about:
2006 - present: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center of Excellence for Radioactive Ion Beam Studies for Stewardship Science
2001-2006: Ohio University
Ph.D. Physics, November 2006 - Thesis: Nucleosynthesis of 16O under Helium Burning
Advisor: Carl R. Brune
1995 - 2000: University of Bucharest, Romania
Dipl. Eng. in Physics, 2000 - Thesis: Study of the 6He halo nucleus
research interests:
My main research interest is in low-energy nuclear physics. Much of my PhD work has been focused on understanding the very important 12C(a,g)16O reaction in experiments at Ohio University and TRIUMF. Recently my time has been dedicated to designing a neutron detector array at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For further information, please see my CV and the experiments section.
publications:
"Measurement of the cascade transition via the first excited state of 16O in the 12C(a,g)16O reaction, and its S factor in stellar helium burning", C. Matei, L. Buchmann, C.R. Brune, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 242503 (2006).
talks:
"Investigation of Plastic Scintillator Detector Configurations for Neutron Studies", C. Matei, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.A. Cizewski, et al., 2007 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, Newport News VA, October 2007
"Measurement of the cascade cross section to the 6.049-MeV state in 16O in 12C(a,g)16O", C. Matei, L. Buchmann, C.R. Brune, et al., Oral Contribution at the Nine International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2006