Dr Paul Fraser
Lecturer

Dr Paul Fraser

UNSW Canberra
SCIENCE - Teaching

Paul holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a BSc in applied mathematics and physics, both from the University of Melbourne. He has taught at four Australian universities and undertaken postdoctoral fellowships at UNAM in Mexico, INFN in Padova, Italy, and at Curtin University, WA .

He has experience developing the mathematical skills and physics conceptual understanding of students from early high school to final year undergraduate levels, including mature-age, international, and indigenous students.

Phone
+61 2 5114 5246
Location
PEMS, Building 26, room 104
  • Books | 2019
    Karataglidis S; Amos K; Fraser PR; Canton L, 2019, A New Development at the Intersection of Nuclear Structure and Reaction Theory, Springer International Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21070-0
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Coupled-channel description for mirror mass-11 nuclei compared to shell-model structures', European Physical Journal A, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00828-1
    Journal articles | 2021
    Amos K; Fraser PR; Karataglidis S; Canton L, 2021, 'Low-energy spectra of mirror mass-19 nuclei with a collective coupled-channel scattering model', European Physical Journal A, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00479-8
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Modelling nuclei far from stability with a multichannel approach', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1643
    Journal articles | 2019
    Fraser PR; Amos K; Canton L; Karataglidis S; Van Der Knijff D; Svenne JP, 2019, 'Mass-15 nuclei and predicting narrow states beyond the proton drip line', Physical Review C, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.024609
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fraser PR; Massen-Hane K; Kadyrov AS; Amos K; Bray I; Canton L, 2017, 'Effective two-body model for spectra of clusters of H 2, H 3, He 3, and He 4 with He 4, and H 2 - He 4 scattering', Physical Review C, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.014619
    Journal articles | 2017
    Svenne JP; Canton L; Amos K; Fraser PR; Karataglidis S; Pisent G; Van Der Knijff D, 2017, 'Very low-energy nucleon- O 16 coupled-channel scattering: Results with a phenomenological vibrational model', Physical Review C, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034305
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'A multi-channel model for an α plus 6He nucleus cluster', European Physical Journal A, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12270-1
    Journal articles | 2016
    Fraser PR; Kadyrov AS; Massen-Hane K; Amos K; Canton L; Karataglidis S; Van Der Knijff D; Bray I, 2016, 'Structure of 23Al from a multi-channel algebraic scattering model based on mirror symmetry', Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/43/9/095104
    Journal articles | 2016
    Fraser PR; Massen-Hane K; Amos K; Bray I; Canton L; Fossión R; Kadyrov AS; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Van Der Knijff D, 2016, 'Importance of resonance widths in low-energy scattering of weakly bound light-mass nuclei', Physical Review C, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.034603
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'A collective coupled-channel model and mirror state energy displacements', European Physical Journal A, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2015-15110-4
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Mass-23 nuclei in astrophysics', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/639/1/012005
    Journal articles | 2014
    Fraser PR; Canton L; Amos K; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Van Der Knijff D, 2014, 'Coupling to two target-state bands in the study of the n+ Ne 22 system at low energy', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.024616
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Comparison of multi-hω shell-model results with MCAS', EPJ Web of Conferences, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146602100
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Investigating the astrophysical 22Ne(p, γ)23Na and 22Mg(p, γ)23Al reactions with a multi-channel scattering formalism', EPJ Web of Conferences, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146603030
    Journal articles | 2013
    Amos K; Canton L; Fraser PR; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; van der Knijff D, 2013, 'Analysis of a coupled-channel continuum approach for spectra of mass-17 compound systems', Nuclear Physics A, 912, pp. 7 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.05.008
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Modelling scattering and resonances of weakly-bound radioactive nuclei', EPJ Web of Conferences, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136302010
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Renormalization of coherent state variables, within the geometrical mapping of algebraic models', International Journal of Modern Physics E, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218301313500225
    Journal articles | 2012
    Amos K; Canton L; Fraser PR; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Van der Knijff D, 2012, 'Linking the exotic structure of 17C to its unbound mirror 17Na', Nuclear Physics A, 879, pp. 132 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2012.01.022
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ermamatov MJ; Srivastava PC; Fraser PR; Stránský P; Morales IO, 2012, 'Coriolis contribution to excited states of deformed 163Dy and 173Yb nuclei with multiple mass parameters', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034307
    Journal articles | 2012
    Fraser PR; Yépez-Martínez H; Hess PO; Lévai G, 2012, 'Phenomenological and microscopic cluster models. II. Phase transitions', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014317
    Journal articles | 2012
    Yépez-Martínez H; Ermamatov MJ; Fraser PR; Hess PO, 2012, 'Application of the semimicroscopic algebraic cluster model to core+α nuclei in the p and sd shells', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.034309
    Journal articles | 2012
    Yépez-Martínez H; Fraser PR; Hess PO; Lévai G, 2012, 'Phenomenological and microscopic cluster models. I. the geometric mapping', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014316
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Applications of a semi-microscopic cluster model for astrophysical processes', Romanian Reports of Physics, 57, pp. 513 - 542
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Ground-state, β and K = 11/2- γ bands in 163, 165Er', European Physical Journal A, 48, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2012-12123-5
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Linking nuclear masses with nucleon-removal thresholds and the mass of the proton-emitter 17Na', EPL, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/99/12001
    Journal articles | 2011
    Canton L; Fraser PR; Svenne JP; Amos K; Karataglidis S; Van Der Knijff D, 2011, 'Energy-dependent target widths in a coupled-channel scattering study', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.047603
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fraser PR; Yépez-Martínez H; Hess PO; Parra Rodríguez L, 2011, 'Phenomenological and semimicroscopic cluster models and their phase transitions', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/322/1/012010
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Rotational-vibrational excited states of axially symmetric nuclei with different mass parameters', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.044321
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Scattering and resonances on p-shell nuclei', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/336/1/012002
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Scattering of nucleons from nuclei with couplings to particle-unstable excited states', Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 57, pp. 20 - 29
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fraser P; Amos K; Canton L; Pisent G; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Van Der Knijff D, 2008, 'Coupled-channel evaluations of cross sections for scattering involving particle-unstable resonances', Physical Review Letters, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.242501
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fraser P; Amos K; Karataglidis S; Canton L; Pisent G; Svenne JP, 2008, 'Two causes of nonlocalities in nucleon-nucleus potentials and their effects in nucleon-nucleus scattering', European Physical Journal A, 35, pp. 69 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2007-10524-1
    Journal articles | 2008
    Karataglidis S; Amos K; Fraser P; Canton L; Svenne JP, 2008, 'Constraints on the spectra of 17,19C', Nuclear Physics A, 813, pp. 235 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2008.09.007
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'Teaching university physics to students from different school systems: Australia's state-based education', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
    Preprints | 2017
    Fraser PR; Amos K; Canton L; Karataglidis S; Knijff DVD; Svenne JP, 2017, Mass-15 nuclei and predicting narrow states beyond the proton drip line, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.024609
    Preprints | 2016
    Fraser PR; Kadyrov AS; Massen-Hane K; Amos K; Canton L; Karataglidis S; Knijff DVD; Bray I, 2016, Structure of $^{23}$Al from a multi-channel algebraic scattering model based on mirror symmetry, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/43/9/095104
    Preprints | 2016
    Fraser PR; Massen-Hane K; Amos K; Bray I; Canton L; Fossion R; Kadyrov AS; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Knijff DVD, 2016, Importance of resonance widths in low-energy scattering of weakly-bound light-mass nuclei, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.034603
    Preprints | 2016
    Fraser PR; Massen-Hane K; Kadyrov AS; Amos K; Bray I; Canton L, 2016, An effective two-body model for spectra of clusters of ${}^2$H, ${}^3$H, ${}^3$He, and $^4$He with $^4$He, and $^2$H-$^4$He scattering, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.014619
    Conference Papers | 2016
    2016, '6Li structure information from 2H(α,α)2H scattering', in Proceedings of Science
    Conference Papers | 2016
    2016, 'Role of target resonances in low-energy nucleon and α interactions with Weakly-Bound Nuclei', in Proceedings of Science
    Preprints | 2016
    2016, A multi-channel model for an α plus $^6$He nucleus cluster, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12270-1
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'Alpha-6He scattering and the quest for microscopic guidance for orthogonalizing pseudopotentials', in Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, NRM 2015, pp. 185 - 192
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'Comparison of coupled-channel studies of nucleon scattering from oxygen isotopes with the shell model', in Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, NRM 2015, pp. 135 - 140
    Preprints | 2014
    Fraser PR; Canton L; Amos K; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Knijff DVD, 2014, Coupling to two target-state bands in the study of the n+22Ne system at low energy, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.024616
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Coupled-channel studies of nucleon scattering from oxygen isotopes', in Engelbrecht C; Karataglidis S (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2014: THE 59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICAN INST PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Johannesburg, Johannesburg, pp. 206 - 210, presented at 59th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP), SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 07 July 2014 - 11 July 2014, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000367881700035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'Aspects of the structure of heavy carbon isotopes', in Botha R; Jili T (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2013: THE 58TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICAN INST PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Zululand, Richards Bay Campus, Richards Bay, pp. 267 - 271, presented at 58th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP), SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Zululand, Richards Bay Campus, Richards Bay, 08 July 2013 - 12 July 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000367879900045&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'Medium-light nuclei beyond the drip line: the proton-emitter 17Na', in CERN-Proceedings, pp. 271 - 277
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'Recent developments in Multi-Channel Algebraic Scattering calculations', in Proceedings of Science
    Conference Papers | 2012
    2012, 'Linking nuclear masses with nucleon separation energies', in VanRensburg JJ (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2012: THE 57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICAN INST PHYSICS, SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Pretoria, Phys Dept, Pretoria, pp. 259 - 264, presented at 57th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP), SOUTH AFRICA, Univ Pretoria, Phys Dept, Pretoria, 09 July 2012 - 13 July 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000367878700045&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2012
    2012, 'The geometric interpretation of the semimicroscopic algebraic cluster model and the role of the Pauli principle', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 374 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4759420
    Preprints | 2011
    Fraser PR; Yépez-Martínez H; Hess PO; Lévai G, 2011, Phenomenological and microscopic cluster models II. Phase transitions, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014317
    Preprints | 2011
    Yépez-Martínez H; Fraser PR; Hess PO; Lévai G, 2011, Phenomenological and microscopic cluster models I. The geometric mapping, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014316
    Conference Papers | 2011
    2011, 'Recent advances in multi-channel algebraic scattering', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 286 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3628394
    Preprints | 2010
    2010, Scattering of nucleons from nuclei with couplings to particle-unstable excited states, , http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.5351v1
    Preprints | 2008
    Fraser P; Amos K; Canton L; Pisent G; Karataglidis S; Svenne JP; Knijff DVD, 2008, Coupled-channel evaluations of cross sections for scattering involving particle-unstable resonances, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.242501
    Conference Papers | 2006
    2006, 'Low energy nuclear scattering and sub-threshold spectra from a multi-channel algebraic scattering theory', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 258 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2200935

  • 2022: Australian Defence Force Commendation (Bronze Level), Australian Defence College Joint Capabilities Group

  • 2008: The CISRA Prize in Physics, Canon Information Systems Research Australia

Dr. Fraser's research investigates low-energy scattering processes of light nuclei, with an emphasis on reactions of astrophysical interest. This principally involves a novel approach to solving coupled-channel Lippmann-Schwinger equations utilising realistic nuclear input potentials, with a proper consideration of the Pauli-principle when including nuclear excitations.

He has a project investigating the effects of home jurisdiction, COVID, and the implementation of the Australian National Curriculum on Australian high school students' physics and mathematics educational outcomes.