Department of Physics
Prof ML Lekala
| College of Science, Engineering and Technology | |
|---|---|
| School of Science | |
| Department: Physics | |
| Professor | |
| Tel: | 011 670 9078 |
| E-mail: | lekalml@unisa.ac.za |
Expertise
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Computational Physics
- Inverse Scattering Theory
- Nuclear Physics
- Theoretical Physics
Qualifications
- PhD (Physics): University of South Africa
- MSc (Physics): University of South Africa
Currently teaching
- Nuclear
- Particle Physics
- Computational Physics
Fields of academic interests
Research interests
- Theoretical Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Computational Physics
- Inverse Scattering
- Few-Body Physics
Field of Specialisation
My main research foci are 1). Theoretical study of the properties of few-particle systems. This include studies of structure of and reactions involving these systems at Particle, Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular level. We employ the Faddeev and Faddeev-Yakubovsky formalisms for rigorous benchmark calculations using High Performance computing. 2). Inverse scattering theory and its applications in few-body physics. 3). Applications of few-body methods to study exotic systems such as hypernuclei and superheavy elements. 4). Computational Physics, where we develop efficient numerical methods to solve the aforementioned systems.
Journal articles
- B Mukeru, M L Lekala, J Lubian and L. Tomio, Nuclear Physics A 996 (2020) 121700,
- A. N. Ikot, G.J. Rampho, P.O. Amadi, M. J. Sithole, U.S. Okorie, M. I. Lekala, European Physical Journal Plus, (2020) 135:503
- A.N. Ikot, G.J. Rampho, P.O. Amadi, U.S. Okorie, M.J. Sithole, M.L. Lekala, Results in Physics 18 (2020) 103150
- E F Meoto, GJ Rampho, ML Lekala and B Mukeru, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 46 (2019) 095102 (7pp)
- B Mukeru, GJ Rampho, and ML Lekala, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 45 (2018) 045101 (11pp)
- B Mukeru, GJ Rampho and ML Lekala, Nuclear Physics A 969(2018)60–67,
- S Bera, ML Lekala, GJ Rampho, B Chakrabarti, S Bhattacharyy, Physica A 526 (2019) 121053
- E F Meoto and ML Lekala, Journal of Physics Communications 3 (2019) 095018
- S. Bhattacharyya, M. L. Lekala, B. Chakrabarti, G. J. Rampho, Physics Review A 93, 033624
- B Mukeru and ML Lekala, Physical Review C 94, 024602 (2016)
Projects
- Application of Faddeev-Yakubovsky formalism for three-and four-body nuclear and atomic systems
- Bose-Einstein condensates
- Structures and properties of exotic and superheavy elements
- Inverse scattering problem.