Conveners
R-Process Experiments
- Greg Hackman (TRIUMF)
Ani Aprahamian
(University of Notre Dame)
7/18/18, 1:15 PM
The origins of the heavy elements have continued to be one of the grand challenges for all of science in the 21st century. The recent observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star mergers simultaneously with the spectroscopy showed that rare earth elements are in fact being made in neutron star mergers. While questions remain about sufficient numbers of mergers to account for the...
Dr
Adam Garnsworthy
(TRIUMF)
7/18/18, 1:45 PM
The new beam delivery capabilities of the ARIEL facility offer many exciting science opportunities. Among these new possibilities is access to isotopes of particular importance to characterizing the rapid-neutron capture process. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for creating the elements in our universe is one of the most compelling open questions in contemporary science. I will give...
Dennis Muecher
(University of Guelph)
7/18/18, 2:15 PM
The goal of the TI-STAR (TIGRESS Silicon Tracker Array) project is to build a new tracking silicon detector, combined with an extended gas target that will fit in the TIGRESS gamma detection array at ISAC-II. Different from (active) gas detectors, TI-STAR will use a silicon tracker with an ultra-thin first silicon layer to track the emitted recoiling nuclei.
In this talk we will focus on...
