학술논문

Determining neutron-induced reaction cross sections through surrogate reactions at storage rings
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Source
Creation of heavy elements in neutron-star mergers 28th International Nuclear Physics Conference, INPC 2022, Cape Town, South Africa Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2586(1)
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English
ISSN
17426588
17426596
Abstract
Determining the cross sections of neutron-induced reactions on short-lived nuclei is imperative to rate calculations in stellar nucleosynthesis and applications of nuclear physics. It is also an immense experimental challenge due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. Our goal is to circumvent this obstacle by using surrogate reactions in inverse kinematics at the heavy-ion storage rings of GSI/FAIR. We present here preliminary results from the first proof of principle experiment, where a beam of 208Pb impinged on a H2 gas jet target in the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR).