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Professor Stephen Croft

Professor of Nuclear Materials Measurement Science

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  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Intensity ratios of I L β / I L α and I L γ / I L α : Semi-theoretical formulae for diverse elements under photon excitation with 1.9 keV < E inc ≤ 200 keV

    Zidi, A., Kahoul, A., Marques, J. P., Amari, K., Daoudi, S., Sampaio, J. M., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y. & Berkani, B., 30/06/2025, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1075, 11 p., 170416.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  3. Published

    Semi-empirical calculation of K to Li sub-shell, K to L, and M shell vacancy transfer probability for elements in the atomic range 16 ≤ Z ≤ 92

    Berkani, B., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Daoudi, S., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Zidi, A. & Amari, K., 30/06/2025, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 563, 165689.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Physics-Aware POD method for cost-effective high-fidelity PGET simulations of Water-Water Energetic Reactor irradiated fuels

    Ferretti, R., Favalli, A., Cavallini, N., Bostrom, G., Fassi, A., Mercurio, G., Nonneman, S. & Croft, S., 3/06/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Modern Physics E.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  5. Published

    Compilation of empirical and semi-empirical Kα1, Kα2, Kβ1′, and Kβ2′ X-ray fluorescence cross-sections by the application of fitting approaches

    Amari, K., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Kasri, Y., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Daoudi, S., Zidi, A. & Berkani, B., 31/05/2025, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 337, 109393.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  6. E-pub ahead of print

    Computation of K-shell X-ray Fluorescence Cross Section for photons ranging from 5.46 keV to 123.6 keV using three-dimensional semi-empirical formulae

    Amari, K., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Daoudi, S., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Zidi, A. & Berkani, B., 30/09/2025, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 342, 109479.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  7. Forthcoming

    L-subshell experimental Coster–Kronig probabilities and Auger decays for elements in the atomic number range 28≤Z≤100

    Meddah, S., Kahoul, A., Parente, F., Daoudi, S., Marques, J. P., Sampaio, J. M., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Aylikci, N. K., Aylikci, V. & Hamidani, A., 9/04/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables. 101731.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Relativistic and semi-theoretical calculations of K-shell to L-shell/subshell vacancy transfer probabilities

    Berkani, B., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Daoudi, S., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Zidi, A. & Amari, K., 28/02/2025, In: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 224, 107089.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  9. Published

    Demonstration of active neutron interrogation of special nuclear materials using a high-intensity short-pulse-laser-driven neutron source

    Favalli, A., Henzlova, D. C., Croft, S., Deppert, O., Falk, K., Fernandez, J. C., Gautier, D. C., Guler, N., Hamilton, C. E., Ianakiev, K. D., Iliev, M., Johnson, R. P., Kleinschmidt, A., Roth, M., Shimada, T. N., Swinhoe, M. & Taddeucci, T. N., 3/01/2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 724.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  10. 2024
  11. Published

    The Impact of 234U α-emission Induced Radiolysis on UF6 Storage Composition for Non-destructive Verification via Passive Neutron Counting

    Byrne, S., Favalli, A. & Croft, S., 31/12/2024, In: ESARDA Bulletin. 66, p. 28-34 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  12. Published

    Vacancy transfer probability parameters: Database and a new empirical value for elements in the atomic number range 16 ≤ Z ≤ 92

    Berkani, B., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Daoudi, S., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Zidi, A. & Amari, K., 31/12/2024, In: Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 225, 112106.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  13. Published

    Investigating empirical and theoretical calculations for intensity ratios of L-Shell X-ray transitions in atoms with 39 ≤ Z ≤ 94

    Zidi, A., Kahoul, A., Marques, J. P., Daoudi, S., Sampaio, J. M., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Amari, K. & Berkani, B., 30/09/2024, In: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 275, 147473.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  14. Published

    Empirical calculation of K-shell fluorescence cross sections for elements in the atomic range 16 ≤ Z ≤ 92 by photon effects ranging from 5.46 to 123.6 keV (Three-dimensional formulae)

    Amari, K., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Kasri, Y., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Daoudi, S., Deghfel, B., Zidi, A. & Berkani, B., 4/09/2024, In: Physica Scripta. 99, 10, 105402.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  15. Published

    Use of a commercial neutron counting module to validate neutron-particle transport code simulation of a new cosmic radiation neutron monitor design

    Aspinall, M. D., Alton, T. L., Binnersley, C. L., Bradnam, S., Croft, S., Joyce, M. J., Mashao, D., Packer, L., Turner, T. & Wild, J. A., 31/07/2024, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1064, 169396.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  16. Published

    Databases of L-shell X-ray intensity ratios for various elements after photon excitation

    Zidi, A., Kahoul, A., Marques, J. P., Daoudi, S., Sampaio, J. M., Parente, F., Hamidani, A., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kasri, Y., Amari, K. & Berkani, B., 31/05/2024, In: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables. 157, 101645.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  17. Published

    Enrichment measurement by passive γ-ray spectrometry of uranium dioxide fuel pellets using a europium-doped, strontium iodide scintillator

    Parker, A. J., Bandala, M., Croft, S., Crouch, L., Dunphy, R. D., Hutchinson, D., Logsdon, R., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Sarfraz, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, J., Zabalza, J. & Joyce, M. J., 31/05/2024, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1062, 169191.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  18. Published

    A new ground level neutron monitor for space weather assessment

    Aspinall, M. D., Alton, T. L., Binnersley, C. L., Bradnam, S. C., Croft, S., Joyce, M. J., Mashao, D., Packer, L. W., Turner, T. & Wild, J. A., 26/03/2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 7174.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Ground-level neutron monitoring survey over the United Kingdom

    Mashao, D., Alton, T., Binnersley, C., Bradnam, S., Croft, S., Joyce, M., Packer, L., Turner, T., Wild, J. & Aspinall, M., 8/03/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Abstract › peer-review

  20. 2023
  21. Published

    Templates of expected measurement uncertainties

    Neudecker, D., Lewis, A. M., Matthews, E. F., Vanhoy, J., Haight, R. C., Smith, D. L., Talou, P., Croft, S., Carlson, A. D., Pierson, B., Wallner, A., Al-Adili, A., Bernstein, L., Capote, R., Devlin, M., Drosg, M., Duke, D. L., Finch, S., Herman, M. W. & Kelly, K. J. & 12 others, Koning, A., Lovell, A. E., Marini, P., Montoya, K., Nobre, G. P. A., Paris, M., Pritychenko, B., Sjöstrand, H., Snyder, L., Sobes, V., Solders, A. & Taieb, J., 10/11/2023, In: EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies. 9, 10 p., 35.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  22. Published

    Templates of expected measurement uncertainties for total neutron cross-section observables

    Lewis, A. M., Carlson, A. D., Smith, D. L., Barry, D. P., Block, R. C., Croft, S., Danon, Y., Drosg, M., Herman, M. W., Neudecker, D., Otuka, N., Sjöstrand, H. & Sobes, V., 10/11/2023, In: EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies. 9, 12 p., 34.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  23. Published

    Templates of expected measurement uncertainties for average prompt and total fission neutron multiplicities

    Neudecker, D., Carlson, A. D., Croft, S., Devlin, M., Kelly, K. J., Lovell, A. E., Marini, P. & Taieb, J., 9/11/2023, In: EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies. 9, 16 p., 30.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  24. Published

    Templates of expected measurement uncertainties for neutron-induced capture and charged-particle production cross section observables

    Lewis, A. M., Neudecker, D., Carlson, A. D., Smith, D. L., Thompson, I., Wallner, A., Barry, D. P., Bernstein, L. A., Block, R. C., Croft, S., Danon, Y., Drosg, M., Haight, R. C., Herman, M. W., Lee, H. Y., Otuka, N., Sjöstrand, H. & Sobes, V., 9/11/2023, In: EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies. 9, 25 p., 33.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  25. Published

    Vanquishing the computational cost of passive gamma emission tomography simulations leveraging physics-aware reduced order modeling

    Cavallini, N., Ferretti, R., Bostrom, G., Croft, S., Fassi, A., Mercurio, G., Nonneman, S. & Favalli, A., 12/09/2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 15034.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  26. Published

    An update on the UK ground level neutron monitor implementation phase

    Aspinall, M., Wild, J., Croft, S., Joyce, M., Alton, T., Packer, L., Bradnam, S., Turner, T. & Binnersley, C., 15/05/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Abstract

  27. Published

    Updated database, semi-empirical and theoretical calculation of Kβ/Kα intensity ratios for elements ranging from 11Na to 96Cm

    Hamidani, A., Daoudi, S., Kahoul, A., Sampaio, J. M., Marques, J. P., Parente, F., Croft, S., Favalli, A., Kup Aylikci, N., Aylikci, V., Kasri, Y. & Meddouh, K., 31/01/2023, In: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables. 149, 58 p., 101549.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  28. Published

    The calculation of light element impurity (α, n) yield curves in a PuO2 matrix and associated specific yield coefficients: Influence of the reaction cross sections

    Croft, S., McElroy R.D., J. & Favalli, A., 11/01/2023, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1046, 8 p., 167630.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  29. 2022
  30. Published

    Dead time correction of Feynman sampled rates suitable for neutron coincidence counting

    Croft, S., Favalli, A. & Joyce, M. J., 1/10/2022, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1040, 7 p., 167176.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  31. 2021
  32. Published

    α-particle induced yield of 6.13 MeV γ-rays in carbon

    Croft, S., Favalli, A. & McElroy Jr., R. D., 11/10/2021, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1013, 3 p., 165636.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  33. Published

    Review and Evaluation of the Spontaneous Fission Half-lives of 238Pu, 240Pu, and 242Pu and the Corresponding Specific Fission Rates

    Croft, S. & Favalli, A., 31/07/2021, In: Nuclear Data Sheets. 175, p. 269-287 19 p.

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