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 (Fellow, Lead Research Organisation)
- Complutense University of Madrid (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON (Collaboration)
- Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- University of Valencia (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Morales A. I.
(2009)
ß-DELAYED ?-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF HEAVY NEUTRON RICH NUCLEI "SOUTH" OF LEAD
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Alkhomashi N
(2009)
ß - -delayed spectroscopy of neutron-rich tantalum nuclei: Shape evolution in neutron-rich tungsten isotopes
in Physical Review C
Jones G
(2007)
Yrast studies of Se 80 , 82 using deep-inelastic reactions
in Physical Review C
Mohammadi S.
(2006)
Yrast states in
188,190Os nuclei
in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Saito T
(2008)
Yrast and non-yrast 2+ states of 134Ce and 136Nd populated in relativistic Coulomb excitation
in Physics Letters B
Podolyák Z
(2009)
Weakly deformed oblate structures in 76 198 Os 122
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
Podolyak Zsolt
(2006)
The high-resolution in-flight spectroscopy (HISPEC) project at fair
in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Kumar R
(2009)
Testing of a DSSSD detector for the stopped RISING project
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Podolyák Z
(2009)
Structure of neutron-rich nuclei around the N = 126 closed shell; the yrast structure of 205Au126 up to spin-parity $I^{\pi}$ = (19/2+)
in The European Physical Journal A
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 |