An Association of Florida State University Accelerator LabHope College Ion Beam LaboratoryOhio University Accelerator LabTexas A&M Cyclotron LabTUNL Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab

(Duke, University of N.Carolina, N.Carolina State U.)Union College Ion Beam Anaysis LaboratoryUniversity of Kentucky Accelerator LabUniversity of Mass. (Lowell), Radiation LabUniversity of Notre Dame, ISNAPUniversity of Washington, CENPA

An Organization of the users at these non-user labs. today: 176 registered users

http://aruna.physics.fsu.edu

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FSU FSU John D. Fox LaboratoryJohn D. Fox Laboratory

U. Kentucky U. Kentucky Accelerator LabAccelerator Lab

Ohio UOhio UEdwards Lab.Edwards Lab.

Texas A&M U.Texas A&M U.Cyclotron Lab. Cyclotron Lab.

TUNLTUNLHIGS HIGS

Notre Dame Univ.Notre Dame Univ.ISNAP facilitiesISNAP facilities

University ofUniversity ofWashington Washington CEPNAPCEPNAP

TUNLTUNLLENALENA

TUNLTUNLTandem LabTandem Lab

Union CollegeUnion CollegeIon Beam LabIon Beam Lab

Hope CollegeHope CollegeIon Beam LabIon Beam Lab

U. Mass U. Mass RadiationRadiationLabLab

FSU: Facility and EquipmentFSU: Facility and Equipment

9 MV “FN” Tandem vdG, 9 MV Superconducting LinacBeams: p – Calcium 10 MeV/u up to mass 6 5 MeV/u up to mass 40

Compton-suppressed HPGe array, 3 clover + ~10 conventional

RESOLUT in-flight radioative beam facilitybeams between mass 6 and 30

ANASEN active-target detector system

ResoNeut low-energy neutron detectors

Swinger Magnet(-4° lab 158°)

30-meter TOF Tunnel

Beam Swinger Facility

Cs Sputter Source

Duoplasmatron He Source

4.5-MV T-type tandem

Edwards Accelerator Laboratory at Ohio University

• 4.5-MV tandem accelerator• Pelletron upgrade• p, d, 3,4He, heavy ion beams• 30 m time-of-flight tunnel• 2 target rooms• 6 instrumented beamlines• particularly well equipped for

- time-of-flight experiments- neutron detection

Target chamber

In Progress

•T-Rex•TAMUTrap•SASSYER•Active Target Det•RTC + chemistry•Radioisotope production

7-MV single-ended Van de Graaff; rf ion source

1H, 2H, 3He, and 4He beams

Terminal and post-acceleration bunching (<1 ns)

Gas targets: 0.5 to 10 MeV neutrons with 3H(p,n) and 2H(d,n); extended up to 25 MeV with 3H(d,n); monoenergetic (ΔEn < 100 keV) neutrons

Nuclear spectroscopy with neutron time-of-flight and γ-ray (HPGe/BGO) detection

Research program continuously supported by the NSF since accelerator installation in 1964; upgrade in 1990s

DOE-Nuclear Energy University Programs funding since 2009

A hands-on, student-run facility

Outside

Inside

UK Accelerator Laboratory (UKAL)

INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURE AND NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICSNUCLEAR SCIENCE LABORATORY

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NSF Site Visit - February 11, 2014

11 MV FN Pelletron

5 MV 5U PelletronTwinSol

AMS gas-filled spectrometer

1MV JN VdG (CASPAR)

St. GEORGE recoil separator

250 kV Implanter

INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURE AND NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICSNUCLEAR SCIENCE LABORATORYCENPAP Recent work

Recent publications

22Na(p,)23Mg and Consequences for 22Na Production in Classical Novae Sallaska, et al.Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 152501 (2010).Phys. Rev. C 83, 034611 (2011).

Explosive hydrogen burning… Wrede et al.Phys. Rev. C 82, 035805 (2010) .

33S(p,)34g,mCl at oxygen-neon nova temperaturesFreeman et al., Phys. Rev. C 83, 048801 (2011).

Precision Measurement of the 6He Half-Life and the Weak Axial Current in NucleiKnecht et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 122502 (2012).Phys. Rev. C (in press).

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SummarySummary

The ARUNA labs are an important resource to nuclear science in the US.

They deliver forefront science.

Many have upgrades and new programs coming up.

The “beam time crisis” at the national user facilities can be cushioned by adequately supporting operations and science at these facilities.