Commissioning a Triple Foil Plunger to Measure the Lifetime of Exotic Nuclear States
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
A triple foil plunger device has been designed and constructed at the University of
Manchester to study the lifetimes of exotic nuclei. A commissioning experiment to
measure the known lifetime of the 4+ decay in 156Dy has been proposed. The commissioning
experiment will test beam time requirements and compare this to existing two
foil plunger. Current estimates predict an improvement by a factor of 3. Additionally,
the lifetimes of the 2+ to 0+ and 4+ to 2+ transitions in 112Te have been measured
using data from the DPUNS plunger.The lifetimes were found to be
Manchester to study the lifetimes of exotic nuclei. A commissioning experiment to
measure the known lifetime of the 4+ decay in 156Dy has been proposed. The commissioning
experiment will test beam time requirements and compare this to existing two
foil plunger. Current estimates predict an improvement by a factor of 3. Additionally,
the lifetimes of the 2+ to 0+ and 4+ to 2+ transitions in 112Te have been measured
using data from the DPUNS plunger.The lifetimes were found to be
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| David Matthew Cullen (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Michael Giles (Student) |
Publications
Giles M
(2018)
Lifetime measurements of lowest states in the p g 7 / 2 ? ? h 11 / 2 rotational band in I 112
in Physical Review C
Giles M
(2019)
TPEN: A Triple-foil differential Plunger for lifetime measurements of excited states in Exotic Nuclei
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
| 1684950 | Studentship | ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Michael Giles |