Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics at the ISAC Radioactive Beams Facility
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A IS6 (Canada)
The ISAC (Isotope Separator and Accelerator) Radioactive Beams laboratory has been in operation for about 4 years. An upgrade in the RB upper energy and mass range will be operational in 2 years and funding for a further upgrade in available number of RB will be submitted this year. There are a number of major experimental facilities now available with physics results produced. A key new facility in the area of nuclear astrophysics, the DRAGON (Detector of Recoils And Gammas Of Nuclear reactions) facility, has finished its first major study, namely a direct measurement for the first time of the 21Na(p,{gamma})22Mg reaction, a reaction believed to play a key role in the production of 22Na during novae explosions. This report will provide a review of the experimental facilities now available at ISAC, along with details of this first published result from the DRAGON facility.
- OSTI ID:
- 20632975
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 701, Issue 1; Conference: EPS Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference: International conference on the labyrinth in nuclear structure, Crete (Greece), 13-19 Jul 2003; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1691678; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); DRAGON Collaboration; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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