Design of a New Recoil Separator for Measurements of Radiative Capture Reactions in Astrophysics

Journal Article · Thu Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3485196· OSTI ID:21426540

Berg, Georg P. A.; Couder, Manoel; Wiescher, Michael ^[1]; Blackmon, Jeff C ^[2]; Greife, U ^[3]; Montes, F; Schatz, Hendrik ^[4]; Rehm, K Ernst ^[5]; Smith, Michael S ^[6]; Zeller, Al ^[4]

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1. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556-5670 (United States)
2. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803-4001 (United States)
3. Dept. of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 (United States)
4. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Michigan, 48824 (United States)
5. Physics Division, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois, 60439 (United States)
6. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6354 (United States)

The rates of proton- and alpha-capture reactions on unstable proton-rich nuclei are needed to understand the energy generation and element synthesis occurring in novae, X-ray bursts, and other explosions. Direct measurements of the cross sections of some of these reactions are now possible with radioactive beams and a recoil separator. A new device for such measurements, the Separator for CApture Reactions [SECAR], is being designed for use at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The specifications and preliminary conceptual design will be discussed along with plans for the first set of measurements.

• OSTI ID: 21426540
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1269, Issue 1; Conference: OMEG-2010: 10. international symposium on origin of matter and evolution of galaxies, Osaka (Japan), 8-10 Mar 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3485196; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ALPHA REACTIONS
ASTROPHYSICS
CAPTURE
CROSS SECTIONS
ISOTOPE SEPARATORS
NEUTRON-DEFICIENT ISOTOPES
NOVAE
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PROTON REACTIONS
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
RECOILS
BARYON REACTIONS
BEAMS
BINARY STARS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
EQUIPMENT
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
HADRON REACTIONS
ION BEAMS
ISOTOPES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
PHYSICS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
STARS
SYNTHESIS
VARIABLE STARS