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)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Al-Dahan N
(2009)
Nuclear structure "southeast" of Pb 208 : Isomeric states in Hg 208 and Tl 209
in Physical Review C
Al-Dahan N.
(2009)
ISOMERIC STATES IN
208Hg AND
209Tl POPULATED IN FRAGMENTATION OF
238U
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
Axiotis M
(2007)
High-spin ?-ray spectroscopy in Mn 52
in Physical Review C
Bacelar A. M. Denis
(2009)
ANGULAR MOMENTUM POPULATION IN FRAGMENTATION REACTIONS
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Bastin B
(2007)
Collapse of the N=28 shell closure in (42)Si.
in Physical review letters
Brandau C
(2007)
Status of the energy-buncher in the low-energy branch of the Super-FRS
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
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
Caceres L. S.
(2007)
Identification of excited states in the
N =
Z nucleus
82Nb
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Chen L
(2009)
Schottky mass measurement of the 208Hg isotope: implication for the proton-neutron interaction strength around doubly magic 208Pb.
in Physical review letters
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 |