-capture measurements with a Recoil-Separator Frank Strieder Institut für Physik mit Ionenstrahlen Ruhr-Universität Bochum Int. Workshop on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitation 15 th – 21 st January 2006, Hirschegg, Austria
12 C( , ) 16 O the Holy Gral of Nuclear Astrophysics e e 3 He( , ) 7 Be pp chain
ErEr DANGER OF EXTRAPOLATION ! non resonant process interaction energy E extrapolation or measurements ? direct measurement 0 S(E) LINEAR SCALE S(E)-FACTOR -E r sub-threshold resonance low-energy tail of broad resonance Danger of Extrapolation Important for Experiments Low energy High energy
ERNA - Experimental approach Pro & Cons purification separation A B C n+ detection A coincidence detection Requirements beam purification 100% transmission for the selected charge state high suppression of the incident beam inverse kinematics (gas target) Advantages low background high detection efficiency measure tot background free ray spectra gas target Disadvantages difficult to do commissioning charge state beam intenity ? A different approach: recoil mass separator C
ERNA - Experimental approach projectiles + Recoils p rec = p proj momentum conservation Separation Detection & Identification Recoils projectiles focusing He target -ray emission Recoil cone -Recoil Coincidences Minimum supression factor with = 10nbarn, n target =1x10 18 at/cm² N proj / N recoils ~ 1x10 14
ERNA - Experimental approachSetup ion source dynamitron tandem accelerator ion beam purification He Gastarget singlet 60° magnet E-E telescope recoil separation doublet analysing magnet recoil focussing Wien filter magnetic quadrupole multiplets triplet side FC
characteristics: angular acceptance 32 mrad for 16 O at E lab =3.0 – 15.0 MeV for the total length of the gas target energy acceptance 10% for 16 O at E lab =3.0 – 15.0 MeV suppression of incident beam ( )·10 -2 (IC) => min < 1 nb purification of incident beam < resolution of ion chamber 250·A keV or combination E-silicon strip detector layout COSY Infinity (recoils fit in 4” beam tube) field settings are not calculated, but tuned
ERNA - Experimental approach Setup Gas target Gas pressure profile : 7 Li( ) 11 B, 7 Li( ) 7 Li + energy loss of: 14 N, 12 C, 7 Li
ERNA - Experimental approach Charge State Distributions measured for entire energy range but question about point of origin in the gas target → no equilibrium 4 He gas 12 C beam
ERNA - Experimental approach Setup Solution: a post-target-stripper to the separator ► First test with laser ablated carbon foil: 12 C( 12 C, 8 Be) 16 O ► Final configuration: Ar post-target stripper after the 4 He target 4 He Ar 3 He( , ) 7 Be no post-target-stripper – measure all charge states
Angular acceptance along the gas target ERNA - Experimental approach Setup 4 He gas 12 C beam separator central position upstream position beam diameter upstream position (energy acceptance) full angular acceptance 100 % transmission (better 3 ) over the total gas target length and full beam diameter
Angular acceptance along the gas target ERNA - Experimental approach Setup - + Simulation of recoil cone
12 C( , ) 16 O: E cm =1.3 MeV rec = 26 mrad, E/E = 10.8 %, ≈ 150 pb ERNA - Experimental approach Angular Acceptance
Angular acceptance along the gas target Energy acceptance Change beam energy transmission E / E 0 [ % ] experimental calculated ERNA - Experimental approach Setup
ERNA Motivation Helium Burning Main reactions: 3 12 C and 12 C( ) 16 O Stellar Helium burning: 12 C( ) 16 O 12 C/ 16 O abundance ratio Subsequent stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis but E 0 ~ 300 keV, very low cross section Accurate measurements at higher energy and extrapolation to E 0 are needed 12 C 4 He 16 O 4 He triple alpha 12 C( ) 16 O Red Giant
12 C( , ) 16 O – Level Scheme ERNA -ray spectroscopy low efficiency cosmic background angular Distributions target stability The 12 C( , ) 16 O reaction Complications: two subthreshold states dominate S(E)-factor at Gamow peak interference effects how to extrapolate? stellar energy window 12 C+ 4 He 16 O T ~ 3 x 10 8 K E cm (keV) E x (keV) JJJJ E1E2 ~ 1pb important for evolution of M stars rate needed to ± 10% ! at Gamow peak (E ~ 300 keV) estimated cross section ~ barn ! prohibitively small to be measured directly
ERNA E/E Matrix 12 C( ) 16 O E cm =2.5 MeV Suppression R~8*10 -12
ERNA E/E Matrix E cm =4.4 MeV E cm =3.5 MeV E cm =3.2 MeV E cm =2.0 MeV (literature) ≈ 10 nb (literature) ≈ 0.8 b
ERNACross Section CurveRESULTS
ERNAastrophysical S FactorRESULTS
ERNA -ray measurementsRESULTS ground state transition cascades via 7.12 and 6.92 MeV 16 O coincidences background ( 12 C coincidences) offresonance
ERNA Motivation Helium Burning solar spy = solar neutrinos Neutrino spectroscopy ? Sun = calibrated source
ERNA Motivation Neutrino Spectroscopy
(L ) = 0.4 % age ) = 0.4 % Z/H ) = 3.3 % (L ) = 0.4 % age ) = 0.4 % Z/H ) = 3.3 % p-p) = 2 % 3 He+ 3 He) = 6 % 3 He+ 4 He) = 15 % 7 Be+p) = 10 % p-p) = 2 % 3 He+ 3 He) = 6 % 3 He+ 4 He) = 15 % 7 Be+p) = 10 % Influence of different sources of uncertainties on the neutrino flux
ERNA Motivation Neutrino Spectroscopy Influence of different sources of uncertainties on the neutrino experiment
ERNA Motivation 3 He( , ) 7 Be 3 He( , ) 7 Be p + p d + e + + e d + p 3 He + 3 He + 3 He + 2p 3 He + 4 He 7 Be + 7 Be+e - 7 Li + + e 7 Be + p 8 B + 7 Li + p + 8 B 2 + e + + e 84.7 %13.8 % % 0.02 % pp Kette important for: - precise determination of solar neutrino flux - cosmology – BBN nucleosynthesis
ERNA Motivation 3 He( , ) 7 Be Gamma: S 34 (0) = 0.507±0.016 keVb Activation: S 34 (0) = 0.563±0.018 keVb E x (keV) JJ /2 - 1/2 - 3/2 - 3 He+ 4 He 7 Be level scheme Q = 1587keV DC 429 DC 0 428 E x (keV) 7 Li 0 EC 1/2 - 3/2 - JJ 3 He ( ) 7 Be ( e, ) 7 Li *( ) 7 Li
ERNA Acceptance 3 He( , ) 7 Be
ERNA E/E Spectra 3 He( , ) 7 Be E cm =1.8 MeV Inverse kinematics
ERNAastrophysical S FactorRESULTS Preliminary result
14 N(p, ) 15 O 16 N -delayed -decay 14 N(a, ) 18 F d(a, ) 6 Li ERNA - future plans and other perspectives ERNA – present status 12 C( , ) 16 O E cm >1.9 MeV (1.3 MeV) 3 He(a, ) 7 Be E cm >1.1 MeV (0.6 MeV)