HRIBF studies of r-process nuclei and first results with the new SuperORRUBA detector

D. W. Bardayan, S. Ahn, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. A. Chipps, J. A. Cizewski, S. Hardy, M. E. Howard, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, P. D. O'Malley, B. Manning, M. Matoš, C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, A. Ratkiewicz, K. T. Schmitt, M. S. SmithI. Spassova, S. Strauss

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Abstract

The astrophysical rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) is believed to have produced approximately half of the nuclear species more massive than Fe. Unfortunately, almost nothing is known about the structure of the majority of the extremely neutron-rich nuclei involved in the reaction flow. At exotic beam facilities such as the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF), measurements with accelerated beams of fission fragments have provided some of the first spectroscopic information on many r-process nuclei. The new SuperORRUBA (Oak Ridge Rutgers University Barrel Array) detector has been constructed at the HRIBF to study such nuclei, and first results are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, CIPANP 2012
Pages330-332
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, CIPANP 2012 - St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Duration: May 29 2012Jun 3 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1560
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, CIPANP 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySt. Petersburg, FL
Period05/29/1206/3/12

Keywords

  • exotic beams
  • r-process
  • silicon detectors

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