Conveners
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 1
- Cornelia Hoehr (TRIUMF)
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 2
- Robert Shearman (National Physical Laboratory)
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 3
- Lee Bernstein (UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 4
- Alex Hands (TRIUMF)
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 5
- Mathis Wiedeking (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Applications, Facilities & Instrumentation: AFI 6
- Juliette Mammei (University of Manitoba)
In order to provide an excellent particle identification (PID) of charged hadrons at the future high-rate Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment the CBM-TOF group has developed a concept of a 120 m$^2$ large Time-of-Flight (ToF) wall (with 93000 channels) with a system time resolution below 80 ps based on Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The MRPC detectors were extensively...
The Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) is a next-generation γ-ray spectrometer, capable of reconstructing the energy and three-dimensional position of γ-ray interactions. Its design provides the unprecedented combination of full solid-angle coverage and high efficiency, excellent energy and position resolution, and good background rejection needed to carry out a large fraction of the...
The facility EXOTIC [1] at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL, Italy) has been operational for the in-flight production of light Radioactive Ion Beams (RIBs) since 2003. RIBs are produced via two-body inverse kinematics reactions induced by a heavy-ion beam, delivered from the LNL-XTU tandem accelerator and impinging on a gas target. So far, secondary beams of $^8$Li, $^7$Be, $^8$B,...
Nuclear moments are fundamental probes to study the intrinsic structure of the nucleus. Various methods and applications are used in the past depending on the specific decay or de-exitation mode of the nucleus. Such experimental investigations for isomeric states were performed for example in various facilities as RIBF/RIKEN, ALTO, GSI/FAIR employing some of the well-known methods in...
The artEmis project is addressing one of the most damaging natural hazards on earth: earthquakes. The ultimate goal is to improve radon based earthquake forecasting methods. The artEmis project develops a smart and cheap sensor system with about 100 units monitoring radon, temperature, acidity and other observables in ground water in real time. The data from the sensor system will be combined...
Since the 1938 $\it{Annus}$ $\it{mirabilis}$ which included the discovery of fission by Meitner and Frisch [1] and the recognition by Ruhlig that the D-T reaction was “highly probable” [2], nuclear science has offered society the promise of abundant energy. In the last decade the onset of global climate change has accelerated the development of advanced nuclear energy systems that utilize new...
In this invited contribution, I will present highlights from recent nuclear structure and reaction studies conducted at the John D. Fox Superconducting Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Florida State University. I will focus on light-ion induced reactions measured with the Super-Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph (SE-SPS) and its ancillary detector systems, including the CeBrA demonstrator for...
TACTIC (TRIUMF Annular Chamber for Tracking and Identification of Charged particles), a cylindrical active target detector with an extended gas target, is being jointly developed by the University of York, UK and TRIUMF, Canada. The design of TACTIC is suitable for the direct measurement of alpha-induced charged particle reactions at multiple centre of mass energies utilising a single beam...
The world's first electron scattering off online-produced Radioisotope (RI) was successfully conducted at the SCRIT electron scattering facility. Electron scattering stands out as one of the most potent and reliable tools for investigating the structure of atomic nuclei, owing to the well-understood mechanism of electromagnetic interaction.
Despite a long-standing desire to explore exotic...
Fusion ignition by inertial confinement requires compression and heating of the Deuterium-Tritium (DT) fuel to temperatures in excess of 5 keV and densities exceeding hundreds of g/cc resulting in self heating of the DT by $\alpha$-particles, and the release of more energy than use to implode the fuel capsule.
In August 2021 this scientific milestone was surpassed at the NIF when the...
Laser-driven (LD) proton sources are of interest for various applications due to their ability to produce short proton bunches with high charge and low emittance. These sources can be used in biological studies investigating improvements to radiation cancer therapy. Recently, the differential sparing effect on normal tissues versus tumors using the delivery of high radiation doses >10 Gy at...
The aim of this contribution is to introduce the recently developed experimental setup for laser-driven isomer production at the 1-PW laser arm of ELI-NP (E7 experimental area). The study of nuclear isomers production and their photoreactions has been a subject of lasting interest in the nuclear physics community. Nuclear isomers play a crucial role in the creation of the elements in the...
To detect and track structural changes in atomic nuclei, the systematic study of nuclear levels with firm spin-parity assignments is important. While linear polarization measurements have been applied to determine the electromagnetic character of gamma-ray transitions, the applicable range is strongly limited due to the low efficiency of the detection system.The multi-layer Cadmium-Telluride...
The MoNA-LISA neutron array is the primary detector to study neutron-rich nuclei along the neutron dripline by the MoNA Collaboration at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams of Michigan State University. Recently, a Major Research Instrumentation funding request was awarded by the National Science Foundation to build a Next Generation neutron detector that will complement MoNA-LISA but also...
The gamma-ray decay of nuclear states in the quasi-continuum provides important nuclear data for various applications, insights into nuclear structure effects and constraints on nucleosynthesis processes. In particular, measurements of Nuclear Level Densities (NLDs) and Photon Strength Functions (PSFs) have and will continue to play a central role as we have entered an era of incredible...
A new facility was designed around the thermal column beam port of the 1 MW Research Reactor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Thermal neutrons are collimated to a narrow 1-inch diameter beam and incident on samples to induce the radiative neutron capture. The new measurements of capture gamma rays are planned for Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, and Gd samples in the next three years. The experiments...
Microcalorimeters determine the energy of an incoming ion by measuring the temperature rise in an appropriate absorber. It has been frequently demonstrated that they can measure the kinetic energy of heavy ions up to uranium with a relative energy resolution of the order of $\Delta E/E \leq 5 \times 10^{-3}$. Such detectors have already been applied for the investigation of the stopping power...
DAPPER has been designed, developed, and commissioned at Texas A&M University to measure (d,p) reactions in inverse kinematics, allowing for measurements using radioactive nuclei. The array consists of a third of a ton of highly segmented BaF2 scintillator (TAMU/ORNL) to measure individual gamma ray energies as well as the total gamma ray energy with high efficiency. An annular silicon...
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK national metrology institute, providing cutting measurement science for the UK. As part of this NPL understands the importance of nuclear physics and the accurate measurement of nuclear decay data to underpinning research in healthcare, energy, and the environment. The Nuclear Metrology group at NPL has been undertaking a variety of programmes...
To mitigate climate change; the world energy use must achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. To achieve this goal, it is now realized that nuclear power must be a major component of the world energy system by 2030.
Current nuclear reactors GIII (Generation III) are thermal reactors that use solid Uranium Fuel and cooled by water. They consume 235 U which is less that 1% of natural Uranium. In...
General Fusion's Director of Strategic Partnerships, Myles Hildebrand, will give an overview of
MagneƟzed Target Fusion (MTF) research at General Fusion and where it exists in the landscape of
various fusion energy research concepts. General Fusion's proposed soluƟons to four long-standing
barriers to commercial fusion will be highlighted. This overview will include past experimental work...
Nuclei in the vicinity of the proton-drip line are experimentally accessible via fusion-evaporation reactions. The arrays of HPGe detectors used for these studies have to be complemented with ancillary devices, which make possible accurate identification of the reaction channel. The channels with neutron and/or alpha emission lead to the most exotic nuclear structures, which are produced with...
The atomic masses of superheavy elements is a valuable for calibrating and improving models of nuclear structure in the upper bound of nuclear existence. In many cases, as the difference in binding energy between $^A_Z$X and $^A_{Z-1}$X far exceeds the variance among reasonable models, a sufficiently precise mass determination could provide an orthogonal method for element identification. To...
The space environment poses various threats to the survivability and durability of satellites and other spacecraft. One of the most prominent is the impact of radiation on electronics systems, which can be degraded, disrupted or even destroyed by background galactic cosmic rays and space weather events. Trapped protons and electrons in the Van Allen belts that surround the Earth also pose a...
Hyperpure Germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray detectors are fundamental tools for nuclear physics thanks to their exceptional energy resolution but have some well-known drawbacks. We present here recent advancements in HPGe-contacts technology based on the innovative pulsed laser melting (PLM) method. PLM promotes an efficient diffusion of high dopant concentrations into the melted HPGe subsurface...
Heavy Ion Accelerators (HIA) is a network of ion accelerators in Australia funded by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure program. HIA supports frontier research into nuclear physics, quantum technologies, climate and environment, dark matter, astrophysics, material and space science. HIA and the unique capabilities built around them attract international...
