r-process experiments at the national superconducting cyclotron laboratory
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R-process experiments at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. Giuseppe Lorusso NSCL at Michigan State university. Models aimed to reproduce the observed r-process abundances are sensitive to: astrophysical conditions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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R-process experiments at the National Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory
Giuseppe Lorusso
NSCL at Michigan State university
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Models aimed to reproduce the observed r-process abundances are sensitive to:
• astrophysical conditions
• the nuclear properties of the neutron-rich nuclei involved in the process
• Masses of nuclei near the drip line-decay-properties
-decay-half lives-delayed neutron emission probabilities
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Effect of shell quenching
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Effect of -delayed neutron emission probabilities
before -decay after -decay
Calculated r-process production of elements(Kratz et al. ApJ 403 (1993) 216):
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Implantation set up
BCS+NERO SEGA
Si PIN detector
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Particle Identification
Transmitted species are identified according to their position in the particle-ID matrix with respect of nuclei of reference
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Beta Counting System
Si Si Si
• 4 cm x 4 cm active area
• 1 mm thick
• 40-strip pitch in x and y dimensions ->1600 pixels
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Neutron Emission Ratio Observer
Specifications:
• 60 counters total (16 3He , 44 BF3)
• 60 cm x 60 cm x 80 cm
polyethylene block
• Extensive exterior shielding
• 45% total neutron efficiency
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BCS + NERO
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Half-lives