Relativistic energy fragmentation in nuclear structure studies
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Surrey
Department Name: Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Abstract
Our knowledge of neutron-rich nuclei is limited due to the nature of the reactions we can use to synthesise them. Most promising is the new ability to detect discrete gamma-ray transitions following heavy-ion projectile fragmentation at relativistic energies. A major strand of this fundamental research are the ISOMER and RISING projects based at the GSI facility in Darmstadt, Germany. Over the next 3-5 year period a new European fragmentation facility (FAIR) will be constructed. I am the named project coordinator for the High-resolution In-Flight Spectroscopy (HISPEC) portion of this project. The extension of my Advanced Fellowship will allow me to complete the study of exotic neutron-rich nuclei around the N=126 magic number, and will naturally evolve into managing the construction phase of HISPEC and then initiating investigations of even more exotic nuclei at FAIR.
Organisations
- University of Surrey (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Brighton (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Collaboration)
- Complutense University of Madrid (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- University of Valencia (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Podolyák Z
(2007)
Isomeric decay studies around 204Pt and 148Tb
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Pietri S.
(2007)
First results from the stopped beam isomer rising campaign at GSI
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Goerska M.
(2007)
Nuclear structure far off stability -: Rising campaigns
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Jones G
(2007)
Yrast studies of Se 80 , 82 using deep-inelastic reactions
in Physical Review C
Rudolph D
(2008)
Isospin symmetry and proton decay: Identification of the 10 + isomer in Ni 54
in Physical Review C
Jones G
(2008)
High-spin, multiparticle isomers in Sb 121 , 123
in Physical Review C
Podolyák Z
(2008)
From RISING to HISPEC/DESPEC
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Sohler D
(2008)
In-beam ?-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich nitrogen isotopes N 19 - 22
in Physical Review C
Saito T
(2008)
Yrast and non-yrast 2+ states of 134Ce and 136Nd populated in relativistic Coulomb excitation
in Physics Letters B
Fujita Y
(2008)
Gamow-Teller transitions in exotic pf -shell nuclei relevant to supernova explosion
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
| Description | There were two findings: (i) to complete the Stopped-Beam RISING experiments with particular emphasis on beta-delayed measurements (ii) to continue to lead the developments, and design of novel instrumentation used in the High-resolution in-flight Spectroscopy (HISPEC) project at the new FAIR facility, and to take it forward in the construction phase. |
| Exploitation Route | Longer timescales needed. |
| Sectors | Education Energy Healthcare Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
| Department | Nuclear Physics Support Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung |
| Department | Nuclear Physics 2 |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of Brighton |
| Department | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | NuSTAR |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Department | School of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Building equipment to be used within NuSTAR at GSI/FAIR, within R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC |
| Collaborator Contribution | building equipment for R3B, HSIPEC, DESPEC |
| Impact | FAIR is being built with NuSTAR being one of its four pillar collaborations |
| Description | isolde |
| Organisation | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | experiment proposed and performed, data analysed, published. Equipment (Ge detectors, digital EDAQ) |
| Collaborator Contribution | expert manpower to run experiment |
| Impact | publication. Future collaborations on reactor decay heat etc. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | isolde |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | ISOLDE Radioactive Ion Beam Facility |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | experiment proposed and performed, data analysed, published. Equipment (Ge detectors, digital EDAQ) |
| Collaborator Contribution | expert manpower to run experiment |
| Impact | publication. Future collaborations on reactor decay heat etc. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | isolde |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | experiment proposed and performed, data analysed, published. Equipment (Ge detectors, digital EDAQ) |
| Collaborator Contribution | expert manpower to run experiment |
| Impact | publication. Future collaborations on reactor decay heat etc. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | isolde |
| Organisation | University of Valencia |
| Department | Corpuscular Physics Institute (IFIC) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | experiment proposed and performed, data analysed, published. Equipment (Ge detectors, digital EDAQ) |
| Collaborator Contribution | expert manpower to run experiment |
| Impact | publication. Future collaborations on reactor decay heat etc. |
| Start Year | 2008 |