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)
- Complutense University of Madrid (Collaboration)
- Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (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
Podolyak Zsolt
(2006)
The high-resolution in-flight spectroscopy (HISPEC) project at fair
in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Mohammadi S.
(2006)
Yrast states in
188,190Os nuclei
in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Garnsworthy A. B.
(2007)
Isomeric states in the light Tc isotopes
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Brandau C
(2007)
Status of the energy-buncher in the low-energy branch of the Super-FRS
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Jungclaus A
(2007)
Observation of isomeric decays in the r-process waiting-point nucleus 130Cd82.
in Physical review letters
Rudolph D
(2007)
Exciting isomers from the first stopped-beam RISING campaign
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Mohammadi S.
(2007)
High spin states in
191Os
in IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTION A-SCIENCE
Pietri S
(2007)
Experimental details of the Stopped Beam RISING campaign
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Bastin B
(2007)
Collapse of the N=28 shell closure in (42)Si.
in Physical review letters
Regan P
(2007)
Isomer Spectroscopy Using Relativistic Projectile Fragmentation at the N=Z Line for A~80?90
in Nuclear Physics A
Caceres L. S.
(2007)
Identification of excited states in the
N =
Z nucleus
82Nb
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Bucurescu D
(2007)
?-ray spectroscopy of the neutron-rich nuclei Rb 89 , Y 92 , and Y 93 with multinucleon transfer reactions
in Physical Review C
Steer S. J.
(2007)
Identification of isomeric states 'south' of
208Pb via projectile fragmentation
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Axiotis M
(2007)
High-spin ?-ray spectroscopy in Mn 52
in Physical Review C
Doornenbal P
(2007)
The T = 2 mirrors 36Ca and 36S: A test for isospin symmetry of shell gaps at the driplines
in Physics Letters B
Myalski S.
(2007)
Isomeric ratio for the
I
p=8
+ yrast state in
96Pd produced in the relativistic fragmentation of
107Ag
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Detistov P.
(2007)
Simulation of the electromagnetic background radiation for the rising experimental set-up
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Jones G
(2007)
Identification of a high-spin isomer in Mo 99
in Physical Review C
Neyens G.
(2007)
g factor measurements on relativistic isomeric beams produced by fragmentation and U-fission:: The
g-rising project at GSI
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Pietri S
(2007)
Recent results in fragmentation isomer spectroscopy with rising
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
| 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 |