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Shuya Ota

Assistant Scientist, National Nuclear Data Center, Nuclear Science and Technology Department

Shuya Ota

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Nuclear Science and Technology Department
Bldg. 817
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2305
sota@bnl.gov

Dr. Ota is a staff scientist of the National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). He has a Ph.D. in Experimental Astrophysics (cosmic ray physics and nuclear physics) from Waseda University, Japan. Before joining BNL, he was a staff scientist at Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University. Dr. Ota is a trained experimental low-energy nuclear physicist with a substantial interest in applying nuclear data for astrophysics, and an ENSDF and XUNDL nuclear data evaluator. His research focus is on nuclear astrophysics and physics of exotic nuclei. He contributed to developments of various types of detectors including passive nuclear track detectors (CR-39 and nuclear emulsions), Hyperion Si and Ge array, LaBr3 gamma-ray detectors, TIARA Si and Ge array at Texas, BaF2 gamma-ray total absorption spectrometer (DAPPER), BlueSteAl Si+Phoswich+Diamond detector, and the NNDC Decay Station. He also studies stellar evolution and galactic chemical evolution computationally as a member of the NuGrid collaboration.

Expertise | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Expertise

Low energy experimental nuclear physics (nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure of halo nuclei, detector development)

Education

Ph. D. (Experimental Astrophysics), Waseda University (2011)

M. Sc. (Physics), Waseda University (2008)

B. Eng. (Applied Physics), Waseda University (2006)

Professional Appointments

2022 - present    Staff Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

2019 - 2022    Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University
(2021 Spring Semester, Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University)

2016 - 2019    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University

2014 - 2016    JSPS Postdoc Fellow for Research Abroad, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2011 - 2014    JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
(2013 - 2014     Visiting Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Selected Publications

  • Ota S, Christian G, Reed BJ, et al (2023) BlueSTEAl: A pair of silicon arrays and a zero-degree phoswich detector for studies of scattering and reactions in inverse kinematics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 168946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168946
  • Ota S, Christian G, Catford WN, et al (2021) (Li6, d) and (Li6, t) reactions on Ne22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis. Physical Review C 104:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.104.055806
  • Ota S, Christian G, Lotay G, et al (2020) Decay properties of 22Ne?+?α resonances and their impact on s-process nucleosynthesis. Physics Letters B 802:135256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135256
  • Escher JE, Harke JT, Hughes RO, et al (2018) Constraining Neutron Capture Cross Sections for Unstable Nuclei with Surrogate Reaction Data and Theory. Physical Review Letters 121:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.052501
  • Hughes RO, Harke JT, Casperson RJ, et al (2017) The hyperion particle-γ detector array. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 856:47–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.012
  • Ota S, Harke JT, Casperson RJ, et al (2015) Spin differences in the Zr90 compound nucleus induced by (p,p′) , (p,d) , and (p,t) surrogate reactions. Physical Review C 92:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.92.054603
  • Makii H, Ota S, Ishii T, et al (2015) Development of a measurement system for the determination of (n,γ) cross-sections using multi-nucleon transfer reactions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 797:83–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.005
  • Ota S, Sihver L, Kobayashi S, Hasebe N (2014) Depth dependency of neutron density produced by cosmic rays in the lunar subsurface. Advances in Space Research 54:2114–2121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2014.02.002
  • Ota S, Yasuda N, Sihver L, et al (2011) Charge resolution of CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors for intermediate energy heavy ions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 269:1382–1388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2011.03.018
  • Ota S, Kobayashi S, Sihver L, et al (2011) Neutron production in the lunar subsurface from alpha particles in galactic cosmic rays. Earth, Planets and Space 63:25–35. https://doi.org/10.5047/eps.2010.01.006

Awards & Recognition

2024 GANIL Visiting Scientist Award

2023 BNL Spotlight Award

2023 FRIB Visiting Scholar Award

Shuya Ota

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Nuclear Science and Technology Department
Bldg. 817
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2305
sota@bnl.gov

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