Biography

Dr Rita Crasta
Designation : Asst Professor
Date of Joining at St Aloysius (Autonomous) : July 01, 2014
Work Experience : 12 years

Contact Details

E-mail : [email protected]
Mobile : 9481961892

Academic Background

• Ph.D: Microtron Centre, Department of Physics, Mangalore University & year of completion 2014
• PG: M.Sc Department of Physics, Mangalore University & Year of passing: 2000
• UG: B.Sc Mangalore University & Year of passing: 1998

Areas of Interest

• Reaction cross- section measurements using activation technique
• Environmental Radioactivity

Significant Publications

1. Measurement of fission product yields in the quasi-mono-energetic neutron induced fission of 238U. Nuclear
Physics A, 941 16-37, 2015 (ISSN: 0375-9474, Impact Factor: 1.916).
2. Measurement of the 238U(n, γ)239U and 238U(n, 2n)237U reaction cross-sections using neutron activation
technique at neutron energies of 8.04 and 11.9 MeV. Nuclear Science and Engineering 178, 66-75, 2014
3. Measurement of the 232Th(n, γ)233Th and 232Th(n, 2n)231Th reaction cross-sections at neutron energies of
8.04±0.30 and 11.90±0.35 MeV. Annals of Nuclear Energy 47, 160–165, 2012
4. Measurement of the 232Th(n, γ) and 232Th(n, 2n) cross-sections at neutron energies of 13.5, 15.5 and 17.28
MeV using neutron activation techniques. Pramana 79, 249-262, 2012
5. Photo-neutron cross-section of 100Mo. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 290, 367–373, 2011