SAIP2019

The Proceedings of SAIP2019

The Proceedings of SAIP2019, the 64^th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics

 

ISBN: 978-0-620-88875-2

Publication Date: 10 October 2020

 

 

The Proceedings of SAIP2019 will only be available electronically. The papers are ordered by SAIP Division and then alphabetically by first author surname. The PDF file of the Proceedings can be navigated from the Table of Contents by clicking on the appropriate paper title. Alt+left arrow navigates back to the previous view. All the content of the PDF file is searchable. 

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Author names, Title (optional), in The Proceedings of SAIP2019, the 64^th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, edited by Prof. Makaiko Chithambo, (SU/2019), pp. xxx - yyy. ISBN: 978-0-620-88875-2. Available online at http://events.saip.org.za

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• The Proceedings of SAIP2019: Complete document (58MB PDF with a total of 364 pages), published 10 October 2020
• The Proceedings of SAIP2019: Frontmatter only (2.6MB PDF with a total of 16 pages), published 10 October 2020

Corrigenda to The Proceedings of SAIP2019, the 64th Annual Conference of the South African Institute Of Physics, ISBN: 978-0-620-88875-2

- Corrigendum to Unifying Dark Matter and Dark Energy in Chaplygin Gas Cosmology
- Corrigendum to ‘Radiological Assessment of Weenen farmland Samples, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Full Research Papers from the SAIP2019 Proceedings

Division A - Division for Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials

 

Ab initio studies of sperrylite, platarsite and palladoarsenide bulk and surface stabilities
B Nemutudi, P P Mkhonto and P E Ngoepe

Structural, thermodynamic, electronic and mechanical properties of MCO₃ (M: Ca, Fe) precursor materials for Li-ion batteries

M T Morukuladi, N L Lethole, M C Masedi, N N Ngoepe and P E Ngoepe

Ab Initio Study of Ti₅₀Pt_50-xHf_x (𝒙 = 6.25, 18.75, 25) Potential Shape Memory Alloys
M E Baloyi, R Modiba, P E Ngoepe and H R Chauke

 

 

Computer simulation studies of HF adsorption on TiO₂ (001) and (110) surfaces
D M Tshwane, R Modiba, H R Chauke, G Govender and P E Ngoepe
 

First principle studies on lattice thermal conductivity and thermoelectric properties of LiYSe₂
Elkana Rugut, Daniel Joubert and GlennJones

Investigation of beta Ti-Mo phase stability employing the first principle approach
VC Mnisi, ME Sithole, R Modiba, and R Machaka
 

Stability of lithium manganese oxide (LiMn₂O₄) surfaces during charge/discharge processes

Brian Ramogayana, Khomotso P. Maenetja, David Dantos-Carballal, Nora H.de eeuw and Phuti E. Ngoepe
 

Structural, electronic, elastic stability and optical properties of rare-earth copper chalcogenides LaCuX₂ (X =SandSe), a first principles study

Abdu Barde and Daniel P Joubert

 

 

 

 

The effect of iron-particles on the electrical properties of n-GaSb semiconductor material
A Bele, LT Selepe, ME Sithole
 

Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect of a distorted Kagomé lattice:Gd₃Os₄Al₁₂
R. Djoumessi Fobasso, B.N.Sahu, A.M. Strydom

Large magnetocaloric effect in Dy₂NiSi₃
Jean J Mboukam,Baidyanath Sahu,André M Strydom
 

Structural stability and electronic properties of bulk, bilayer and monolayer PtX₂ (X =SeandTe)

Hamza A H Mohammed, GM Dongho-Nguimdo and Daniel P Joubert
 

Effect of Co addition on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Fe₁₆N₂ employing first principles approach
R Modiba and P E Ngoepe

Study of lattice defects in BaF₂ at elevated temperatures using positron annihilation and X-ray diffraction methods

T P Jili, E Sideras-Haddad, D Wamwangi, D Billing, C L Ndlangamandla and M Khulu
 

Magnetic and thermodynamic properties of the CeRhGa₄ compound

Precious MMabidi, Buyisiwe M Sondezi,Baidyanath N Sahu and André M Strydom
 

Structural and magnetic characterization of Sm³⁺ ion substituted Zn-Mn nanoferrites synthesized by glycol-thermal method
T. A. Nhlapo, J. Z. Msomi, T. Moyo


Division B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics

 

 

 

Electronic Stopping Force of ¹⁶O and ²⁸Si Heavy Ions in Tantalum Nitride by Time of Flight Spectroscopy
T Nkwashu, M Msimanga, and S J Moloi
 

Testing and Simulating the Response of a New Tracking Sensor for the ATLAS Detector
Ryan Justin Atkin
 

Background estimation in the measurement of the top quarkmassusing J/Ψ mesons with13TeV proton-proton collision data from the ATLAS experiment
Kevin Nicholas Barends
 

Radiological Assessment of Weenen Agricultural Fields Samples
MJ Mvelase, PLMasiteng, RDMavunda, PP Maleka 
 

Compatibility of a simplyfied BSM model with the observed excesses in multi-lepton production at the LHC
Phuti Rapheeha, Xifeng Ruan and Bruce Mellado
 

High mass VBF categorization for narrow-width resonance searchesinthe H → ZZ → 4ℒ channel with the ATLAS detector

Mzwandile Thabede, Theodota Lagouri, Xifeng Ruan and Bruce Mellado
 

Search for a resonance in the diphotonplus b-jet final states inthe ttH and bbH production
Esra Mohammed Shrif, Xifeng Ruan and BruceMellado
 

Top-quark background estimation for BSM physics search H → Sh → 2ℒ+ 2 jets with the ATLAS detector atLHC

Jeremiah Kgomotso Monnakgotla, Yesenia Hernández Jimenez and Bruce Mellado
 

A Deep Neural Network for Missing Transverse Momentum Reconstructionin ATLAS
Matthew Leigh
 

Anomalies in the production of multiple leptons at the LHC
Stefan von Buddenbrock and BruceMellado

Geant4 in a new role - Reactor Physics

A Cilliers1, SHConnell, J Conradie, MNHCook, RMudau, P Naidoo, DNicholls


Division D1 - Astrophysics

Multi-messenger hunts for heavy WIMPs
Geoff Beck
 

Constraining f(R)-gravity models with recent cosmological data
Renier Hough, Amare Abebe and Stefan Ferreira
 

Multi-wavelength study of large-scale outfows from the Circinusgalaxy

R Ebrahim, A Chen, D Prokhorov, K Thorat , G Jozsa and P Serra
 

A radiative transfer model for hydrogen recombination line masers
A Prozesky and DP Smits
 

Surface brightness profiles of nearby central group galaxies
S Hattingh and SI Loubser
 

Phenomenology ofaxion-like particles coupling with photons in the jets of active galactic nuclei
Ahmed Ayad and Geoff Beck
 

Unifying Dark Matter and Dark Energy in Chaplygin Gas Cosmology

Anna-Mia Swart, Renier Hough, Shambel Sahlu, Heba Sami, Thato Tsabone, Rubby Aworka, Maye Elmardi and Amare Abebe

Perturbations in a Chaplygin gas Cosmology

Shambel Sahlu, Heba Sami, Anna-MiaSwart, Thato Tsabone, Maye Elmardi and Amare Abebe


Division E - Education

An evaluation of the impact of scientific explanation model on pre-service teachers’ understanding of basic concepts in electricity
M N Khwanda and P Molefe


Division F - Applied Physics

Density functional theory study of copper zinc tin sulphide (Cu₂ZnSnS₄) doped with calcium and barium

TM Mlotshwa, NE Maluta, RR Maphanga
 

Construction and testing of a magneto-optical trap for laser cooling of rubidium atoms
Kessie Govender, Adrian Wyngaard and Rory Pentz
 

Density functional theory study of Cyanidin (Cy) dye molecule adsorbed on (100) TiO₂ anatase surface for application in DSSCs
T S Ranwaha, N E Maluta , and R R Maphanga

Development and testing of a photon detector for Quantum optics experiments
R A Pentz and K Govender
 

The Diagnostics and Verification System for the Tile Calorimeter Trigger and Data Acquisition framework of the ATLAS Detector

Nthabiseng Miranda Lekalakala, Thabo Masuku and Bruce Mellado
 

The development of test stations for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Low Voltage Power Supplies

ThaboJames Lepota, BruceMellado
 

Low Voltage Power Supply production,hardware upgrade and testing for the ATLAS Tile Cal Front-End Electronics system 

Edward Nkadimeng,Thabo Lepota, Rogervan Rensburg,Charles Sandrock, and BruceMellado
 

A case study on monitoring Potential Induced Degradation (PID) recovery in multi-crystalline modules
I M Kwembur, J L Crozier McCleland, F J Vorster and E E van Dyk
 

Investigating the feasibility of using neutron activation to measure elemental pollution in the Richards Bay area

Sizwe Mhlongo, Sfiso Ntshangase, Peane Maleka and NtombizikhonaNdlovu
 

Low Dose Radiation Damage in Diamond from High Energy Electrons and Photons

T Nemakhavhani, R Andrew, JE Butler, SH Connell, MN Cook, R Erasmus, J Van Rooyen


Division G - Theoretical and Computational Physics
 

The Equation of State(EoS) of hadronic matter from the microscopic Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model
T.E Nemakhavhani, M Younus, A Muronga
 

Computation of the effective potential in the gauge-Higgs unification model with an SU(3) representation
A S Cornella , A Deandreab , C Cotc, and MO Khojalid
 

The ubiquitous pseudo-scalar in composite Higgs models
A S Cornella, A Deandrea, B Fuks and L Masond
 

Third order dissipative fluid dynamics and the Bjorken scaling solution
M Younus, AMuronga
 

Fluctuating open heavy flavour energy loss in a strongly coupled plasma with observables from rhic and the lhc
B ANgwenya and WAHorowitz
 

Impact-response study of lattice waves and phonons in metallic FCC nanoclusters using the Sutton-Chen potential
R.O. Ocaya, J.J.Terblans
 

Modified hummers synthesis and structural characterisation of graphene oxide
MW Makgoba, TE Mosuang and G Ndlovu
 

Bottomonia suppression in heavy-ion collisions from AdS/CFT
N N Barnard and WA Horowitz

Non-Abelian Corrections for Radiation in QCD 
W. A.Horowitz
 

Quantum secret sharing with Greenberger Horne Zeilinger states
Comfort Sekga and Mhlambululi Mafu

Solving the SchrÖdinger Equation using Sinc Functions in one and two dimensions, employing Python and Numpy
Obiageli Lovenda Ezenwachukwu and Moritz Braun

 

 

 

A 2+1D Monte Carlo generator for jets in heavy ion collisions
I Kolbé, JG Milhano, UA Wiedemann and K C Zapp