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RESEARCH AND OTHER
INTERESTS
The central research
interest of Saed Dababneh is in the field of nuclear physics and its
applications. The study of nuclear reactions important to the understanding
of energy production and the origin of the elements in stars and in
explosive stellar environments had been an example. This understanding can
be achieved by investigating nuclear reactions experimentally. Some of
these experiments are characterized by very weak yields and thus require
advanced data reduction techniques. Probabilistic computer simulations are
gaining high importance in the field, hence part of the expertise of the
students of Dr. Dababneh is directed to Monte Carlo techniques.
Recently, Dr.
Dababneh has been supervising a graduate (M.Sc.) program in Applied
Nuclear Physics at
Al-Balqa Applied University BAU. The program, supported by King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD),
attracted top students from different Jordanian universities. In addition, BAU is
considering an undergraduate program oriented towards Nuclear and Radiation
Physics to be launched in the second semester of the academic year
2009\2010.
In
light of the announced Jordanian nuclear program, our vision considers with
care the anticipated demand for highly qualified personnel. Consequently,
capacity-building must be placed in the context of a systematic approach
that takes into consideration all the needs of the national nuclear
program.
Both
graduate and the coming undergraduate curricula at BAU are basically
designed to teach basic principles and fundamental techniques that provide
the student with the necessary background enabling him to either pursue his
even higher education in nuclear physics or other related disciplines, or
to directly participate in the local and regional relevant projects. Graduates of this discipline work in industry, medical
facilities in addition to power plants. They also fit in the research and
development facilities, in the service industries, the government,
consultancy, management among other related fields.
We
witnessed the first graduates from the M.Sc. program in 2009. Many of the
students visited, or will visit, advanced labs such as GSI in Darmstadt,
Germany. The students have also been locally engaged in scientific and
training activities at relevant institutions. The thematic scope of their
theses is wide and covers in addition to experimental and theoretical
nuclear physics, medical and industrial applications as well.
TEACHING
Dr. Dababneh has taught the following courses:
·
Nuclear Reactor
Analysis (Graduate).
·
Nuclear Physics
(Graduate).
·
Experimental Techniques
in Nuclear Physics (Graduate).
·
Computational Physics
(Graduate).
·
Theoretical Nuclear
Physics (Graduate).
·
Radiation Detection and
Measurement (Graduate).
·
Advanced Mathematical
Physics (Graduate).
·
Advanced Statistical
Physics (Graduate).
·
Undergraduate (first
year) physics courses.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1)
A solution of the
neutron diffusion equation in hemispherical symmetry using the homotopy
perturbation method.
Kafa Khasawneh, Saed Dababneh,
Zaid Odibat.
Annals of Nuclear Energy 36
(2009) 1711.
2)
Stellar He burning of 18O:
A measurement of low-energy resonances and their astrophysical
implications.
S. Dababneh, M. Heil, F. Käppeler, J.
Görres, M. Wiescher, R. Reifarth and
H. Leiste.
Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 025801.
3)
Neutron capture studies
on unstable 135Cs for nucleosynthesis and transmutation.
N. Patronis, S. Dababneh, P.A.
Assimakopoulos, R. Gallino, M. Heil, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, P.E.
Koehler, A. Mengoni and R. Plag.
Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 025803.
4)
Gamma spectroscopy
using two Clover detectors in close geometry.
S. Dababneh, N. Patronis, P.A. Assimakopoulos,
J. Görres, M. Heil, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, S. O'Brien, R. Reifarth.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
in Physics Research A 517 (2004) 230-239.
5)
Quasistellar spectrum
for neutron activation measurements at kT = 5 keV.
M. Heil, S. Dababneh, A.
Juseviciute, F. Käppeler, R. Plag, R. Reifarth, S. O’Brien.
Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 025803.
6)
Neutron capture cross section
of 139La.
S. O'Brien, S. Dababneh, M. Heil, F. Käppeler,
R. Plag, R. Reifarth, R. Gallino and M. Pignatari
Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 035801.
7)
Lanthanum: an s-
and r-process indicator.
N. Winckler, S. Dababneh, M.
Heil, F. Käppeler, R. Gallino, M. Pignatari.
The Astrophysical Journal 647
(2006) 685.
8)
Excitation function of
the nuclear reaction 19F(p,ag)16O
in the proton energy range 0.3-3.0 MeV.
S. Dababneh, K. Toukan and I.
Khubeis.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics
Research B 83 (1993) 319-324.
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The complete list of
publications is available here.
The complete CV can be
downloaded as a PDF here.
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