High Spin Studies.

Presentation at the meeting of 26th Int. Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio,

Italy. (International)

Riley, M. (presented 1985, May). Discontinuities In The N=90 Isotones Near Spin 40ℏ.

Presentation at the meeting of Niels Bohr Centennial Symp. on Nuclear Structure,

Copehhagen, Denmark. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1985, April). Discontinuities And Prolate-Oblate Competition in the

N=90 Isotones Near Spin 40. Presentation at the meeting of Dept. of Mathematical

Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1984, April). Prolate To Oblate Shape Changes In 158Er And 156Dy.

Presentation at the meeting of Institute of Physics Meeting, Bradford. (National)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1984, March). Recent Results In 155,156,157Dy. Presentation at the meeting

of 5th Nordic Conf. on Nuclear Physics, Jyvaskyla, Finland. (International)

Riley, M. A. (presented 1983, March). Proton Band Crossings In 157,158,159Er Above hΩ=0.4

MeV. Presentation at the meeting of Institute of Physics Meeting, Liverpool, United


Riley, M. A. (presented 1983, March). The Decay Scheme For 156Dy. Presentation at the meeting

of Institute of Physics Meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom. (International)

Riley, M. (presented 1982, April). An Investigation Of The Effects On The Quasi-Particle

Obitals At The Fermi Surface Due To Changes In The Nuclear Deformation : A Study of 156Dy. Presentation at the meeting of Institute of Physics Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland.

(International)


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Invited Workshops

Riley, M. A. (2012, November). High Spin Nuclear Structure. Workshop delivered at "Tastes of

Physics 2012" Nuclear Physics Workshop, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town,

South Africa. (International)

Riley, M. A. (1998, February). How High in Spin Can Nuclei Go and What Do They Do Up

There? Workshop delivered at Workshop On GRETA Physics, Berkeley, California.

(National)

Riley, M. A. (1990, October). Second Generation Superdeformed Spectroscopy: New Results

From TESSA3. Workshop delivered at Workshop on Selected Aspects of Nuclear

Structure, Warsaw, Poland. (International)

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Riley, M. A. (2012, December). The Future of Scholarly Publishing. Delivered at Faculty

Luncheon Series, Florida Sate University. (Local)

Riley, M. A. (2012). Modern Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Exotic Behavior in N~90 Nuclei at

the Limits of Excitation Energy and Angular Momentum. Delivered at Carpathian

Summer School of Physics 2012, Sinaia, Romania. (International)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Riley, Mark A (PI). (May 2009–Apr 2010). Support of Junior Scientists to Participate in the

2009. Funded by National Science Foundation. (0934825). Total award $5,005.

Tabor, Samuel L (PI), Cottle, P. D., Frawley, A. D., Riley, M. A., & Wiedenhoever, I. L. M. (Jun

2008–Jun 2012). Studies of Nuclear Reaction and Structure. Funded by National Science

Foundation. (0754674). Total award $4,560,000.

Tabor, Samuel L (PI), Cottle, P. D., Cottle, P. D., Riley, M. A., Riley, M. A., Wiedenhoever, I.

L. M., & Wiedenhoever, I. L. M. (May 2005–Jun 2009). Studies of Nuclear Reactions

and Structure. Funded by National Science Foundation. (0456463). Total award

$3,921,102.

Riley, M. A. (Jul 1993–Jun 2014). Florida State University Nuclear Physics Group. Funded by

National Science Foundation. Total award $29,100,000.


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Postdoctoral Supervision

Wang, X. (2008–12).

Lagergren, K. (2004–05).

Kondev, F. (1997–98).

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Member of the Dean of Faculties Seach Committee (2011–present).

Member, Taskforce on Scholarly Communications (2011–present).

Member, "Engineering Math and Science" Committee (2003–2004).

Co-Chair, Common Pre-requisite and Course Leveling in Physical Science (2003–2004).

FSU College Service

Member, Dean of Faculties Seach Committee (2011–present).

Chair, Science Area Directors and Chairs Committee (2009–2010).

FSU Department Service

Chair, Administrative (2007–present).

Departmental Representative, Departmental Representative on the Science Area Promotion and

Tenure Committee (2006–present).

Departmental Representative, Science Area Promotion and Tenure Committee (2006–present).

Associate Chair, Administrative (2003–2007).


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The Profession

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

Department of Energy, Nuclear Physics Global Theory Review Panel (2005).

Service to Professional Associations

Member, International Committee on Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, TRIUMF-ISAC, National

Science and Engineer Council of Cananda (2011–present).

Chair of the Physics Working Group, DOE GRETA-GRETINA Advisory Committee

(1998–present).

Member, Program Advisory Committee at iThemba National Labs, South Africa, Program

Advisory Committee (2010–2013).

Member, APS Division of Nuclear Physics Nominating Committee, APS (2010–2012).

Member, NSF/DOE NSAC Subcommittee on Public Access to Research Results, NSF/DOE

NSAC Subcommittee (2011).

Reviewer, NSF Site Review Panel of the NSCL at MSU (2008–2010).

Member, APS Special Task Force on Journal Pricing (2008–2009).

ATLAS User Executive Committee, Argonne National Laboratory (2007–2009).

Member, Director's Review Committee of the Nuclear Science Division at LBNL (2007–2009).

DOE Review Committee, CARIBU Facility at Argonne National Laboratory (2005–2009).

Chair, GAMMASPHERE User Executive Committee (2006–2007).

Member, APS Division of Nuclear Physics Program Committee (2005–2006).

Member, Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief and Treasurer of the APS (2005–2006).

Chair, Jesse Beams Award Committee, South Eastern Section of the APS (2005).

DOE Nuclear Physics Operations Review Committee, ATLAS at Argonne National Laboratory

(2004).


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NSF Site Visit Review Committee, University of Stony Brook, SUNY (2003).

National Gamma-Ray Tracking Coordinating Committee, DOE Nuclear Science Division

(2001–2003).

Long Range Plan Working Group, Department of Energy and National Science Foundation

(2001–2002).

(Chair 2001), American Physical Society Publications Oversight Committee (1992–2002).

NSAC Sub-committee, Low Energy Nuclear Physics in the US (2001).

Chair, Nuclear Chemistry Gordon Conference (2001).

Member, APS Division of Nuclear Physics Public Information Committee (1998–2001).

Nuclear Service Advisory Committee, Department of Energy and National Science Foundation

(1999–2000).

88-inch Cyclotron Program Advisory Committee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(1996–2000).

Executive Users Committee, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam, Facility at Oak Ridge National

Laboratory (1996–1998).

Chair, GAMMASPHERE User Executive Committee (1994–1996).

Member, ATLAS Program Advisor Committee, Argonne National Laboratory (1993–1996).

Service to Other Universities

Provost's External Reviewer, Mississippi State University (2012–present).

National Science Foundation Site Visit Review Committee, University of Stony Brook, SUNY

(2003–present).

Additional Service Not Reported Elsewhere

Riley, M. A. (2009). Recent Advances in Experimental Nuclear Physics:.

Riley, M. A. (2000). The Amazing Angular Momentum World of the Atomic Nucleus: An invited

series of lectures presented at the Fifth Nordic Summer School on Nuclear Physics.

Hillerod, Denmark.

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