Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics at the ISAC Radioactive Beams Facility

Journal Article · Fri Feb 27 04:00:00 EST 2004 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1691678· OSTI ID:20632975

D'Auria, John M ^[1]

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1. 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, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 701; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
ISOTOPE SEPARATORS
MAGNESIUM 22
NOVAE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PROTON REACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
RECOILS
SCATTERING
SODIUM 21
SODIUM 21 TARGET
SODIUM 22