Transfer Reactions and the Structure of Neutron-rich Nuclei
The study of transfer reactions in inverse kinematics is a major focus of existing and future radioactive-ion-beam facilities. One of the obstacles in such measurements is poor Q-value resolution, often several hundred keV, which can prevent the extraction of useful information. At Argonne National Laboratory, it has recently been demonstrated that good Q-value resolution can be achieved by transporting the outgoing ions through a high-field solenoid, measuring their position as a function of energy. Furthermore, this provides several advantages over conventional Si arrays, such as large acceptance, good particle identification, and most importantly a Q-value resolution of better than 100 keV in most cases, including reactions with moderately heavy beams. In this paper, the concept of the solenoidal spectrometer, called HELIOS, will be discussed along with highlights of recent results.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Organization:
- The HELIOS Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1407178
- Journal Information:
- Acta Physica Polonica. Series B, Vol. 44, Issue 3; Conference: Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics “Extremes of the Nuclear Landscape”, Zakopane (Poland), 27 Aug - 2 Sep 2012; ISSN 0587-4254
- Publisher:
- Jagiellonian UniversityCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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