SECAR: A recoil separator for nuclear astrophysics

Pelagia Tsintari; Ruchi Garg; Georg Berg; Jeff Blackmon; Kelly Chipps; Manoel Couder; Catherine Deibel; Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos; Uwe Greife; Ashley Hood; Rahul Jain; Caleb Marshall; Zach Meisel; Sara Miskovich; Fernando Montes; Georgios Perdikakis; Thomas Ruland; Hendrik Schatz; Kiana Setoodehnia; Michael Smith; Louis Wagner

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202226011044

SECAR: A recoil separator for nuclear astrophysics

Pelagia Tsintari, Ruchi Garg, Georg Berg, Jeff Blackmon, Kelly Chipps, Manoel Couder, Catherine Deibel, Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos, Uwe Greife, Ashley Hood, Rahul Jain, Caleb Marshall, Zach Meisel, Sara Miskovich, Fernando Montes, Georgios Perdikakis, Thomas Ruland, Hendrik Schatz, Kiana Setoodehnia, Michael SmithLouis Wagner

Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysi

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Proton- and alpha-capture reactions on unstable proton-rich nuclei power astrophysical explosions like novae and X-ray bursts. Direct measurements of these reactions are crucial for understanding the mechanisms behind these explosions and the nucleosynthesis at such sites. The recoil mass separator, SECAR (SEparator for CApture Reactions) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), has been designed with the required sensitivity to study (p,γ) and (α,γ) reactions, directly at astrophysical energies in inverse kinematics, with radioactive beams of masses up to about A = 65. The complete SECAR system, including two Wien Filters for high mass resolution, has been installed at Michigan State University and is currently being commissioned. The present article introduces the SECAR concept, its scientific goals, and provides an update of the current status of the project.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226011044
State	Published - Feb 24 2022
Event	16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021 - Chengdu, China Duration: Sep 21 2021 → Sep 25 2021

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Conference	16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Chengdu
Period	09/21/21 → 09/25/21

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Tsintari, P., Garg, R., Berg, G., Blackmon, J., Chipps, K., Couder, M., Deibel, C., Dimitrakopoulos, N., Greife, U., Hood, A., Jain, R., Marshall, C., Meisel, Z., Miskovich, S., Montes, F., Perdikakis, G., Ruland, T., Schatz, H., Setoodehnia, K., ... Wagner, L. (2022). SECAR: A recoil separator for nuclear astrophysics. Paper presented at 16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021, Chengdu, China. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226011044

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