Development of an Isomeric beam of26Al for nuclear reaction studies

Autor: Melina Avila, Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, Sergio Almaraz-Calderon, K. E. Rehm, B. P. Kay, A. Chen, Clayton Dickerson, R. C. Pardo, Rashi Talwar, O. Nusair, C. L. Jiang, Benjamin Asher
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 899:6-9
ISSN: 0168-9002
Popis: This paper describes the production and characterization of a 26Al beam comprised of both, its 5 + ground state, and its 0 + isomeric state. The 26Al beam was produced in-flight via the p (26Mg, 26Al)n reaction. The isomer fraction of the 26Al beam was maximized by choosing a bombarding energy of 158.5 MeV for the 26Mg primary beam. The resulting beam had an energy of 120 MeV, a total intensity of 2 × 10 5 particles/sec, a purity of 98% and an isomer content of 70%. This high-quality 26Al isomeric beam was used to study the 26Al m (d, p)27Al reaction relevant for understanding the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in the Galaxy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE