Profile

Career

BSc, PhD (Liverpool), CPhys, MInstP

Summary of expertise

• Shape evolution and coexistence
• Structure of exotic nuclei

Departmental roles

Deputy Head of Department

Research

Overview

Research group(s)

• Dr Michael Taylor
• Mr Iain Paterson
• Miss Lianne Scruton
• Dr Nara Singh
  

Publications

Full publications list

JR BROWN, MA BENTLEY, P ADRICH, et al.
First gamma-ray spectroscopy of Fe-49 and Ni-53: Isospin-breaking effects at large proton excess
Physical Review C 80, 011306 (JUL 2009)

MJ TAYLOR, MA BENTLEY, D RUDOLPH, et al.
A new simulation package to model detector systems with fragmentation reactions and ion separators: Application to the LYCCA-0 system
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume: 606, Issue: 3, Pages: 589-597 (JUL 2009)

R WADSWORTH, BSN SINGH, AN STEER, MA BENTLEY, et al.
The Northwest Frontier: Spectroscopy of N similar to Z nuclei below mass 100
Acta Physica Polonica B, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 611-620 (MAR 2009)

D RUDOLPH, R HOISCHEN, M HELLSTROM, MA BENTLEY, et al.
Isospin symmetry and proton decay: Identification of the 10(+) isomer in Ni-54
Physical Review C 78, 021301 (AUG 2008)

NS PATTABIRAMAN, DG JENKINS, MA BENTLEY, et al.
Analog E1 transitions and isospin mixing
Physical Review C 78, 024301 (AUG 2008)

JR BROWN, MA BENTLEY, MJ TAYLOR, et al.
Mirrored fragmentation reactions - A new technique for probing isospin symmetry in exotic nuclei
Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR 2, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume: 1012, Pages: 347-349 (2008)

D RUDOLPH, R HOISCHEN, M HELLSTROM, MA BENTLEY, et al.
Evidence for an isomeric 3/2(-) state in Co-53
European Physical Journal A, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-138 (MAY 2008)

D RUDOLPH, S PIETRI, Z PODOLYAK, MA BENTLEY, et al.
Exciting isomers from the first stopped-beam RISING campaign
European Physical Journal - Special Topics, Volume: 150, Pages: 173-176 (NOV 2007)

P DOORNENBAL, A BURGER, D RUDOLPH, MA BENTLEY, et al.
RISING: Gamma-ray spectroscopy with radioactive beams at GSI
Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics VI, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume: 891, Pages: 99-107 (2007)

PH REGAN, AB GAMSWORTHY, SJ STEER, MA BENTLEY, et al.
First results from the stopped RISING campaign at GSI: The mapping of isomeric decays in highly exotic nuclei
Six International Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume: 899, Pages: 19-22 (2007)

MA BENTLEY, SM LENZI
Coulomb energy differences between high-spin states in isobaric multiplets
Progress In Particle And Nuclear Physics, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 497-561 (2007)

PIETRI S, REGAN PH, PODOLYAK Z, MA BENTLEY, et al.
Recent results in fragmentation isomer spectroscopy with rising
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume: 261, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 1079-1083 (AUG 2007)

BSN SINGH, AN STEER, DG JENKINS, R WADSWORTH, MA BENTLEY, PJ DAVIES, R GLOVER, NS PATTABIRAMAN, CJ LISTER, T GRAHN, PT GREENLEES, P JONES, R JULIN, S JUUTINEN, M LEINO, M NYMAN, J PAKARINEN, P RAHKILA, J SAREN, C SCHOLEY, J SORRI, J UUSITALO, PA BUTLER, M DIMMOCK, DT JOSS, J THOMSON, B CEDERWALL, B HADINIA AND M SANDZELIUS
Coulomb shifts and shape changes in the mass 70 region
Phys. Rev. C 75 061301 (2007) (4 pages)

S PIETRI, PH REGAN, Z PODOLYAK, D RUDOLPH, M GORSKA, A JUNGCLAUS, M PFUTZNER, AB GARNSWORTHY, SJ STEER, L CACERES, E WERNER-MALENTO, R HOISCHEN, J GERL, I KOJOUHAROV, H SCHAFFNER, HJ WOLLERSHEIM, F BECKER, P BEDNARCZYK, P DOORNENBAL, H GEISSEL, J GREBOSZ, A KELIC, N KURZ, F MONTES, W PROKOPOWICZ, T SAITO, S TASHENOV, A HEINZ, T KURTUKIAN-NIETO, G BENZONI, M HELLSTROM, LL ANDERSSON, L ATANASOVA, DL BALABANSKI, MA BENTLEY, B BLANK, A BLAZHEV, C BRANDAU, JR BROWN, AM BRUCE, F CAMERA, WN CATFORD, IJ CULLEN, Z DOMBRADI, E ESTEVEZ, C FAHLANDER, W GELLETLY, G ILIE, EK JOHANSSON, J JOLIE, GA JONES, M KMIECIK, FG KONDEV, S LALKOVSKI, Z LIU, A MAJ, S MYALSKI, T SHIZUMA, AJ SIMONS, S SCHWERTEL, PM WALKER, O WIELAND
First results from the stopped beam isomer rising campaign at GSI
Acta Phys. Pol. B 38 1255-1264 (2007) (10 pages)

A GADEA, SM LENZI, S LUNARDI, N MARGINEAN, AP ZUKER, DE G ANGELIS, M AXIOTIS, T MARTINEZ, DR NAPOLI, E FARNEA, R MENEGAZZO, P PAVAN, CA UR, D BAZZACCO, R VENTURELLI, P KLEINHEINZ, P BEDNARCZYK, D CURIEN, O DORVAUX, J NYBERG, H GRAWE, M GORSKA, M PALACZ, K LAGERGREN, L MILECHINA, J EKMAN, D RUDOLPH, C ANDREOIU, MA BENTLEY, W GELLETLY, B RUBIO, A ALGORA, E NACHER, L CABALLERO, M TROTTA, M MOSZYNSKI
Observation of Ni-54 : Cross-conjugate symmetry in f(7/2) mirror energy differences
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 152501 (2006) (5 pages)

MA BENTLEY, C CHANDLER, MJ TAYLOR, JR BROWN, MP CARPENTER, C DAVIDS, J EKMAN, SJ FREEMAN, PE GARRETT, G HAMMOND, RVF JANSSENS, SM LENZI, CJ LISTER, DU R RIETZ AND D SEWERYNIAK
Isospin symmetry of odd-odd mirror nuclei: Identification of excited states in N=Z-2 Mn-48
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 132501 (2006) (4 pages)

MA BENTLEY
Spectroscopy of isobaric analog states
Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc. 231 (2006) (1 page)

DD WARNER, MA BENTLEY AND VAN P ISACKER
The role of isospin symmetry in collective nuclear structure
Nat. Phys. 2 311-318 (2006) (8 pages)

MA BENTLEY, C CHANDLER, P BEDNARCZYK, F BRANDOLINI, AM BRUCE, D CURIEN, O DORVAUX, J EKMAN, E FARNEA, W GELLETLY, DT JOSS, SM LENZI, DR NAPOLI, J NYBERG, CD O'LEARY, SJ WILLIAMS AND DD WARNER
High-spin spectroscopy of natural and unnatural parity states in the mirror-pair V-45/Ti-45
Phys. Rev. C 73 024304 (2006) (10 pages)

A. BANU, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (44).
Sn-108 studied with intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation.
Phys. Rev. C 72, 061305 (2005). [ external link ]

A. PIPIDIS, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (26).
Structural behavior of Dy-157,Dy-158,Dy-159 in the I=30-50h spin regime.
Phys. Rev. C 72, 064307 (2005). [ external link ]

F. BECKER, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (43).
Status of the RISING project at GSI.
European Phys. J. A 25, 719-722 (2005).

M. J. TAYLOR, M. A. BENTLEY, C. J. BARTON, and others (41).
Spectroscopy of nuclei approaching the proton drip-line using a secondary-fragmentation technique with the RISING detector array.
J. Phys. G-Nuclear Particle Physics 31, S1527-S1530 (2005).

D. T. JOSS, C. J. BARTON, M. A. BENTLEY, M. J. TAYLOR, and others (40).
Probing structural changes in the very neutron-deficient Os isotopes with recoil-decay tagging.
J. Phys. G-Nuclear Particle Physics 31, S1593-S1598 (2005).

R. DURIETZ, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (34).
Investigation of high-spin states in Fe-53.
Phys. Rev. C 72, 014307 (2005). [ external link ]

P. BEDNARCZYK, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (42).
Status of the rising project at relativistic energies.
Acta Physica Polonica B 36, 1235-1244 (2005).

G. HAMMOND, M. A. BENTLEY, M. J. TAYLOR, C. J. BARTON, and others (41).
Spectroscopy of T=3/2 mirror nuclei via two-step fragmentation using rising.
Acta Physica Polonica B 36, 1253-1257 (2005).

P. REITER, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (16).
Future rising experiments at relativistic energies.
Acta Physica Polonica B 36, 1259-1268 (2005).

H. J. WOLLERSHEIM, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (72).
Rare ISotopes INvestigation at GSI (RISING) using gamma-ray spectroscopy at relativistic energies.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods Phys. Research Section A- Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors Associated Equipment 537, 637-657, 2005).

J. EKMAN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (18).
Core excited states in the A=51 mirror nuclei.
Phys. Rev. C 70, 057305 (2004). [ external link ]

R. DURIETZ, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (20).
Effective charges in the f p shell.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 222501 (2004). [ external link ]

J. EKMAN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (18).
Gamma-ray spectroscopy of core-excited states in Mn-51.
Phys. Rev. C 70, 014306 (2004). [ external link ]

J. EKMAN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (17).
Unusual isospin-breaking and isospin-mixing effects in the A=35 mirror nuclei.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 132502 (2004). [ external link ]

S. J. WILLIAMS, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (20).
Anomalous Coulomb matrix elements in the f(7/2) shell.
Phys. Rev. C 68, 011301 (2003). [ external link ]

M. A. BENTLEY and others (21).
Mirror symmetry and Coulomb effects in light N approximate to Z nuclei.
Czechoslovak J. Phys. 52, C597-C606 (2002).

J. EKMAN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (19).
Evidence for a 1g(9/2) rotational band in Mn-51.
Phys. Rev. C 66, 051301 (2002). [ external link ]

D. T. JOSS, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (27).
Yrast spectroscopy in the neutron-deficient nucleus Os- 169.
Phys. Rev. C 66, 054311 (2002). [ external link ]

M. A. BENTLEY and others (20).
Mirror symmetry and coulomb energies at high angular momentum.
Revista Mexicana De Fisica 48, 123-128 (2002).

D. M. CULLEN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (25).
Identification of excited states in doubly odd Eu- 140(63)77 by recoil-isomer tagging.
Phys. Rev. C 66, 034308 (2002). [ external link ]

C. D. O'LEARY, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (22).
Isovector pairing in odd-odd N=Z Mn-50.
Phys. Lett. B 525, 49-55 (2002).

S. M. LENZI, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (49).
Coulomb energy differences in T=1 mirror rotational bands in Fe-50 and Cr-50.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 8712, 122501 (2001). [ external link ]

N. NICA, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (26).
High-spin states in Er-155.
Phys. Rev. C 64, 034313 (2001). [ external link ]

J. M. ROBINSON, M. A. BENTLEY, C. E. BURGESS, D. M. LILLARD, E. H. SANCHEZ, AND J. T. PON.
Fractionation of biomass to polyols, Catalyst and condition studies.
Abstracts Papers Amer. Chem. Soc. 221, U136-U136 (2001).

J. M. ROBINSON, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (9).
Electrohydrolysis recycling of waste halide salts into reusable acid and base.
Abstracts Papers Amer. Chem. Soc. 221, U157-U157 (2001).

D. T. JOSS, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (24).
Identification of excited states in Os-167 and Os-168, shape coexistence at extreme neutron deficiency.
Nuclear Phys. A 689, 631-654 (2001).

C. SCHOLEY, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (26).
Recoil isomer tagging on proton-rich odd-odd N=77 isotones Tb-142 and Ho-144.
Acta Physica Polonica B 32, 1005-1008 (2001).

C. SCHOLEY, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (30).
Recoil isomer tagging in the proton-rich odd-odd N=77 isotones, Tb-142(65) and Ho-144(67).
Phys. Rev. C 63, 034321 (2001). [ external link ]

D. M. CULLEN, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (28).
Recoil-isomer tagging near the mass 140 proton drip line.
Nuclear Phys. A 682, 264C-269C (2001).

D. WARD, M. A. BENTLEY, and others (34).
Band structure of Ge-68.
Phys. Rev. C 63, 014301 (2001). [ external link ]