Measurements of stellar and explosive nuclear astrophysics reactions

This paper described the nuclear astrophysical studies using the unstable ion beam facility GIRAFFE in CIAE, by indirect measurements. We measured the angular distributions for some single proton or neutron transfer reactions, such as ⁷Be(d,n)⁸B, ¹¹C(d,n)¹²N, ⁸Li(d,p)⁹Li and ¹³N(d,n)¹⁴O in inverse kinematics, and derived the astrophysical S-factors or reaction rates of ⁷Be(p,γ)⁸B, ¹¹C(p,γ)¹²N, ⁸Li(n,γ)⁹Li, ¹³N(p,γ)¹⁴O by asymptotic normalization coefficient, spectroscopic factor, and R-matrix approach at astrophysically relevant energies. Some most recent progress of nuclear astrophyiscal work in CIAE are also summarized.     

Angular Distribution of the 12C（6He, 7Li）nB Reaction

Angular distribution of the 12C（6He, 7Li）llB transfer reaction is measured with a secondary 6He beam of 36.4 MeV for the first time. The experimental angular distribution is well reproduced by the distorted-wave Born approxima- tion （DWBA） calculation. The success of the present experiment shows that it is feasible to measure one-nucleon transfer reaction on a light nucleus target with the secondary beam facility of the 1-11-13 tandem accelerator at China Institute of Atomic Energy （CIAE）, Beijing.     

High-lying excited states in ~(10)Be from the ~9Be(~9Be,~(10)Be)~8Be reaction

A transfer-reaction experiment of ~9Be(~9Be,~(10)Be)~8Be was performed at a beam energy of 45 Me V.Excited states in ~(10)Be up to 18.80 Me V are produced using missing mass and invariant mass methods.Most of the observed high-lying resonant states,reconstructed from theα+~6He and t+~7Li decay channels,agree with the previously reported results.In addition,two new resonances at 15.6 and 18.8 Me V are identified from the present measurement.The 18.55 Me V state is found to decay into both the t + ~7Lig:s: and t + ~7Li?(0.478 MeV) channels, with a relative branching ratio of 0:93 ± 0:33. Further theoretical investigations are encouraged to interpret this new information on cluster structure in neutron-rich light nuclei.     

Photo-transmutation based on resonance γ-ray source

High intensity γ-ray source can be obtained through resonance reaction induced by protons. In this work, the possibility of using such high intensity MeV-range γ-ray source to transmute nuclear waste is investigated through Mont Carlo simulation.~(197) Au(γ, n)~(196)Au experiment is performed to obtain the transmutation rate and compared with the simulation result. If the current of the proton beam is 10 mA at the resonance energy of 441 keV, with the γ photons emitted from~7 Li(p, γ)~8 Be, then the corresponding transmutation yield for~(129)I in 2π direction can reach 9.4 × 10~9 per hour. The result is compared with that of LCS γ-ray source.     

Search for the Halo Effect in the ^1H（^6He,^6Li）n Reaction

The angular distributions of the charge exchange reaction ^1H(^6He,^6Li)n were measured in reverse kinematics with a secondary ^6He beam at the energy of 4.17 A MeV.The data were analysed in the context of a microscopic calculation.It is shown that both the ground state of ^6He and the second excited state of ^6Li(3.563MeV,0^ ) have a halo structure.     

New determination of the ~7Be ground state spectroscopic factor and the ~6Li(p,γ)~7Be astrophysical S(E) factors

The 'lithium problem, in Big Bang nucleosynthesis(BBN) has recently focused on reactions involving ~7 Be.The ~6 Li(p,γ)~7 Be reaction can provide us not only with information about ~6 Li destruction but also with information about ~7 Be production. In the present work, the proton spectroscopic factor in ~7 Be is extracted to be 0.70 ± 0.17 from the angular distribution of ~7 Be(d, ~3 He)~6 Li at E_(c.m.) = 6.7 MeV. This value is then used to compute the direct component of the astrophysical ~6 Li(p,γ)~7 Be_(g.s.) S(E) factors and determine the resonance parameters from the total S(E) factors.     

试用特洛伊木马方法研究天体核反应9Be(p,α)6Li

为克服低能带电粒子核反应截面直接测量中所遇到的库仑位垒和电子屏蔽效应带来的困难，试用基于准自由反应机制的特洛伊木马方法，在意大利南部国家核物理实验室的15MV串列加速器上，通过^2H（^9Be，α^6Li）n核反应对^9Be（p，α）^6Li在低能区（Ecm=0-1000kev）的裸核反应截面做了间接测量，并将测量结果与直接测量数据进行了比较。     

Deuteron inelastic scattering on 6Li and 7Li nuclei within the three-body cluster model

The problem of the deuteron interaction with lithium nuclei,treated as a system of two coupled pointlike clusters,is formulated to calculate the cross sections of the d+Li reaction.The d+Li reaction mechanism is described using the Faddeev theory for the three-body problem of deuteron-nucleus interaction.This theory is slightly extended for calculation of the stripping processes ^6Li(d,p)^7Li,^7Li(d,p)^8 ,^6Li(d,n)^7 Be,and ^7Li(d,n)^8 Be,as well as fragmentation reactions yielding tritium,a-particles,and continuous neutrons and protons in the initial deuteron kineticenergy region Ed=0.5-20 MeV.The phase shifts found for d+^6Li and d+^7Li elastic scattering,as part of the simple optic model with a complex central potential,were used to find the cross sections for the 6^Li(d,yM)^8 and ^7Li(d,yE1)^9 Be radiation captures.The three-body dynamics role is also summarized to demonstrate its significant influence within the d+^7Li system.     

Quasi—elastic Scattering of a Secondary ^6He Beam on a ^9Be Target at 25MeV／Nucleon

The quasi-elastic scattering of a secondary ^6He beam (25MeV/n) on a ^9Be target has been measured for the first time with the application of a sophisticated tracking detector system.The angular distribution is reported.A phenomenological optical potential is obtained by fitting the experimental data,which encourages more accurate experimental measurements.     

试用特洛伊木马方法研究天体核反应9Be（p，α）6Li

为克服低能带电粒子核反应截面直接测量中所遇到的库仑位垒和电子屏蔽效应带来的困难，试用基于准自由反应机制的特洛伊木马方法，在意大利南部国家核物理实验室的15MV串列加速器上，通过^2H（^9Be，α^6Li）n核反应对^9Be（p，α）^6Li在低能区（Ecm=0-1000kev）的裸核反应截面做了间接测量，并将测量结果与直接测量数据进行了比较。The beryllium abundance acts as a key role for understanding the inhomogeneous Big Bang nucleosynthesis. In order to measure the ^9Be（p, α）^6Li bare nucleus cross section and S（E） factor at astrophysical energies, the Trojan Horse Method （THM） can be applied. The main feature of the method is that it allows to extract the energy dependence for the astrophysical S（E） factor of bare nuclei at very low energies without any extrapolation, by measuring the cross section of an appropriate three body process. Thus the ^9Be （p,α）^6Li has been studied by means of the THM applied to the ^2H（^9Be,α^6Li）n at INFN-LNS, Catania, Italy. The two body reaction cross section has been studied in the energy range of Ecm=0-1 000 keV. Preliminary results are discussed and a comparison with direct data is made.     

BRISOL铝同位素放射性核束的产生

北京放射性核束装置在线同位素分离器(BRISOL)采用100 MeV回旋加速器提供的最大200μA的质子束打靶在线产生放射性核束。在BRISOL上已经使用氧化钙靶、氧化镁靶产生了Na⁺、K⁺等放射性核束。为了产生铝同位素放射性核束,研发了碳化硅靶材,开展了碳化硅靶产生铝放射性核束的实验研究。在BRISOL装置上首次产生了铝同位素放射性核束,其中^26gAl⁺的束流强度为8.7×10⁷ pps,²³Al⁺的束流强度为2.2×10² pps,同时将BRISOL靶能承受的质子束流强提升至15。     

放射性束装置给核结构研究带来的新机遇

利用放射性束装置所提供的高强度和高分辨率的短寿命核束流可达到核中质比的极端值 ,新的现象 ,如中子晕、质子晕、中子皮、质子皮、壳的减弱或消失 ,以及在滴线附近对力的重要性和核物质中质子 -中子对的新超导相的可能存在等不断涌现 .对这些现象进行研究和理解 ,然后回到实验上较易达到的稳定区核去检验人们的理解 ,会对进一步研究核结构、核合成、核天文和自然界基本对称性提供新的机遇 .By making use of the facility for radioactive beams which would be able to supply intense high resolution beams of short lived (radioactive) nuclei, the neutron proton ratio can be extended to extreme values, where some new phenomena such as neutron halo, proton halo, neutron skin, proton skin, growing evidence of the fragility or disappearance of shell structure far from stability, the importance of pairing correlation near drip line, and the possible existence of new superconducting phases of...     

利用强流ISOL束研究20Na的奇异衰变模式(英文)

北京放射性离子束装置（Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility,BRIF）是基于在线同位素分离器技术的国家大科学平台。在BRIF装置上利用100 MeV的质子束轰击较厚的反应靶产生放射性核素;反应产物经离子源电离和在线分离,在线同位素分离段可引出100~300 keV的放射性核束,质量分辨率达20 000。在基金委科学仪器基础研究专项的支持下,建成了多用途的衰变实验终端,包括束流传输管道、通用靶室、带电粒子和γ探测器、集成电子学和数据获取系统等。利用100 MeV的质子束轰击MgO厚靶产生了流强高达1×105 pps的20Na放射性核束。通过高效率地同时测量β,γ和α,第一次直接观测到20Na非常稀有的β-γ-α衰变模式。Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility(BRIF) has been commissioned as the national Radioactive Ion Beam(RIB) facility based on the Isotope Separator On Line(ISOL) technique since 2016. At BRIF, the radioactive nuclides are produced by the proton beam of 100 MeV bombarding a thick-target, the reaction products diffusing out of the target are ionized by an ion source and delivered to the online mass separator. In addition to the post-accelerated radioactive ion beams, BRIF can provide low-energy ISOL beams of 100 to 300 keV with a mass resolution of 20 000. A general-purpose decay station has been built including the ISOL beam transport line, a conventional reaction chamber, charge-particle and γ detectors with integrated electronics and data acquisition system. An intense 20Na ISOL beam up to 1×105 pps was produced by using the 100 MeV proton beam bombarding a MgO thick target. With high-efficiency measurements of β, γ and α simultaneously, very rare β-γ-α decay mode in 20Na has been directly observed for the first time in the present work.     

BRIF and CARIF progress

China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) is currently constructing Beijing rare ion beam facility (BRIF) and is proposing China advanced rare ion beam facility (CARIF). This paper is aiming at introducing the progress of BRIF project and the con ceptual design CARIF. The ISOL type facility BRIF under construction is composed of a 100 MeV 300 ?A proton cyclotron, an ISOL with mass resolution of 20000, and a super-conducting LINAC of 2 MeV/q, and will be commissioned in 2013. CARIF facility proposed is planned...     

核物理与工农业发展

核物理应用主要包括核分析技术、同位素技术和离子束技术的应用,这些应用在工农业生产中发挥着巨大作用.离子束、电子束和同位素辐射源被广泛应用于辐照探伤、辐照加工、辐照消毒、辐照育种、辐照杀虫、辐照保藏等方面.核物理应用新技术将成为人类生活中重要的组成部分,正确认识核辐射并掌握基本的辐射防护知识具有重要意义.文章介绍了核物理在工业和农业中的应用及其社会效益和经济效益.     

Tokai Radioactive Ion Accelerator Complex (TRIAC)

An ISOL-based radioactive nuclear beam (RNB) facility, Tokai Radioactive Ion Accelerator Complex (TRIAC), has been jointly developed by High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The facility started to supply RNBs for experiments in 2005 and RNBs including fission fragments with energies up to 1.1MeV/A are available in the present. Several experimental studies were performed successfully using ⁸Li beams with various energies.     

Simulation and analysis of 13N+p elastic resonance scattering

The 13N+p elastic resonance scattering has been studied at the secondary radioactive beam facility of CIAE in inverse kinematics via a thick-target method. The excitation function for the 13N(p,p) scattering was obtained in the energy interval of Ecm ≈0.5--3.2 MeV with a 13N secondary beam of (47.8±1.5) MeV. Carefulanalysis of the secondary beam components and extensive Monte-Carlo simulations enable the resolution of the experimental proton spectra. The resonance parameters for five low-lying levels in 140 were deduced by R- matrix fitting calculations with MULTI7 and SAMMY-M6-BETA. The present results show general agreement with those from a recent similar work, and thus confirm the observation of a new 0- level at 5.7 MeV in 14O with an improved width of 400(45) keV.     

Future developments of INFN-LNL nuclear beam facilities

The accelerator group at INFN-LNL has been mostly engaged, recently, in completing and commissioning the higher current injector of the linac booster ALPI (named PIAVE) and in constructing and assembling the front-end part of a high current driver linac for the RNB facility SPES. PIAVE, designed to accelerate ions with A/Q = < 8.5 up to 1.2 MeV/u, is now completed. The injector has been commissioned with O, Ar, Ne and Xe beams. Neon and argon beams have been delivered to experiments for a total of about 400 hours. A consolidation program of PIAVE and ALPI is planned, so as to deliver a larger variety of beams with a current range  pnA and with an energy exceeding the Coulomb barrier in relevant nuclear reaction cases. The RNB facility SPES, allowing a frontier program in RNB physics, is being designed and prototyped: beams of neutron rich medium-to-heavy mass nuclei will be produced inducing ²³⁸U fission with a 40 MeV 200μA proton beam impinging onto a multi-slice direct target. A further development of ALPI will make it best suitable for the re-acceleration of radioactive nuclear species, after charge breeding and isotope selection.     

Experiments with intense secondary beams of radioactive ions

Electromagnetic mass separation applied on-line to accelerators and nuclear reactors is now a standard technique for producing preselected isotopic beams (A, Z selection) of nuclear reaction products. The development, performance and anatomy of a large on-line isotope separator facility, the CERN-ISOLDE, is discussed. As a result of recent technical developments it is now possible to study individual nuclei of about 40 elements, in many cases out to where the limits of nucleon binding are approached and half-lives become as short as 10 ms. It is shown that the nuclear reaction processes induced with the high-intensity several hundred MeV proton beam can provide secondary radioactive beams in almost all regions of the nuclidic chart with intensities which are not matched by any other method. The intense beams of 10⁸–10¹¹ atoms/s have opened up a number of new experimental possibilities like laser spectroscopy on radioactive atoms, radioactive targets for nuclear reaction spectroscopy, and precision X-ray shift measurements.