Matúš Balogh

Profil of successful holder of IPSAS fellowship for year 2026

Activities

• Publications:
  • Multi-nucleon transfer reactions to explore the boundaries of the Island of Inversion
    Nuovo Cimento C (2026) / WWW
  • The combined AGATA-DSSD set-up for the measurement of very small heavy-ion fusion cross sections
    The European Physical Journal A (2026) / WWW
  • Fusion hindrance in 12C+19F: Insights into astrophysics
    Physical Review C (2026) / WWW
  • Spectroscopy of Ne isotopes toward the N=20 island of inversion
    Acta Physica Polonica B (2026) / WWW
  • Fusion of 12C+28Si at deep sub-barrier energies
    Physics Letters B (2026) / WWW
• Experiments (2026):
  • Study of double isobaric analogue state in 48Ti, KRATTA+LaBr+PARIS, CCB Krakow (Poland), spokesperson
  • Coulomb excitation of 78Se, AGATA+SPIDER+DANTE, INFN LNL (Italy), technical expert & shifter
    Coulomb excitation of 124Te, AGATA+SPIDER, INFN LNL (Italy), technical expert
  • Coulomb excitation of 100Ru, EAGLE+SilCA, HIL UW (Poland), shifter
  • Coulomb excitation of 122Te, EAGLE+SilCA, HIL UW (Poland), shifter
  • Testing detection efficiency of CsI-coated MCP detector, DANTE+MONITOR, INFN LNL (Italy), spokesperson & technical expert
  • Gamma-ray lifetimes in Ni, Cu and Zn isotopes, AGATA+PRISMA+PLUNGER, INFN LNL (Italy), shifter
  • Study of production yields in the 238U+124Sn multinucleon transfer reaction, AGATA+PRISMA+NOSE, INFN LNL (Italy), technical expert & shifter
• Conference talks:
  • NuPECC meeting, 2026, Rome (Italy)
  • AGATA Steering Committee meeting, online, presentation: Toward Slovakia’s participation in AGATA collaboration
  • NuPECC meeting, 2026, Oslo (Norway)
  • 26th AGATA week and AGATA Collaboration Council, 2026, Warszaw (Poland), invited AGATA workgroup presentation: AGATA efficiency at high energies
  • 3rd International Workshop on Shape Coexistence, E0 Transitions and Related Topics, 2026 (taking place at the end of October), invited speaker
• Networks, memberships & commitees:
  • NuPECC, representative of Slovakia
  • AGATA Collaboration Council, representative of Slovakia
  • AGATA performance workgroup, member
  • Slovak Physical Society, member
  • ISTROS 2027 organization committee member
• Students – mentoring & supervision:
  • R. Imamoto (2026)
  • M. Slabej (2026)
  • R.N. del Alamo (2026)
  • D. Stramaccioni (2026)
  • I. Vida (2026)
• Popularization activities:
  • Science at the castle („Veda na zámku“), Smolenice (Slovakia), 2026
  • Summer School of Young Scientists (Letná škola mladých vedcov), 2026 (Slovakia)
• Grants & funding:
  • Seal of Excellence Support Programme of Slovak Academy of Sciences (started 05/2026), 3 years, 24k€/year
• On-going data analysis:
  • Lifetimes of excited states in 56Ni studied via DSAM method, in progress
  • Properties of double-isobaric analogue state in 48Ti, in progress – more beamtime requested
  • AGATA performance at high energies, in progress
• Research program:
  • CALCIO – evolution of collectivity and (super)deformation in calcium isotopic chain
    • Coulomb excitation of 44Ca, experiment approved by INFN LNL, awaiting scheduling (expected Q1 of 2027)
    • Coulomb excitation of 38,46Ca, proposal submitted to PAC4 of FRIB MSU (USA) – awaiting evaluation
• Software development:
  • Cross-correlation Correction Method (CCM), development of project-specific code using CCM library, on-going user support (ILL & AGATA users)
  • AGATA efficiency, on-going development