Professor LEE, Jenny Hiu Ching

Current Research

• Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics Group: Experimental Nuclear Physics

  • The experimental nuclear physics group is dedicated to the studies of the nuclear shell structure evolution and the nucleon correlations in nuclei. The experimental techniques include direct reactions, in-beam gamma spectroscopy and beta-decay spectroscopy. The state-of-the-art gamma-ray detector array and charged particle detector array will be constructed at the University of Hong Kong in collaboration with RIKEN (Japan) and IPN-Orsay (France). Both arrays are portable with fully integrable capability to the detection systems at the present facility RIKEN (Japan) and in the future-upgraded accelerated-based laboratories worldwide such as NSCL/FRIB (United States) and Spiral2 (France).  

Research Interest

• Experimental nuclear physics for the studies of the nucleon correlations and the nuclear shell structure evolution

• Experimental techniques include direct reactions, in-beam gamma spectroscopy and beta-decay spectroscopy

Representative Publications

• “Low-Lying Structure of ⁵⁰Ar and the N=32  Subshell Closure” D. Steppenbeck, S. Takeuchi, N. Aoi, P. Doornenbal, M. Matsushita, H. Wang, Y. Utsuno, H. Baba, S. Go, J.H.C. Lee, K. Matsui, S. Michimasa, T. Motobayashi, D. Nishimura, T. Otsuka, H. Sakurai, Y. Shiga, N. Shimizu, P.-A. Söderström, T. Sumikama, R. Taniuchi, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, and K. Yoneda, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 252501 (2015)
• "Neutron spectroscopic factors of ⁵⁵Ni hole-states from (p,d) transfer reactions", A. Sanetullaev, M.B. Tsang, W.G. Lynch, J.H.C. Lee, D.Bazin, D.Coupland, V.Henzl, D.Henzlova, M.Kilburn, A.M.Rogers, Z.Y.Sun, M.Youngs, R.J.Charity, L.G.Sobotka, M.Famiano, S. Hudan, D. Shapira, W.A. Peters, C. Barbieri, M. Hjorth-Jensen, M. Horoi, T. Otsuka, T. Suzuki and Y. Utsuno,  Physics Letters B, 736, 137 (2014)
• "Evidence for a new nuclear 'magic' number from the structure of ⁵⁴Ca", D. Steppenbeck, S. Takeuchi, N. Aoi, P. Doornenbal, M. Matsushita, H. Wang, H. Baba, N. Fukuda, S. Go, M. Honma, J. Lee, K. Matsui, S. Michimasa, T. Motobayashi, D. Nishimura, T. Otsuka, H. Sakurai, Y. Shiga, P.-A. Soderstrom, T. Sumikama, H. Suzuki, R. Taniuchi, Y. Utsuno, J.J.Valiente-Dobon, and K. Yoneda, Nature, 502, 207 (2013)
• "In-Beam γ-Ray Spectroscopy of ^{34, 36,38}Mg: Merging the N=20 and N=28 Shell Quenching", P. Doornenbal, H. Scheit, N. Aoi, S. Takeuchi, K. Li, M. Matsushita, D. Steppenbeck, H. Wang, H. Baba, E. Ideguchi, N. Kobayashi, Y. Kondo, G. Lee, J.H.C. Lee, S. Michimasa, T. Motobayashi, H. Sakurai, M. Takechi and Y. Togano, Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 212502 (2013)
• "Neutron-hole states in ⁴⁵Ar from ¹H(⁴⁶Ar,d)⁴⁵Ar reactions", F. Lu. J.H.C. Lee, M.B. Tsang, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kiburn, W.G. Lynch. A.M. Rogers. A. Sanetullaev, Z.Y Sun, M. Youngs, R.J. Charity, L.G. Sobotka, M. Famiano, S. Hudan, M. Horoi, Y. Ye, Phys. Rev. C, 88, 017604 (2013)
• "A Laser Based Alignment System (LBAS) for Nuclear Physics Experiments", A.M. Rogers, J.H.C. Lee, B.E. Netta, M.S. Wallace, W.G. Lynch, H.K. Cheung, L. El-Mogaber, R. Fontus, T.K.Ghosh, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, D.J. Oostdyk, D. Sanderson, Z.Y. Sun, M.B. Tsang, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 707, 64 (2013)
• "Well-developed deformation in ⁴²Si", S. Takeuchi, M. Matsushita, N. Aoi, P. Doornenbal,K. Li, T. Motobayashi, H. Scheit, D. Steppenbeck, H. Wang, H. Baba, D. Bazin, L. C`aceres, H. Crawford, P. Fallon, R. Gernhauser, J. Gibelin, S. Go, S. Grevy, C. Hinke, C. R. Hoffman, R. Hughes,E. Ideguchi, D. Jenkins, N. Kobayashi, Y. Kondo, R. Krucken, T. Le Bleis, J.H.C. Lee, G. Lee, A. Matta, S. Michimasa, T. Nakamura, S. Ota, M. Petri, T. Sako, H. Sakurai, S. Shimoura, K. Steiger, K. Takahashi, M. Takechi, Y. Togano, R. Winkler, and K. Yoneda, Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 182501 (2012)
• "Neutron spectroscopic factors of ³⁴Ar and ⁴⁶Ar", J.H.C. Lee, M.B. Tsang, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, W.G. Lynch, A. 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, L.G. Sobotka, Phys. Rev. C, 83, 014606 (2011)
• "Neutron-proton asymmetry dependence of spectroscopic factors in Ar isotopes", J.H.C. Lee, M.B. Tsang, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, W.G. Lynch, A. 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, L.G. Sobotka, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 112701 (2010)

Awards and Honours