Professor Carl Wheldon

School of Physics and Astronomy

University of Birmingham

I am a Professor of Nuclear Physics in the Nuclear Physics Group at Birmingham and a Humboldtian. I am the Director of the Birmingham Accelerator Facilities and undertake research into both fundamental and applied nuclear physics. More recently, I have developed a research interest in the field of novel medical isotope production and the broad uses of accelerator-produced neutrons.

selected publications

Dosimetry foil characterisation of a new lithium-target fast neutron source

Louis Butt, Anthony Turner, Joven Lim, Ben Phoenix, Yu-Lung Chiu, Lee Packer, $\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, David Foster, Mark Gilbert, and Martin Freer

Fusion Eng. and Design, 2026

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NIMB

Neutron production from deuterons on lithium at 9.7 and 14 MeV

Louis Butt, John Murphy, Anthony Turner, Zamir Ghani, Ben Phoenix, Joven Lim, Yu-Lung Chiu, $\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, and Martin Freer

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B, 2026

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JRNC

Radioisotope research at the Birmingham accelerator facilities

$\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$ and Ben Phoenix

J. of Radioanalytical and Nucl. Chem., 2026

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NIMB

Measurement of the stopping power for $^{12}\text{C}$ in $^{4}\text{He}$ gas

D. Torresi, M. Figuera, A. Togni, J. Bishop, D. Carbone, M. Cavallaro, J.P. Fernández Garcia, M. Fisichella, Tz. Kokalova, C. Parascandolo, and $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B, 2026

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JPhysG

Differential cross sections for $^{12}\text{C}$($n$,$\alpha_0$), $^{16}\text{O}$($n$,$\alpha_0$) and $^{16}\text{O}$($n$,$\alpha_{1,2,3}$) between $E_{n}=7.2$ and $10$~MeV with an active-target time projection chamber

J. Bishop, C.E. Parker, R. Smith, Tz. Kokalova, G.V. Rogachev, $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$, S. Ahn, E. Koshchiy, K. Brandenburg, C.R. Brune, R.J. Charity, J. Derkin, N. Dronchi, G. Hamad, Y. Jones-Alberty, T.N. Massey, Z. Meisel, E.V. Ohstrom, S.N. Paneru, E.C. Pollacco, M. Saxena, N. Singh, L.G.Sobotka, D. Soltesz, S.K. Subedi, A.V Voinov, and J. Warren

J. Phys. G, 2026

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Advancing Positron Imaging with Alginate-Based Tracers: Design, Synthesis, and Radiolabelling Methods

Chloe Huckvale Bruno, Daniele Baiocco, William J. Peace, Dawid Hampel, Manikandan Kadirvel, Ben Phoenix, Emma Catterson, Zhibing Zhang, $\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, and Christopher Windows-Yule

MethodsX, 2026

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PhysRevC

High-precision $\alpha$-induced cross sections and half-life measurements for terbium radioisotopes produced using natural europium

R.R. Trinder, Tz. Kokalova, $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$, D.J. Parker, S. Pirrie, D.M. Hampel, B. Phoenix, P. Santa Rita Alcibia, N. Curtis, R.A.M. Allen, and M.R. Griffiths

Phys. Rev. C, 2026

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PhysRevC

Evidence of the $^{9}\text{B}$(1/2$^+$) state in the $^{12}\text{C}$($p$,$\alpha$)$^{9}\text{B}$ reaction

A.D. Brooks, J. Bishop, S. Pirrie, Tz. Kokalova, $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$, N Curtis, B. Phoenix, and D. Stajkowski

Phys. Rev. C, 2026

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JPhysG

Coulomb energy differences in $^{9}\text{B}$ using a molecular model

A.D. Brooks, J. Bishop, Tz. Kokalova, S. Pirrie, and $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$

J. Phys. G, 2026

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Toward small, stable, and physically robust radiotracers for positron imaging

Chloe Huckvale Bruno, Daniele Baiocco, William Peace, Dawid Hampel, Emma Catterson, Manikandan Kadirvel, Zhibing Zhang, $\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, and Christopher Windows-Yule

Chemical Engineering Science, 2026

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NIMA

Simulation and analysis of an AmBe source

Filippo Falezza, Jack Bishop, Tzany Kokalova, $\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, Stuart Pirrie, Max Conroy, and Neil Curtis

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A, 2026

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PhysRevC

Potential absence of observed $\pi^2$ linear-chain structures in $^{14}$O via $^{10}$C($\alpha$,$\alpha$) resonant scattering

J. Bishop, A. Hollands, Tz. Kokolova, G.V. Rogachev, $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$, E. Aboud, S. Ahn, M. Barbui, N. Curtis, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, E. Koshchiy, S. Pirrie, B.T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, and S. Upadhyayula

Phys. Rev. C, 2025

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JPhysG

Application of a molecular model to band-head states in $^{9}\text{B}$

A.D. Brooks, J. Bishop, Tz. Kokalova, S. Pirrie, and $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$

J. Phys. G, 2025

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PhysLettB

Unbound neutron ${\nu}0d_{3/2}$ strength in $^{17}\text{C}$ and the $N$=16 shell gap

J. Lois-Fuentes, nguez B. Fernández-Domí, F. Delaunay, X. Pereira-López, N.A. Orr, M. Płoszajczak, N. Michel, T. Otsuka, T. Suzuki, W.N. Catford, O. Sorlin, N.L. Achouri, M. Assié, S. Bailey, B. Bastin, Y. Blumenfeld, R. Borcea, M. Caamaño, L. Caceres, E. Clément, A. Corsi, N. Curtis, Q. Deshayes, F. Farget, M. Fisichella, G. France, S. Franchoo, M. Freer, J. Gibelin, A. Gillibert, G.F. Grinyer, F. Hammache, O. Kamalou, A. Knapton, Tz. Kokalova, V. Lapoux, J.A. Lay, B. Le. Crom, S. Leblond, F.M. Marqués, A. Matta, P. Morfouace, A. Moro, J. Pancin, L. Perrot, J. Piot, E. Pollacco, P. Punta, D. Ramos, guez-Tajes C. Rodrí, T. Roger, F. Rotaru, M.Sénoville, N. Séréville, R. Smith, M. Stanoiu, I. Stefan, C. Stodel, D. Suzuki, J.C. Thomas, N. Timofeyuk, M. Vandebrouck, J. Walshe, and $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$

Phys. Lett. B, 2025

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PhysRevC

Solution to the $^{9}\text{B}(1/2^+)$ state problem using the $R$-matrix formalism

A.D. Brooks, J. Bishop, Tz. Kokalova, and $\textsf{C. Wheldon}$

Phys. Rev. C, 2025

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NPN

A Birmingham Laboratory Portrait

$\textsf{Carl Wheldon}$, Tzany Kokalova Wheldon, Jack Bishop, Yu-Lung Chiu, Ben Phoenix, and Dawid Hampel

Nuclear Physics News, 2024

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