JENSA: Past, present, and future

JENSA; SECAR collaborations

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117

JENSA: Past, present, and future

JENSA
, SECAR collaborations

Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysi

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Nuclear reaction studies rely on three main physical components: the beam of nuclei provided by the facility, the detector systems used to measure the outgoing particles of interest, and the target. Target fabrication is thus a critical aspect of studying the reactions that power stars and probe the evolution of nuclear structure. The Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (JENSA) gas jet target is the most dense helium jet target for rare isotope beam reaction studies in the world, providing targets of gaseous elements such as helium, nitrogen, and neon. A brief overview of the design and operation of JENSA, including commissioning and recent science experiments, and a discussion the future of JENSA coupled to the dedicated recoil separator SECAR, are presented.

Original language	English
Article number	123117
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	1060
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117
State	Published - Aug 2025

Funding

The author would like to thank the members of the JENSA and SECAR Collaborations. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 (ORNL).

Keywords

Gas targets
Particle spectroscopy
Proton-rich nucleosynthesis
Rare isotope beams
Transfer reactions

Access to Document

10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117

Cite this

@article{c70c5f9ae9af43ed9a57975451b0c14b,

title = "JENSA: Past, present, and future",

abstract = "Nuclear reaction studies rely on three main physical components: the beam of nuclei provided by the facility, the detector systems used to measure the outgoing particles of interest, and the target. Target fabrication is thus a critical aspect of studying the reactions that power stars and probe the evolution of nuclear structure. The Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (JENSA) gas jet target is the most dense helium jet target for rare isotope beam reaction studies in the world, providing targets of gaseous elements such as helium, nitrogen, and neon. A brief overview of the design and operation of JENSA, including commissioning and recent science experiments, and a discussion the future of JENSA coupled to the dedicated recoil separator SECAR, are presented.",

keywords = "Gas targets, Particle spectroscopy, Proton-rich nucleosynthesis, Rare isotope beams, Transfer reactions",

author = "JENSA and \{SECAR collaborations\} and Chipps, \{K. A.\}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025",

year = "2025",

month = aug,

doi = "10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117",

language = "English",

volume = "1060",

journal = "Nuclear Physics A",

issn = "0375-9474",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - JENSA

T2 - Past, present, and future

AU - JENSA

AU - SECAR collaborations

AU - Chipps, K. A.

PY - 2025/8

Y1 - 2025/8

N2 - Nuclear reaction studies rely on three main physical components: the beam of nuclei provided by the facility, the detector systems used to measure the outgoing particles of interest, and the target. Target fabrication is thus a critical aspect of studying the reactions that power stars and probe the evolution of nuclear structure. The Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (JENSA) gas jet target is the most dense helium jet target for rare isotope beam reaction studies in the world, providing targets of gaseous elements such as helium, nitrogen, and neon. A brief overview of the design and operation of JENSA, including commissioning and recent science experiments, and a discussion the future of JENSA coupled to the dedicated recoil separator SECAR, are presented.

AB - Nuclear reaction studies rely on three main physical components: the beam of nuclei provided by the facility, the detector systems used to measure the outgoing particles of interest, and the target. Target fabrication is thus a critical aspect of studying the reactions that power stars and probe the evolution of nuclear structure. The Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (JENSA) gas jet target is the most dense helium jet target for rare isotope beam reaction studies in the world, providing targets of gaseous elements such as helium, nitrogen, and neon. A brief overview of the design and operation of JENSA, including commissioning and recent science experiments, and a discussion the future of JENSA coupled to the dedicated recoil separator SECAR, are presented.

KW - Gas targets

KW - Particle spectroscopy

KW - Proton-rich nucleosynthesis

KW - Rare isotope beams

KW - Transfer reactions

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003829151

U2 - 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117

DO - 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123117

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:105003829151

SN - 0375-9474

VL - 1060

JO - Nuclear Physics A

JF - Nuclear Physics A

M1 - 123117

ER -

JENSA: Past, present, and future

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this