Education
PhD, Physics, Michigan State University 2014
MS, Physics, Michigan State University 2011
AB, Physics, Wabash College 2009
Academic Positions
Associate Professor of Physics, Gonzaga University
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Ohio University
Academic Service
Consulting Editor, American Journal of Physics
Academic Technology Advisory Council, GU
Physics Journal Club Moderator, GU
Provost Faculty Advisory Group, GU
Radiation Safety Officer, GU
Conference Session Chair, American Physical Society
Select Presentations
P Thompson †, December 1, 2023. Understanding Stellar Nucleosynthesis by Measuring Nuclear Level Densities via Proton Evaporation, 6th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
A Fritsch, November 29, 2023. Level Density Studies via Proton Evaporation, 6th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
P Thompson †, November 11, 2023. Understanding Nucleosynthesis in Stars by Measuring Reaction Rates in Lab, 32nd Annual Murdock College Science Research Program, Vancouver, WA.
M Bair †, November 13, 2021. Proton Energy Dampening Framework (PEDF) for a Time Projection Chamber, 30th Annual Murdock College Science Research Program, Vancouver, WA.
A Fritsch, November 9, 2021. Invited seminar. Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics, Physics Colloquium, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN.
A Fritsch, J Brown, A Clusserath †, B Makela †, May 18, 2019. Geant4 Simulations of Nuclear Isomer Gamma Emission Detection, 20th Annual Meeting of the APS Northwest Section, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
A Fritsch, March 5, 2019. Invited seminar. Nuclear Structure: α-Clustering and Gamma Emission Detection, Physics Colloquium, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.
A Fritsch, J Brown, A Clusserath †, B Makela †, October 27, 2018. Geant4 Simulations of Nuclear Isomer Gamma Emission Detection, 5th Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
† denotes undergraduate research assistant
Select Publications
RJ deBoer et al., "Measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O Differential Cross Section from 0.8 to 6.5 MeV," Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 062702 (2024).
EC Pollacco et al., "GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation," NIM A, 887, 81-93 (2018).
A Fritsch et al., "Search for α-Cluster Structure in Exotic Nuclei with the Prototype Active-Target Time- Projection Chamber," JPS Conf. Proc. 14, 021105 (2017).
A Fritsch et al., "One-dimensionality in atomic nuclei: a candidate for linear-chain α clustering in 14C," Phys. Rev. C 93, 014321 (2016).
Full CV
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Figure caption: Differential elastic cross sections for resonances identified in α + 10Be scattering. The data (crosses) are compared to the square of Legendre polynomials (curves) and R-matrix calculations (histograms). From Fritsch et al., Phys. Rev. C 93, 014321 (2016).
PhD, Physics, Michigan State University 2014
MS, Physics, Michigan State University 2011
AB, Physics, Wabash College 2009
Academic Positions
Associate Professor of Physics, Gonzaga University
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Ohio University
Academic Service
Consulting Editor, American Journal of Physics
Academic Technology Advisory Council, GU
Physics Journal Club Moderator, GU
Provost Faculty Advisory Group, GU
Radiation Safety Officer, GU
Conference Session Chair, American Physical Society
Select Presentations
P Thompson †, December 1, 2023. Understanding Stellar Nucleosynthesis by Measuring Nuclear Level Densities via Proton Evaporation, 6th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
A Fritsch, November 29, 2023. Level Density Studies via Proton Evaporation, 6th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
P Thompson †, November 11, 2023. Understanding Nucleosynthesis in Stars by Measuring Reaction Rates in Lab, 32nd Annual Murdock College Science Research Program, Vancouver, WA.
M Bair †, November 13, 2021. Proton Energy Dampening Framework (PEDF) for a Time Projection Chamber, 30th Annual Murdock College Science Research Program, Vancouver, WA.
A Fritsch, November 9, 2021. Invited seminar. Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics, Physics Colloquium, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN.
A Fritsch, J Brown, A Clusserath †, B Makela †, May 18, 2019. Geant4 Simulations of Nuclear Isomer Gamma Emission Detection, 20th Annual Meeting of the APS Northwest Section, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
A Fritsch, March 5, 2019. Invited seminar. Nuclear Structure: α-Clustering and Gamma Emission Detection, Physics Colloquium, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.
A Fritsch, J Brown, A Clusserath †, B Makela †, October 27, 2018. Geant4 Simulations of Nuclear Isomer Gamma Emission Detection, 5th Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan, Hilton Waikoloa Village, HI.
† denotes undergraduate research assistant
Select Publications
RJ deBoer et al., "Measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O Differential Cross Section from 0.8 to 6.5 MeV," Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 062702 (2024).
EC Pollacco et al., "GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation," NIM A, 887, 81-93 (2018).
A Fritsch et al., "Search for α-Cluster Structure in Exotic Nuclei with the Prototype Active-Target Time- Projection Chamber," JPS Conf. Proc. 14, 021105 (2017).
A Fritsch et al., "One-dimensionality in atomic nuclei: a candidate for linear-chain α clustering in 14C," Phys. Rev. C 93, 014321 (2016).
Full CV
Download pdf by clicking here.
Figure caption: Differential elastic cross sections for resonances identified in α + 10Be scattering. The data (crosses) are compared to the square of Legendre polynomials (curves) and R-matrix calculations (histograms). From Fritsch et al., Phys. Rev. C 93, 014321 (2016).