Mohammad W. Ahmed, Assistant Research Professor

Office Location: 416 TUNL
Office Phone: 919-660-2630
Email Address: ahmed@tunl.duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.tunl.duke.edu
Specialties:
Experimental nuclear physics
Research Description: Study of few nucleon systems with hadronic and gamma-ray probes. Primary experiments involve study of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hern sum rule for the deuteron, Photodisintegration of the deuteron below pion-threshold, Compton scattering on nuclear targets, and Pion-Nucleon scattering using photo-pion production at the High Intensity Gamma Ray Source (HIGS). The efforts at Triangle University Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) includes determination of the analyzing power of the astrophysically important n-p capture reaction, and partial wave amplitudes for the GDH integrand. In addition, Dr. Ahmed is also the co-lead in the developement of the data acquisition systems at TUNL/HIGS.
Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- M.W. Ahmed, Near-threshold deuteron photodisintegration: An
indirect determination of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn
sum rule and forward spin polarizability ($\gamma_0$)
for the deuteron at low energies,
Physical Review C
(Submitted, Fall, 2007) .
- Editors: M.W. Ahmed, B. Holstein, H. Gao, and H.R. Weller, Chiral Dynamics 2006
(2007), World Scientific .
- A. Sabourov, M. W. Ahmed, M. A. Blackston, A. S. Crowell, C. R. Howell, B. A. Perdue, K. Sabourov, A. Tonchev, and H. R. Weller, Astrophysical S factor for the 7Li(d,n0)8Be and 7Li(d,n1)8Be reactions,
Physical Review, vol. C73
(2006),
pp. 015801 .
- A. Sabourov, M. W. Ahmed, M. A. Blackston, A. S. Crowell, C. R. Howell, K. Joshi, S. O. Nelson, B. A. Perdue, K. Sabourov, A. Tonchev, and H. R. Weller, The 7Li(d-vector,n0)8Be and 7Li(d-vector,n1)8Be reactions below 160 keV,
Physical Review, vol. C74
(2006),
pp. 064611 .
- T. C. Li, N. Pietralla, A. P. Tonchev, M. W. Ahmed, T. Ahn, C. Angell, M. A. Blackston, A. Costin, K. J. Keeter, J. Li, A. Lisetskiy, S. Mikhailov, Y. Parpottas, B. A. Perdue, G. Rainovski, W. Tornow, H. R. Weller, and Y. K. Wu, First evidence for spin-flip M1 strength in 40Ar,
Physical Review, vol. C73
(2006),
pp. 054306 .