Nuclear Structure and Decay Studies Using gamma-ray Spectroscopic
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Surrey
Department Name: Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Abstract
The project will include analysis of data from the NuBALL spectrometer at IPN-Orsay, France. This is a combined HPGe-LaBr3(Ce) gamma-ray array used to study the internal structure and production yields of neutron-rich fission fragments formed following fast-neutron induced fission on solid 238U and possibly 232Th targets.
The project could also involve parallel measurements of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities of very neutron-rich fission fragments as part of the BRIKEN collaboration based at RIKEN, Japan..
There is also the possibility of spending up to 1 year at TRIUMF (Vancouver) working on the GRIFFIN decay spectrometer.
The project could also involve parallel measurements of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities of very neutron-rich fission fragments as part of the BRIKEN collaboration based at RIKEN, Japan..
There is also the possibility of spending up to 1 year at TRIUMF (Vancouver) working on the GRIFFIN decay spectrometer.
Planned Impact
The impact of this proposal will be that the UK establishes a Nuclear Data Network that links those research groups that make the measurements and the end users of the resulting data.
This includes the National Labs (NNL, NPL, CCFE and AWE), the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme physics working group (MOD, Rolls-Royce, AMEC Foster Wheeler and NNL), Universities and many of the leading nuclear organizations (BAE Systems, EDF Energy, Public Health England, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuvia Ltd, Office of Nuclear Regulation and Sellafield Ltd). The Network will provide a mechanism for the UK users of Nuclear Data to request measurements that are of direct relevance to the needs of the industry, through the UKNSF, which will act as a board of governance for the Network. The proposal will also have the benefit of allowing the UK to re-engage with the international Nuclear Data community through a coordinated approach to data collection and evaluation.
This includes the National Labs (NNL, NPL, CCFE and AWE), the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme physics working group (MOD, Rolls-Royce, AMEC Foster Wheeler and NNL), Universities and many of the leading nuclear organizations (BAE Systems, EDF Energy, Public Health England, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuvia Ltd, Office of Nuclear Regulation and Sellafield Ltd). The Network will provide a mechanism for the UK users of Nuclear Data to request measurements that are of direct relevance to the needs of the industry, through the UKNSF, which will act as a board of governance for the Network. The proposal will also have the benefit of allowing the UK to re-engage with the international Nuclear Data community through a coordinated approach to data collection and evaluation.
Organisations
- University of Surrey (Lead Research Organisation)
- Complutense University of Madrid (Collaboration)
- University of Cologne (Collaboration)
- Technical University of Darmstadt (Collaboration)
- University of Strasbourg (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- IPN Orsay - Nuclear structure (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- University of Warsaw (Collaboration)
- European Commission (Collaboration)
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Patrick Regan (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Rhiann Canavan (Student) |
Publications
Rudigier M
(2019)
Isomer Spectroscopy and Sub-nanosecond Half-live Determination in $^{178}$W Using the NuBALL Array
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Lebois M
(2019)
The $\nu $-ball Campaign at ALTO
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Jovancevic N
(2019)
Spectroscopy of Neutron Induced Reactions with the $\nu $-ball Spectrometer
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Rudigier M
(2020)
Multi-quasiparticle sub-nanosecond isomers in 178W
in Physics Letters B
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/N00244X/1 | 01/04/2016 | 31/03/2022 | |||
| 1910955 | Studentship | ST/N00244X/1 | 03/07/2017 | 30/06/2021 | Rhiann Canavan |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering |
| Country | Romania |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | IPN Orsay - Nuclear structure |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Milano |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Department | Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Pan |
| Country | Poland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | Technical University of Darmstadt |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Cologne |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Strasbourg |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NuBall Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Warsaw |
| Country | Poland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | European Collaboration, with experiments taking place at the IPN Orsay tandem accelerator facility. Experimental campaigns to date have involved Nuclear Structure studies using heavy ion beams, and the principal experiments were fast-neutron induced fission studies of 238U and 232Th. I was involved with building and testing the hybrid HPGe-LaBr3 detector array (named NuBall). I participated in most of the experimental campaigns from November 2017 - June 2018, taking shifts and being on-call to go into the laboratory and help to solve problems. I have taken some of the datasets obtained and am performing analysis on these. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HPGe detectors supplied by GAMMAPOOL. LaBr3 detectors supplied by the FATIMA collaboration. Supported by BEIS and ENSAR2 funding. |
| Impact | A second campaign, NuBall2, has been confirmed by the GAMMAPOOL committee. Publications from the first NuBall campaign: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135140 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.661 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.297 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.50.425 |
| Start Year | 2017 |