K. Ernst Rehm   (630) 252-4073 FAX: (630) 252-6210 [email protected]

Education

High School	Gymnasium Casimirianum Coburg, Germany
Diploma	Technical University Munich	1963-1968
Ph. D.	Technical University Munich "16O induced Transfer Reactions on the even Zr-isotopes"	1969-1973
Dr. habil	Technical University Munich	1979

Career

Research Associate	Technical University Munich	1973-1975
Scientific Assistant	Technical University Munich	1977-1981
Associate Physicist	Argonne National Laboratory	1981-1989
Senior Physicist	Argonne National Laboratory	1990-present

Honors

Title	Organization	Dates
Fellow	Max Kade Foundation	1976-1977
Chief	Low Energy Nuclear Physics Group	1990-1994
Fellow	American Physical Society	1998

Research Interests

My interest lies in the study of reaction mechanisms, i.e. trying to understand how nuclei interact with each other via elastic and inelastic scattering, through few-particle transfers up to complex multi-particle transfer reactions and fusion, and the interplay among these various reaction modes. The study of these processes requires cutting-edge, high-resolution detector systems.

In the last 10 years I have worked on the development of unstable (radioactive) beams at the ATLAS accelerator, using either the In-Flight technique (for short-lived isotopes) or the two-accelerator method (for longer-lived isotopes). With these exotic beams many problems in nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics can be addressed for the first time. The detector systems developed for these studies can also be used for experiments in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry where isotopes at ultra-low concentrations (<10^-16) have to be detected. This research area has close ties to other fields, such as geology, paleontology, oceanography, astrophysics and others.

Recent Publications

"Study of the ⁵⁶Ni(d,p)⁵⁷Ni Reaction and the Astrophysical ⁵⁶Ni(p,gamma)⁵⁷Cu Reaction Rate", K. E. Rehm, F. Borasi, C. L. Jiang et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 676 (1998).

"Fusion Cross Sections for the Proton Drip Line Nucleus ¹⁷F", K. E. Rehm, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3341 (1998).

"The ⁴⁴Ti(alpha,p) Reaction and its Implication on the ⁴⁴Ti Yield in Supernovae", A. Sonzogni, K. E. Rehm, I. Ahmad et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1651 (2000).

"Nuclear Astrophysics Measurements with Radioactive Beams", M. S. Smith and K. E. Rehm, Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 51, 91(2001).

"Large Angle Elastic Alpha Scattering on a N=Z Nucleus above A=40", K. E. Rehm, C. L. Jiang, I Ahmad et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 132501 (2002).

"Widths of astrophysically important resonances in ¹⁸Ne", B. Harss, C. L. Jiang, K. E. Rehm, Phys. Rev. C65, 035803(2002)

"Determination of the ⁸B Neutrino Spectrum", W. Winter, S. J. Freedman, K. E. Rehm et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 252501 (2003).

"Influence of Nuclear Structure on Sub-Barrier Hindrance in Ni + Ni Fusion", C. L. Jiang, K. E. Rehm, R. V. F. Janssens, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 012701 (2004).

"Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the ⁶He charge radius", L. B. Wang, P. Mueller K. Bailey et al., Phys Rev. Lett. 93,142501 (2004).

"Neutron Spectroscopic Factors in ⁹Li from ²H(⁸Li,p)⁹Li", A. Wuosmaa, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 082502 (2005).