

Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Ph.D., Stanford University, USA
Chair of the MonAme SRC
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, 1998 - 2002
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Diploma in High Energy Physics, 1996 - 1997
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Master of Science in Physics, 1994 - 1995
National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Bachelor of Science in Physics, 1989 - 1994
National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Professional Experience
Science Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation,
Stanford University, November 2007 - present
Postdoctoral staff member, Nuclear Experimental Group,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, January 2005 - present
Research Scientist, North Carolina State University
August 2004 - January 2005
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North Carolina State University
August 2002 - August 2004
Lecturer, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics,
National University of Mongolia
September 1997 - August 1998
Membership
American Physical Society
American Nuclear Society
Mongolian Physical Society
Awards and Honors
Recognition of Excellence, SSAAP symposium,
National Nuclear Security Administration, US Department of Energy, March 2004
N.P. Pollock Dissertation Award, North Carolina State University, October 2003
National Science Foundation grant award to attend the International
Workshop on Dynamics of Chaos, Novosibirsk, Russia, August 2003
International Graduate Fellowship award,
North Carolina State University, 1999 - 2000
International Centre for Theoretical Physics award for travel, 1998
Full scholarship to attend the Diploma program in High Energy Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, Italy, 1996 - 1997
First Class Honors (Red diploma), National University of Mongolia, 1994
D. Sukhbaatar fellowship (tuition and stipend for three years of undergraduate study),
National University of Mongolia, 1991 - 1994
List of Publications
1. Elastic cross section of mesonic atom formation
U. Agvaanluvsan, M.Sc. dissertation, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1995
2. Inelastic cross section of mesonic atom formation
Kh. Tsookhuu, U. Agvaanluvsan, Hyperfine Interactions 112 (101) 1996
3. Spontaneous symmetry breaking of the supersymmetric standard model
U. Agvaanluvsan, Diploma dissertation, High Energy Physics, ICTP, Trieste,
Italy, 1997
4. Level density analysis of proton resonances
U. Agvaanluvsan, Ph.D. dissertation, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, 2002
5. Level densities from proton resonances
U. Agvaanluvsan, G.E. Mitchell, J.F. Shriner, Jr., M. Pato, American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, 680 (321) 2003
6. Missing level corrections in nuclear resonances
U. Agvaanluvsan, G.E. Mitchell, J.F. Shriner, Jr., M. Pato, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A498 (459) 2003
7. Parity dependence of nuclear level densities
U. Agvaanluvsan, G.E. Mitchell, J.F. Shriner, Jr., M. Pato,
Phys. Rev. C 67 (064608) 2003
8. Determining nuclear level densities
G.E. Mitchell, U. Agvaanluvsan, J.F. Shriner, Jr., M. Pato, Proceedings of the 11-th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, World Scientific, p.382, 2003
9. Level densities and radiative strength functions in 170,171Yb
U. Agvaanluvsan, A. Schiller, J.A. Becker, L.A. Bernstein, M. Guttormsen,
G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, S. Siem, and A. Voinov, Neutron spectroscopy, nuclear structure and related topics, Proceedings of ISINN-11,
Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, p.65, 2004
10. Large enhancement of radiative strength for soft transitions in the quasicontinuum
A. Voinov, E. Algin, U. Agvaanluvsan, T. Belgya, R. Chankova, M. Guttormsen, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller, and S. Siem,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (142504) 2004
11. Level densities and g-ray strength functions in 170,171,172Yb
U. Agvaanluvsan, A. Schiller, J.A. Becker, L.A. Bernstein, P. Garrett, M. Guttormsen, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, S. Siem, A. Voinov, and W. Younes,
Phys. Rev. C 70 (054611) 2004
12. Radiative strength functions in 93-98Mo
M. Guttormsen, R. Chankova, U. Agvaanluvsan, E. Algin, L.A. Bernstein,
F. Ingebretsen, T. Lornhoth, G. Messelt, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller,
S. Siem, A.C. Sunde, A. Voinov, S. Odegard,
Phys. Rev. C 71 (044307) 2005
13. Investigation of the radiative strength function
U. Agvaanluvsan, E. Algin, J. A. Becker, M. Guttormsen, G.E. Mitchell, S. Siem,
A. Schiller, A. Voinov,
Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. B241 (120) 2005
14. Level densities and thermodynamical quantities of heated 93-98Mo isotopes
R. Chankova, A. Schiller, U. Agvaanluvsan, E. Algin, L.A. Bernstein,
M. Guttormsen, F. Ingebretsen, T. Lornhoth, G. Messelt, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad,
S. Siem, A.C. Larsen, A. Voinov, S. Odegard,
Phys. Rev. C 73 (034311) 2006
15. Level density of 56Fe and low-energy enhancement of g-ray strength function
A.V. Voinov, S.M. Grimes, U. Agvaanluvsan, E. Algin. T. Belgya, C.R. Brune,
M. Guttormsen, M.J. Hornish, T. Massey, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller,
and S. Siem
Phys. Rev. C 74, 014314 (2006)
16. Breaking of nuclear Cooper pairs at finite temperature in 93-98Mo
K. Kaneko, M. Hasegawa, U. Agvaanluvsan, E. Algin, R. Chankova, M. Guttormsen,
A.C. Larsen, G.E. Mitchell, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller, S. Siem, and A. Voinov
Phys. Rev. C 74, 024325 (2006)
17. Neutron capture rates on radioactive nuclides - DANCE
R. Reifarth, U. Agvaanluvsan, A. Alpizar-Vicente, T.A. Bredeweg, E.-I. Esch,
U. Greife, R.C. Haight, R. Hatarik, F. Herwig, J.M. O’Donnell, R.S. Rundberg,
J.M. Schwantes, J.L. Ullmann, D.J. Vieira, and J.M. Wouters
New Astronomy Rev. 50, 644 (2006)
18. Gamma-ray production cross sections in Multiple Channels for Neutron Induced Reaction on 48Ti for En = 1 to 200 MeV
D. Dashdorj, G.E. Mitchell, J.A. Becker, U. Agvaanluvsan, L.A. Bernstein,
W. Younes, P.E. Garrett, M.B. Chadwick, M. Devlin, N. Fotiades, T. Kawano,
R.O. Nelson
Nuclear Science and Engineering 157, 65 (2007)
19. Effect of preequilibrium spin distribution on 48Ti + n cross sections
D. Dashdorj, T. Kawano, P. E. Garrett, J.A. Becker, U. Agvaanluvsan, L.A. Bernstein,
M.B. Chadwick, M. Devlin, N. Fotiades, G.E. Mitchell, R.O. Nelson, W. Younes,
Phys. Rev. C 75, 054612 (2007)
20 Spin and parity assignments for 94,95Mo neutron resonances
S. A. Sheets, U. Agvaanluvsan, J.A. Becker, F. Becvar, T.A. Bredeweg, R.C. Haight,
M. Krticka, M. Jandel, G.E. Mitchell, J.M. O’Donnell, W.E. Parker, R. Reifarth,
R.S. Rundberg, E.I. Sharapov, I. Tomandl, J.L. Ullmann, D.J. Vieira, J.M. Wouters,
J.B. Wilhelmy, and C.Y. Wu
Phys. Rev. C 76, 064317 (2007)
Seminars and presentations
1. Nuclear level densities by direct counting
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC October 2002 (invited)
2. Missing resonance corrections to nuclear level density using the Gaussian
Orthogonal Ensemble of the Random Matrix Theory
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,
February 2003 (invited)
3. Level densities and radiative strength functions in 170,171Yb
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 11th International Seminar on Interaction of Neutron with Nuclei, Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, May 2003
(invited)
4. Level densities and radiative strength functions in 116,117Sn
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the American Physics Society, Division of Nuclear Physics Fall 2003 meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 2003
5. Corrections to nuclear level densities using the Random Matrix Theory
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the International Conference on Dynamics of Chaos in Classical and Quantum Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia, August 2003 (invited)
6. Level densities and radiative strength function in 170,171Yb
U. Agvaanluvsan, poster at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, the 6th user group meeting, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, October 2003
7. Comparing the total g-ray spectra for 117Sn from the (n,g) and (3He,3Heg) reactions
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Workshop on nuclear reactions on Unstable Nuclei and the Surrogate Reaction Technique, Pacific Grove, CA,
January 2004
8. Resonances and nuclear average properties using DANCE
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Workshop on new opportunities and challenges with DANCE and Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Santa Fe, NM, February 2004
9. Level density in 116Sn
U. Agvaanluvsan, poster at the Stewardship Science Academic Alliance Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, March 2004
10. Level densities and radiative strength functions using the statistical g-ray
spectroscopy
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at Ohio University, Athens, OH, June 2004 (invited)
11. Level densities and g-ray strength functions using the statistical g-ray spectroscopy
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, July 2004 (invited)
12. Level densities and g-ray strength functions using the statistical g-ray spectroscopy
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at N-division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, July 2004
13. Improved nuclear level densities via identification of spurious resonances
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the International Conference on Nuclear Data in Science and Technology ND2004, Santa Fe, NM, September 2004
14. Investigation of the radiative strength function
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 18th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry CAARI2004, Ft. Worth, TX, October 2004 (invited)
15. Level density in 116Sn
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the American Physical Society, Division of Nuclear Physics Fall 2004 meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2004
16. Europium neutron capture reactions,
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 39th Interlaboratory Working Group Meeting,
Los Alamos, NM, May 2005 (invited)
17. Level densities, gamma-ray strength functions and calculation of neutron capture cross section using Hauser-Feshbach reaction codes
U. Agvaanluvsan, mini-lecture series, LANSCE-3, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, June 2005
18. Nuclear structure with neutrons
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the LANSCE Future workshop, Los Alamos, NM, July 2005 (invited)
19. Statistical properties of stable Eu nuclei using neutron capture reactions
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Physics, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 2005 (invited)
20. The energy and multiplicity correlation of resonances in 151,153Eu(n,g) reaction
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the American Physical Society, Division of Nuclear Physics Fall 2005 meeting, Kapalua, HI, September 2005
21. The radiative strength function using the neutron capture reaction on 151,153Eu,
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 12th Conference on Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, Notre Dame, IN, September 2005
22. Europium neutron capture cross sections and statistical properties of g-ray cascade
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at N-division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, October 2005
23. Neutron capture reaction for stable Europium using DANCE at LANSCE,
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Academic Alliance Seminar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, June 2006
24. Progress on the Europium Neutron-Capture Study using DANCE
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the 19th International Conference on the
Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry CAARI2006, Ft. Worth, TX,
August 2006 (invited)
25. Results for 151,153Eu(n,g)cross sections at DANCE and evidence of M1 scissors mode
Resonances
U. Agvaanluvsan, seminar at N-division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, March 2007
26. Neutron capture measurements on Europium and Gadolinium ,
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the DANCE workshop, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, March 2007 (invited)
27. Eu neutron capture measurements using DANCE array at LANSCE ,
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Excellence in Basic and Applied Nuclear Science, Monterey, CA, June 2007 (invited)
28. Eu neutron capture measurements at DANCE
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, the 8th user group meeting, Santa-Fe, NM, June 2007
29. Photon strength function of Eu using DANCE
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Workshop on Photon Strength Functions and Related Topics, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2007 (invited)
30. Status of experimental data for the low-energy part of photon strength function
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Nuclear Data Evaluators Meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA September 2007 (invited)
31. The experimental study of g-decay patterns using DANCE
U. Agvaanluvsan, presentation at the Conference on Compound Nuclear Reactions CNR 2007, Yosemite, CA, October 2007 (invited)

