Werner Tornow, Professor  

Office Location: 414 TUNL
Office Phone: (919) 660-2637
Email Address: tornow@tunl.duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.tunl.duke.edu/~tornow/

Research Categories: Experimental Nuclear Physics

Research Description: Professor Werner Tornow became the Director of TUNL in July, 1996. He is primarily interested in studying few-nucleon systems with special emphasis on two-nucleon systems and three-nucleon force effects in three-nucleon systems. Polarized beams and polarized targets are essential in this work. He collaborates with the leading theoreticians in his field to interpret the experimental data obtained at TUNL. He recently became involved in weak-interaction physics, especially in double-beta decay studies and in neutrino oscillation physics using large scale detectors at the Kamland project in Japan.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. C.D. Roper, T.B. Clegg, J.D. Dunham, A.J. Mendez, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter, Improved Results for the 2H(d,n)3He Transverse Vector Polarization-Transfer Coefficient Kyy'(0) at Low Energies, Few-Body Systems, in press (Accepted, 2009) .
  2. C.D. Bowman, R.P. Vogelaar, D.C. Bowman, C.R. Howell, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter, GEM*STAR: The Alternative Reactor Technology Comprising Graphite, Molten Salt, and Accelerators, in International Handbook of Nuclear Engineering, in press (2009), Springer Verlag .
  3. W.I. Furman, A.Yu. Muzichka, C.D. Bowman, B.E. Crawford, C.R. Howell, Ya. Kaniev, B.G. Levakov, V.I. Litvin, E.V. Lychagin, A.E. Lyzhin, G.E. Mitchell, G.V. Nekhaev, E.I. Sharapov, V.N. Shvetsov, S.L. Stephenson, A.V. Strelkov, Yu. I. Tchernukhin, W. Tornow, Current Status of the Experiment on Direct Measurement of the Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length at the Reactor YAGUAR, Proceedings of the XVI International Seminar of Neutrons with Nuclei, JINR, Dubna, p. 54 (2009) .
  4. C.D. Bowman, D.C. Bowman, E.G. Bilpuch, A.S. Crowell, C.R. Howell, K. McCabe, G.A. Smith, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, V. Vylet, R.L. Walter, Neutrons from a Proton-Driven Deuterium Target as a Possible Competitor to Spallation for Nuclear Energy Applications, Nuclear Science and Engineering 161, 119 (2009) .
  5. C.D. Bowman, E.G. Bilpuch, D.C. Bowman, A.S. Crowell, C.R. Howell, K. McCabe, G.A. Smith, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, V. Vylet, R.B. Vogelaar, R.L. Walter, Reducing Parasitic Thermal Neutron Absorption in Graphite by 30%, Nuclear Science and Engineering 161, 68 (2009) .

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Mary Kidd  
  • Anthony L. Hutcheson  
  • James H. Esterline  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Rajarshi Raut (2009/12-present)  
  • Gencho Rusev (2008 - present)  
  • Kengo Nakamura (2000-2005)  
  • Christopher D. Roper (1999 - 2000)  
  • Richard T. Braun (1998 - 1999)  
  • Dinko Gonzalez Trotter (1998 - 1999)  
  • Richard T. Braun (1998 - 1999)  
  • Dinko E. Gonzalez Trotter (1997 - 1999)