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  2.    "Use of 3He(a,a)3He in Polarization Studies" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 23, 132-133 (1966).

  3.    "Polarization Near Isobaric Analogue Resonances" (J. L. Adams, D. Robson and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics 89, 377-386 (1966).

  4.    "Ambiguities in the Optical Model Analysis of Alpha Particle Scattering" (W. J. Thompson, G. E. Crawford and R. H. Davis), Nuclear Physics A98, 228-240 (1967).

  5.   "Separation of Direct and Compound Effects by Polarization Measurements" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 25B, 454-455 (1967).

  6.   "Coupled Channel Analysis of Proton Scattering from 19F" (W. J. Thompson, Steve Edwards and Taro Tamura), Nuclear Physics A105, 678-688 (1967).

  7.    "Direct and Compound Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms in 26Mg(p,p)26Mg" (O. Hauesser, A. Richter, W. von Witsch and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A109, 329-346 (1968).

  8.    "Neutron Spectroscopic Factors for Isobaric Analogue States" (W. J. Thompson, J. L. Adams and D. Robson), Physical Review 173, 975-990 (1968); erratum, Physical Review C7, 1273 (1973).

  9.    "Radiative Transitions Between Resonant States" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 28B, 324-325 (1968).

10.    "Isobaric Analog States for Neutron Spectroscopic Factors" (J. L. Ellis and W. J. Thompson), in Nuclear Isospin, ed. J. D. Anderson et al. (Academic Press, 1969), 689-694.

11.    "R-Matrix Analysis of Proton Inelastic Scattering thru Isobaric Analog Resonances (W. J. Thompson), in Nuclear Isospin, ed. J. D. Anderson et al. (Academic Press, 1969) 427-431.

12.    "Penetration Factors and Resonance States"    (W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Data A6, 129-140 (1969).

13.    "Cluster Amplitudes from Rearrangement Collisions in Light Nuclei" (S. Edwards, D. Robson, T. L. Talley and W. J. Thompson), Clustering Phenomena in Nuclei (I.A.E.A., Vienna, 1969).

14.    "Normalization Factors for Stripping Reactions" (W. J. Thompson and W. R. Hering), Physical Review Letters 24, 272-273 (1970).

15.    "Experimental Determination of the Normalization for (alpha,t) Reactions and Comparison with the Theoretical Normalization Factor" (W. R. Hering, H. Becker, C. A. Wiedner and W. J. Thomp­son), Nuclear Physics A151, 33-55 (1970).

16.    "The Shape of 24Mg by Scattering of 36-MeV 16O" (J. S. Eck and W. J. Thompson), in Nuclear Reactions Induced by Heavy Ions, ed. R. Bock and W. R. Hering (North-Holland, 1970), 85-88.

17.    "Coulomb Energies in Nuclei" (A. A. Jaffe, S. M. Shafroth and W. J. Thompson), Science 169, 505-506 (1970).

18.    "On Alpha-Cluster Effects in Elastic Alpha Scattering from Nuclei Near A=40" (W. J. Thompson), Particles and Nuclei, 2, 47-55 (1971).

19.    "Optical-Model Analysis of 9Be(p,p0)9Be Cross Sections and Polarizations from 6 MeV to 30 MeV" (M. F. Werby, S. Edwards and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A169, 81-94 (1971).

20.    "Nuclear Scattering Potentials for Composite Projectiles" (E. J. Ludwig, W. J. Thompson and H. J. Votava), Particles and Nuclei 2, 107-112 (1971).

21.    "Attempt to Resolve the Optical-Model Spin-Orbit Radius Anomaly from p+197Au Elastic Scattering Polarization Data Near the Coulomb Barrier" (J. S. Eck and W. J. Thompson), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions, ed. H. H. Barschall and W. Haeberli, (University of Wis­consin Press, 1971), pp. 651-652.

22.    "Reaction Plane and Spin-Flip Angular Correlations in the Reactions 12C(3He,3He1(4.43))12C and 12C(a,a(4.43))12C" (G. E. Assousa, C. E. Ahlfeld, R. A. LaSalle, W. I. van Rij, W. J. Thompson, H. A. van Rinsvelt and N. P. Heydenberg), Nuclear Physics A182, 193-212 (1972).

23.    "Angular Correlation Studies for Alpha-Particle Excitation of the 1.78-MeV State in 28Si" (C. E. Ahlfeld, G. E. Assousa, R. A. LaSalle, H. A. van Rinsvelt, W. J. Thompson and N. P. Heyden­berg), Nuclear Physics A191, 137-144 (1972).

24.    "Cluster Effects in Elastic Alpha Scattering Using a New Alpha-Alpha Interaction" (W. J. Thompson), Particles and Nuclei 4, 38-41 (1972).

25.    "Excited-State-Threshold Resonance Effects in 9Be(p,p0)9Be and 9Be(p,n)9B" (H. J. Votava and W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 41B, 405-407 (1972).

26.    "Reaction Mechanism Studies in 24Mg(a,a’)24Mg" (G. S. McNeilly, W. J. Thompson, W. I. van Rij and N. P. Heydenberg), Nuclear Physics A204, 321-336 (1973).

28.    "Proton Scattering from 9Be Between 6 and 30 MeV and the Structure of 9Be" (H. J. Votava, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A204, 529-551 (1973).

29.    "Multi-Interaction, Finite-Range, Two-Mode, DWBA Analyses of Direct Nuclear Reactions" (S. Edwards, D. Robson, T. L. Talley, W. J. Thompson and M. F. Werby), Physical Review C8, 456-471 (1973).

30.    "Comparison of Vector Analyzing Powers in (d,d) with Those in (d,3He) and (d,t) l=0 Transfer Reactions" (S. K. Datta, C. E. Busch, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 31, 949-952 (1973).

31.    "A Study of Isobaric Analogue Resonances in 71Ga" (P. G. Ikossi, C. E. Busch, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A225, 481-492 (1974).

32.    "Isospin-Forbidden Proton Partial Width in 41Sc and Similar A=4n+1 Nuclei" (T. A. Trainor, T. B. Clegg and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 33, 229-232 (1974).

33.    "Spin-Orbit Coupling in Heavy-Ion Scattering" (W. J. Thompson), in International Conference on Reactions Between Complex Nuclei (North-Holland, 1974), 14-15.

35.    "The Proton Optical Potential Near the Coulomb Barrier" (J. S. Eck and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A237, 83-92 (1975).

37.    "Optical-Model Analysis of N+C and C+C Elastic Scattering" (J. S. Eck, J. H. Johnson, D. O. Elliott and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 35, 973-974 (1975).

38.    "Spin-Orbit Coupling for 6Li  Scattering and (a+d) Clustering" (W. J. Thompson), in Second International Conference on Clustering Phenomena in Nuclei, April 1975, 230-231.

39.    "Depolarization Studies in 14N(p,p)14N" (T. B. Clegg, R. A. Hardekopf, G. G. Ohlsen and W. J. Thompson), in Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reac­tions, Zurich, 1975, 634-635.

40.    "Probability Distributions for Compound Nuclear Fluctuations in Vector Analyzing Powers" (R. F. Haglund, J. M. Bowen and W. J. Thompson), in Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Pheno­mena in Nuclear Reactions, Zurich, 1975, 785-786.

41.    "Compound-Nuclear Polarization Effects in Deuteron Elastic Scattering" (R. J. Eastgate, T. B. Clegg, R. F. Haglund and W. J. Thompson), in Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions, Zurich, 1975, 620-621.

42.    "Mass-Number Systematics of Deuteron Folding-Model Potentials" (J. A. Ramirez and W. J. Thompson), in Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reac­tions, Zurich, 1975, 618-619.

43.    "Polarization in Heavy-Ion Scattering" (W. J. Thompson), in Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions, Zurich, 1975, 831-832.

44.    "Systematics of Backward-Angle Elastic Alpha Scattering" (J. S. Eck, K. A. Eberhard, J. Schiele, W. Trombik and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A255, 157-172 (1976).

45.    "Compound-Nucleus Effects in Nucleon Depolarization" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 62B, 245-247 (1976).

46.    "Systematics of Isospin Mixing in Proton Elastic Scattering from Light Nuclei" (P. G. Ikossi, T. B. Clegg, W. W. Jacobs, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 36, 1357-1359 (1976); erratum, Physical Review Letters 42, 1382 (1979).

47.    "Compound Nucleus Fluctuation Effects" (W. J. Thompson), invited paper in Fourth Interna­tional Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions, Zurich, 1975, 349-353.

48.    "Runs Tests as Predictors of Intermediate Structure in the Continuum" (R. F. Haglund, J. M. Bowen and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 37, 878-880 (1976).

49.    "Deformation Lengths from Scattering of Strongly Interacting Projectiles" (W. J. Thompson and J. S. Eck), in Radial Shape of Nuclei Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 22-25, 1976.

50.    "Isospin Forbidden T=3/2 Resonances in 25Al, 29P and 33Cl, and the Systematics of Isospin Mixing" (P. G. Ikossi, T. B. Clegg, W. W. Jacobs, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A274, 1-27 (1976).

51.    "Compound-Nucleus Effects in Spin-Spin Cross Sections" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 65B, 309-310 (1976).

53.    "Potential and Charge Deformations in Light Nuclei" (W. J. Thompson and J. S. Eck), Physics Letters 67B, 151-154 (1977).

55.    "Nuclear Shapes of 24Mg and 28Si by Inelastic Scattering of 12C and 16,18O" (J. S. Eck, D. O. Elliott, W. J. Thompson and F. Todd Baker), Physical Review C16, 1020-1026 (1977).

56.    "Spin-Orbit Coupling in Heavy-Ion Elastic Scattering" (W. J. Thompson), invited paper in Proceedings of the Symposium on Heavy Ion Elastic Scattering, ed. R. M. DeVries (University of Rochester, October 25-26, 1977), 321-326.

57.    "Atomic Excitation Effects on Nuclear Resonances and Q Values" (J. M. Feagin, E. Merzbacher and W. J. Thompson), in Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Applications of Small Accel­erators, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, NS-26 (1979) 1223-1224.

58.    "Q Values in Beta-Decay, (p,n) and (3He,t) Reactions" (J. M. Feagin, E. Merzbacher and W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 81B, 107-109 (1979); erratum Physics Letters 82B, 464 (1979).

59.    "Physics with Polarized Nuclei" (W. J. Thompson and T. B. Clegg), Physics Today 32, 32-39 (1979).

60.     "The Spin-Orbit Potential for t and 3He Elastic Scattering" (W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 85B, 180-182 (1979).

61.    "An Analysis of Runs Tests as Indicators of Non-Statistical Structure in the Compound Nucleus" (R. Kaita, C. Glashausser and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A327, 288-294 (1979).

62.    "Polarized Triton Elastic Scattering at 17 MeV" (R. A. Hardekopf, R. F. Haglund, G. G. Ohlsen, W. J. Thompson and L. R. Veeser), Physical Review C21, 906-918 (1980).

63.    "Energy Dependence of the Nucleon Spin-Orbit Potential" (J. A. Ramirez and W. J. Thompson), Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics 6, L113-L114 (1980).

64.    "Polarization of Nuclei" (W. J. Thompson), in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, 1980, 337-339.

65.    "Atomic-Excitation Effects on Nuclear Reactions" (W. J. Thompson, J. F. Wilkerson, T. B. Clegg, J. M. Feagin, E. J. Ludwig and E. Merzbacher), Physical Review Letters 45, 703-706 (1980).

67.    "A Program of Systematic Measurement and Analysis for the Low-Energy Nucleon Optical-Model Potential" (R. L. Walter, R. C. Byrd, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 413-414.

68.    "Atomic-Excitation Effects on Nuclear Reactions Studied with Polarized Beams"    (W. J. Thompson, J. F. Wilkerson, T. B. Clegg, J. M. Feagin, E. J. Ludwig and E. Merzbacher), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 1126-1128.

69.    "A Test of Collective Effects in Se(d,d)Se" (Y. Tagishi, B. L. Burks, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig, R. L. Varner, J. F. Wilkerson and W. J. Thompson), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Con­fer­ence Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 467-469.

70.    "Elastic Scattering Potentials for Nucleons and Composite Particles" (W. J. Thompson), invited paper in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 204-219.

71.    "Polarized Proton Beam Studies of Very Narrow Resonances" (J. F. Wilkerson, W. J. Thomp­son, E. J. Ludwig and T. B. Clegg), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Confer­ence Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 415-417.

72.    "Polarized Proton Scattering from Se Isotopes" (R. L. Varner, J. F. Wilkerson, W. J. Thompson, Y. Tagishi, E. J. Ludwig, T. B. Clegg and B. L. Burks), in  Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 430-431.

73.    "Cryogenic Polarized Target Facility for Spin-Spin Neutron Total Cross Section Measurements" (C. R. Gould, D. G. Haase, T. B. Clegg, W. J. Thompson and R. L. Walter), in  Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 944-946.

74.    "The Scattering of Polarized Neutrons from 9Be Between 9 and 15 MeV" (C. E. Floyd, P. P. Guss, R. C. Byrd, K. Murphy, S. A. Wender, W. Tornow, R. L. Walter, T. B. Clegg and W. J. Thompson), in Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 69, ed. G. G. Ohlsen et al. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981) 407-409.

75.    "A Polarized Beam Study of the 207Pb(d,t)206Pb Reaction" (J. E. Willis, T. B. Clegg, M. D. Kaitchuck, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A362, 8-17 (1981).

76.    "Isospin and Isobar Components in Light Nuclei" (J. F. Wilkerson, R. E. Anderson, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 51, 2269-2272 (1983).

80.    "The 81Kr - 81Br Ground State Mass Difference and Implications for Calibration of a 81Br Solar Neutrino Detector" (B. L. Burks, R. E. Anderson, Y. Aoki, B. C. Karp, E. J. Ludwig, W. J. Thompson and R. L. Varner), Physical Review C30, 742-745 (1984).

81.    "Alpha-Particle D-State Components from (d, alpha) Analyzing Powers" (B. . Karp, E. J. Ludwig, W. J. Thompson and F. D. Santos), Physical Review Letters 53, 1619-1622 (1984).

83.    "Tensor Operators in the Nucleon-Nucleus Spin-Spin Interaction" (H. Ohnishi, T. L. McAbee and W. J. Thompson), Sixth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclei, Osaka, Japan, August 1985.

84.    "A Dynamical Origin of Momentum-Dependent Spin-Tensor Potentials in Elastic Scattering" (H. Ohnishi and W. J. Thompson), Sixth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclei, Osaka, Japan, August 1985.

86.    "Density Dependence of Effective Interactions in Nuclei" (W. J. Thompson, T. L. McAbee and R. L. Varner), Physics Letters 182, 247-250 (1986).

87.    "Global Parameterization of the Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering Potential" (R. L. Varner, T. B. Clegg, T. L. McAbee and W. J. Thompson), Physics Letters 185, 6-10 (1987).

90.    "Comment on "Spin-Spin Dependence of Total Cross Sections as an Effect of Static Nuclear Deformations" (C. R. Gould, N. R. Roberson and W. J. Thompson), Physical Review Letters 60 , 2335 (1988).

93.     "Spin-Spin Interactions in Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering" (T. L. McAbee, W. J. Thompson and H. Ohnishi), Nuclear Physics A509, 39-79 (1990).

94.    Primordial Nucleosynthesis (editors W. J. Thompson, B. W. Carney and H. J. Karwowski), (World Scientific, Singapore, 1990) ISBN 981-02-0149-4, 120 pp.

96.    Review of Nucleon Momentum and Density Distributions in Nuclei (A. N. Antonov, P. E. Hodg­son and I. Zh Petkov), by W. J. Thompson, American Scientist, 79, 76 (1991).

97.    "A Global Nucleon Optical Model Potential" (R. L. Varner, W. J. Thompson, T. L. McAbee, E. J. Ludwig and T. B. Clegg), Physics Reports, 201, 57-119 (1991).

105.   “Probing a-Particle Wave Functions by (d,a) Tensor Analyzing Powers” (E. R. Crosson, R. K. Das, E. J. Ludwig, W. J. Thompson, M. Bisenberger, R. Hertenberger, D. Hofer, H. Kader, P. Schiemenz, G. Graw, A. M. Eiro and F. D. Santos), Physical Review C45, 492-495 (1992).

106.  “Characterization of Cold Hydrogen Beams for Polarized-ion Sources” (W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A317, 394-396 (1992).

108.   “Isospin-Nonconserving Particle Decays in Light Nuclei” (J. F. Wilkerson, T. M. Mooney, R. E. Fauber, T. B. Clegg, E. J. Ludwig, H. J. Karwowski and W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Physics A549, 223-253 (1992).

111.   “Effects of 6Li Excitation in 64Zn(d,6Li)60Ni at Low Energies” (J. E. Bowsher, T. B. Clegg, H. J. Karwowski, E. J. Ludwig, W. J. Thompson, and J. A. Tostevin), Physical Review C45, 2824-2835 (1992).

114.   “A Spin-Filter Polarimeter for Low Energy Hydrogen and Deuterium Ion Beams” (S. K. Lemieux, T. B. Clegg, H. J. Karwowski, W. J. Thompson, and E. R. Crosson) Nuclear Instru­ments and Methods, A333, 434-442 (1993).

115.   “Spin Substate Mixing by Off-Axis Magnetic Fields” (W. J. Thompson), Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A333, 443-446 (1993).

149.   "Explosive Hydrogen Burning of 27Si, 31S, 35Ar and 39Ca in Novae and X-Ray Bursts" (C. Iliadis, P. M. Endt, N. Prantzos, and W. J. Thompson), Astrophysical Journal, 524, 434-453 (1999).

152.   "Error Analysis for Resonant Thermonuclear Reaction Rates" (W. J. Thompson and C. Iliadis), Nuclear Physics A647, 259-279 (1999).

160.  “Proton-Induced Thermonuclear Reaction Rates for A=20-40 Nuclei” (C. Iliadis, J. M. D’Auria, S. Starrfield, W. J. Thompson, and M. Wiescher),  Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 134, 151-171 (2001).

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