Patrick O'Malley

• Program Years: 2008-2012
• Academic Institution: Rutgers University
• Practicum(s):
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2009)
• Degree(s):
  B.S. Physics, Tennessee Technological University, 2006
• Field of Study: Experimental Nuclear Physics
• Academic Advisor: Jolie Cizewski

Publications:

-Spin assignments of 22Mg through a 24Mg(p,t)22Mg measurement, K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, B.H. Moazen, S.T. Pittman, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.F. Liang, M.S. Smith, K. Chipps, R. Hatarik, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, R.L. Kozub, C. Matei and C.D. Nesaraja, Proceedings of Science, NIC X, 169 (2008)

- "Spectroscopic Factors of low-lying 16N levels"
D.W. Bardayan, P.D. O'Malley, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, S. Paulauskas, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, J. F. Shriner, and M. S. Smith
Physical Review C, vol. 78, Issue 5, id. 052801 11/2008

- "Constraint on the astrophysical 18Ne(a,p)21Na reaction rate through a 24Mg(p,t)22Mg measurement"
K.Y. Chae, K.L. Jones, B.H. Moazen, S.T. Pittman, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, J.F. Liang, M.S. Smith, K. Chipps, R. Hatarik, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, R.L. Kozub, C. Matei and C.D. Nesaraja Phys. Rev. C 79, 055804 (2009)

- "The 28Si(p,t)26Si reaction and the importance for astrophysical 25Al(p,Y)26Si reaction rate
KK.A. Chipps, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, J.A. Cizewski, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O’Malley, S.D. Pain, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, K.T. Schmitt, and M.S. Smith
Phys. Rev. C 82, 045803 (2010)

- "Spin assignments to excited states in 22Na through a 24Mg(p,3He)22Na reaction measurement"
K. Y. Chae, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, S. T. Pittman, and M. S. Smith.
Phys. Rev. C 82, 047302 (2010)

- "Benchmarking a surrogate reaction for neutron capture"
R. Hatarik, L. A. Bernstein, J. A. Cizewski, D. L. Bleuel, J. T. Burke, J. E. Escher, J. Gibelin, B. L. Goldblum, A. M. Hatarik, S. R. Lesher, P. D. O’Malley, L. Phair, E. Rodriguez-Vieitez, T. Swan, and M. Wiedeking
Phys. Rev. C 81, 011602 (2010)

-"Neutron-Proton Asymmetry Dependence of Spectroscopic Factors in Ar Isotopes"
Jenny Lee, M. B. Tsang, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, W. G. Lynch, A. M. Rogers, A. Sanetullaev, A. Signoracci, Z. Y. Sun, M. Youngs, K. Y. Chae, R. J. Charity, H. K. Cheung, M. Famiano, S. Hudan, P. O’Malley, W. A. Peters, K. Schmitt, D. Shapira, and L. G. Sobotka
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 112701 (2010)


-"The 28Si(p,t)26Si*(p) reaction and implications for the astrophysical 25Al(p,Y)26Si reaction rate," K.A. Chipps, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, J.A. Cizewski, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O’Malley, S.D. Pain, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, K.T. Schmitt, and M.S. Smith, Phys Rev C 82, 045803 (2010).

-"Spin assignments to excited states in 22Na through a 24Mg(p,3He)22Na reaction measurement," K. Y. Chae, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, J. F. Liang, C. Matei, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, S. T. Pittman, and M. S. Smith, Phys. Rev. C 82, 047302 (2010)

-"Proton decay of 26Si via the 28Si(p,t)26Si Reaction and Implications for 25Al(p,Y)26Si," K. Chipps, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, J. Cizewski, R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, S.D. Pain, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, K.T. Schmitt and M.S. Smith, Proceedings of Science, NIC XI, 205 (2011)

-"A new technique for measuring astrophysically important (a,p) reactions," K.Y. Chae, S.H. Ahn, A. Ayres, D.W. Bardayan, A. Bey, M.E. Howard, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, M. Matos, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, P.D. O'Malley, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman and M.S. Smith, Proceedings of Science, NIC XI, 217 (2011)

-"Neutron spectroscopic factors of 34Ar and 46Ar from (p,d) transfer
reactions," Jenny Lee, M.B. Tsang, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, W.G. Lynch, A.M. Rogers, A. Sanetullaev, A. Signoracci, Z.Y. Sun, M. Youngs, R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka, M. Famiano, S. Hudan, D. Shapira, P. O'Malley, W.A. Peters, K.Y. Chae, K. Schmitt, Phys. Rev. C 83, 014606 (2011)

-"Direct studies of low-energy resonances in 31P(p,a) 28Si and 35Cl(p,a)32," S, B. H. Moazen, C. Matei, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, R. Hatarik, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, M. Matos, C. D. Nesaraja, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, T. Pelham, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, J. F. Shriner, Jr., and M. S. Smith, Eur. Phys. J. A 47, 66 (2011).

-"Search for a resonant enhancement of the 7Be+d reaction and primordial 7Li abundances," P. D. O’Malley, D. W. Bardayan, A. S. Adekola, S. Ahn, K. Y. Chae, J. A. Cizewski, S. Graves, M. E. Howard, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, L. Lindhardt, M. Matos, B. M. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, K. T. Schmitt, J. F. Shriner, Jr., M. S. Smith, I. Spassova, S. Y. Strauss, and J. L. Wheeler, Phys. Rev. C 84, 042801 (2011)

-"Unbound states of ,32Cl and the 31S(p,gamma)32Cl reaction rate," M. Matoš, J. C. Blackmon, L. E. Linhardt, D. W. Bardayan, C. D. Nesaraja, J. A. Clark, C. M. Deibel, P. D. O’Malley, and P. D. Parker Phys. Rev. C 84, 055806 (2011)

Awards:

Summa cum laude in cursu honorum (TTU)
Physics Award (TTU award for academic excellence in physics)
Sigma Pi Sigma
Derry Berry Award Finalist (TTU)
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