Nicholas Esker

Associate Professor Nuclear Chemistry Physical Chemistry

San Jose State University

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College of Science

Department Of Chemistry

Nicholas Esker is currently serving as a College Of Science Associate Professor Nuclear Chemistry Physical Chemistry at San Jose State University.

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Nicholas Esker

San Jose State University

Associate Professor Nuclear Chemistry Physical Chemistry

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Development of Nuclear Target Production and Characterization Capabilities at San José State University. EPJ Web of Conferences (2025)

Rolling Foil Fundamentals, Pack Lubrication, and Areal Density Measurements. EPJ Web of Conferences (2025)

Signature of 0+ Excited State and Shape Coexistence in 94Kr Through 93Kr(D,P)94Kr Reaction. Physics Letters B (2025)

The Fable Silicon Detector Array for Comprehensive Studies of Fusion and Breakup Dynamics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2025)

Elastic Scattering of He 3 + He 4 With the Sonik Scattering Chamber. Physical review. C (2024)

S. N. PaneruC. R. BruneD. ConnollyD. OdellM. PoudelD. R. PhillipsJ. KarpeskyB. DavidsC. RuizA. LennarzU. GreifeM. AlcortaR. GiriM. LovelyM. BowryM. DelgadoN. E. EskerA. B. GarnsworthyC. SeemanP. MachuleJ. FallisA. A. ChenF. LaddaranA. FirminoC. Weinerman

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Towards the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) With 50ti. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

J.M GatesR OrfordD RudolphC AppletonB.M BarriosJ.Y BenitezM BordeauW BothaC.M CampbellJ ChaddertonA.T ChemeyR.M ClarkH.L CrawfordJ.D DespotopulosO DorvauxN.E EskerP FallonC.M FoldenB.J.P GallF.H GarciaP GolubevJ.A GoodingM GreboK.E GregorichM GuerreroR.A HendersonR.-D HerzbergY HrabarT.T KingM. Kireeff CovoA.S KirklandR KrückenE LeistenschneiderE.M LykiardopoulouM MccarthyJ.A MildonC Müller-GatermannL PhairJ.L PoreE RiceK.P RykaczewskiB.N SammisL.G SarmientoD SeweryniakD.K SharpA SinjariP SteineggerM.A StoyerJ.M SzornelK ThomasD.S ToddP VoV WatsonP.T Wooddy

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Toward the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium ( Z = 116 ) With Ti 50. Physical Review Letters (2024)

J. M. GatesR. OrfordD. RudolphC. AppletonB. M. BarriosJ. Y. BenitezM. BordeauW. BothaC. M. CampbellJ. ChaddertonA. T. ChemeyR. M. ClarkH. L. CrawfordJ. D. DespotopulosO. DorvauxN. E. EskerP. FallonC. M. FoldenB. J. P. GallF. H. GarciaP. GolubevJ. A. GoodingM. GreboK. E. GregorichM. GuerreroR. A. HendersonR.-D. HerzbergY. HrabarT. T. KingM. Kireeff CovoA. S. KirklandR. KrückenE. LeistenschneiderE. M. LykiardopoulouM. McCarthyJ. A. MildonC. Müller-GatermannL. PhairJ. L. PoreE. RiceK. P. RykaczewskiB. N. SammisL. G. SarmientoD. SeweryniakD. K. SharpA. SinjariP. SteineggerM. A. StoyerJ. M. SzornelK. ThomasD. S. ToddP. VoV. WatsonP. T. Wooddy

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Cross Sections of the Rb 83 ( P, γ ) Sr 84 and Kr 84 ( P, γ ) Rb 85 Reactions at Energies Characteristic of the Astrophysical γ Process. Physical review. C (2023)

First Application of Markov Chain Monte Carlo-Based Bayesian Data Analysis to the Doppler-Shift Attenuation Method. Physics Letters B (2023)

LJ SunC FryB DavidsN EskerC WredeM AlcortaS Bhattacharjee...

applied statisticsbayesian analysisdoppler-shift attenuation methodapplied physicsmarkov chain monte carlophysicsparticle physicsstatistics

Structure Studies of Be13 From the Be12(D,P) Reaction in Inverse Kinematics on a Solid Deuteron Target. Physical Review C (2023)

J. KovoorK. L. JonesJ. HookerM. VostinarR. KanungoS. D. PainM. AlcortaJ. AllenC. AndreoiuL. AtarD. W. BardayanS. S. BhattacharjeeD. BlanksteinC. BurbadgeS. BurcherW. N. CatfordS. ChaK. ChaeD. ConnollyB. DavidsN. E. EskerF. H. GarciaS. GillespieR. GhimireA. GulaG. HackmanS. HallamM. HellmichJ. HendersonM. HollP. JassalS. KingT. KnightR. KrueckenA. LepailleurJ. LiangL. MorrisonP. D. O'MalleyX. Pereira-LopezA. PsaltisA. RadichJ. RefsgaardA. C. ShotterM. WilliamsO. Workman