Mohammad W. Ahmed, Assistant Research Professor  

Mohammad W. Ahmed

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.

Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • Physics 53l9r.07r, General physics i (lab&rec)
    Physics 150, F 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. M.W. Ahmed, M. A. Blackston, B. A. Perdue, W. Tornow, H. R. Weller, B. Norum, B. Sawatzky, R. M. Prior, and M. Spraker, Study of Near-Threshold Deuteron Photodisintegration: An Indirect Determination of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn (GDH) Sum Rule and Forward Spin Polarizability ($\gamma_0$) for the Deuteron at Low Energies, Phys. Rev. C77, 044005 (2008) .
  2. H. R. Weller, M. W. Ahmed, H. Gao, W. Tornow, Y. K. Wu, M. Gai, and R. Miskiemen, Research Oppertunities at the Upgraded HIGS Facility, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, vol. 62 (2008), pp. 257-303 .
  3. M. A. Blackston, M. W. Ahmed, B. A. Perdue, and H. R. Weller, B. Bewer, R. E. Pywell, and W. A. Wurtz, R. Igarashi, S. Kucuker, B. Norum, and K. Wang, J. Li, S. F. Mikhailov, V. G. Popov, Y. K. Wu, B. D. Sawatzky, First observation of the splittings of the E1 p-wave amplitudes in low energy deuteron photodisintegration and its implications for the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Sum Rule integrand, Phys. Rev., vol. C78 no. 034003 (2008) .
  4. S. Stave, M. W. Ahmed, A. J. Antolak,3 M. A. Blackston, A. S. Crowell, B. L. Doyle, S. S. Henshaw, C. R. Howell, P. Kingsberry, B. A. Perdue, P. Rossi, R. M. Prior, M. C. Spraker, and H. R. Weller, Cross section measurements of the 10B(d,n0)11C reaction below 160 keV, Phys. Rev., vol. C77 (2008), pp. 054607 .
  5. Editors: M.W. Ahmed, B. Holstein, H. Gao, and H.R. Weller, Chiral Dynamics 2006 (2007), World Scientific .