LDRD Final Report: Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements (04-ERD-057)

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Title: LDRD Final Report: Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements (04-ERD-057)

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Research carried out in the framework of the LDRD project ''Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements'' (04-ERD-057) is summarized. The project was designed to address the challenge of determining cross sections for nuclear reactions involving unstable targets, with a particular emphasis on reactions that play a key role in the production of the elements between Iron and Uranium. This report reviews the motivation for the research, introduces the approach employed to address the problem, and summarizes the resulting scientific insights, technical findings, and related accomplishments.

Authors:: Escher, J E; Bernstein, L A; Bleuel, D; Burke, J; Church, J A; Dietrich, F S; Forssen, C; Gueorguiev, V; Hoffman, R D

Publication Date:: Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2007

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 902261

Report Number(s):: UCRL-TR-228366
TRN: US0702917

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; CROSS SECTIONS; IRON; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; ORIGIN; PRODUCTION; TARGETS; URANIUM

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                    Escher, J E, Bernstein, L A, Bleuel, D, Burke, J, Church, J A, Dietrich, F S, Forssen, C, Gueorguiev, V, and Hoffman, R D. LDRD Final Report: Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements (04-ERD-057).  United States: N. p., 2007. 
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                    Escher, J E, Bernstein, L A, Bleuel, D, Burke, J, Church, J A, Dietrich, F S, Forssen, C, Gueorguiev, V, & Hoffman, R D. LDRD Final Report: Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements (04-ERD-057).  United States.  doi:10.2172/902261.

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                    Escher, J E, Bernstein, L A, Bleuel, D, Burke, J, Church, J A, Dietrich, F S, Forssen, C, Gueorguiev, V, and Hoffman, R D. Fri .  
        "LDRD Final Report: Surrogate Nuclear Reactions and the Origin of the Heavy Elements (04-ERD-057)".  United States.  
        doi:10.2172/902261.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/902261.

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