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Project

Exploring the shell structure of exotic Sn isotopes with an Active Target.

Experiments performed at Radioactive Ion Beam facilities are shedding new light on nuclear physics and nuclear structure, as well as nuclear astrophysics, materials science and medical science, opening unexpected scenarios in this fields of research. In this project we aim at a deeper understanding of the behavior of the Nuclear Force in the region of the unstable 132Sn nucleus, where the excess of neutrons can lead to significant changes in the expected “shell structure” of nuclei. The many existing facilities, as well as the new generation of facilities being built worldwide and those proposed for the future, are a testament to the high interest in this rapidly expanding field. They are allowing - and are going to extend - the exploration of regions of the Nuclear Chart otherwise unaccessible. This requires the development of new specific tools in order to fully exploit the outreach capabilities of such machines. In this project the use of an "Active Target", a gaseous detector, is foreseen to perform Nuclear Structure studies through direct reactions. The use of state of the art technologies, like Silicon Photomultipliers and Graphics Processing Units, is also introduced in order to further upgrade the Active Target Device.

Date:1 Oct 2015 →  14 Feb 2019
Keywords:Target, Active, exotic Sn isotopes, shell structure
Disciplines:Atmospheric sciences, Physical geography and environmental geoscience, Atmospheric sciences, challenges and pollution