Total Coulomb excitation cross section measurements of radioactive nuclear beams in low energy inverse kinematics
- Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610 (United States)
- WNSL Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 (United States)
Coulomb excitation is a powerful, well-understood, and selective technique to excite levels in nuclei primarily through E2 transitions with relatively large cross sections (typically 10s of mbarns). A description of an apparatus to measure total Coulomb excitation cross sections of radioactive nuclear beams will be presented. The apparatus uses inverse kinematics in order to overcome the difficulties presented by limited beam intensities and high background rates. A high efficiency NaI(Tl) through-well detector is used to observe the deexcitation {gamma}-rays. The discussion will address the challenges of doing low energy Coulomb excitation experiments of radioactive beam nuclei and a recent experiment with radioactive {sup 69}As nuclei at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF). {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016; AC05-96OR22464; FG02-88ER40417; FG02-91ER40609
- OSTI ID:
- 700435
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980672-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9910M0082
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 455, Issue 1; Conference: ENAM `98: 2. international conference on exotic nuclei and atomic masses, Bellaire, MI (United States), 23-27 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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