Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics José Benlliure Universidad of Santiago de Compostela Sevilla, October 5, 2012

Layout José Benlliure Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Recent physics highlights Research infrastructures present and future Instrumentation Conclusions 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure UV/IFIC IEM 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Who and where 2/55/ USC 3/6

Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure USC UVI UGR USA UHUCNA IFIC UPC IEM UCM CIEMAT 11 groups: 8 universities and 3 research public bodies (CSIC, CIEMAT, CNA) ~120 researchers ~130 publications/year ~ 6-8 PhD/year 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Who and where 6/22 1/3 10/26 2/4 5/18 1/3 2/4 2/8 ? 2010

Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Organization astroparticles high energy physics theory + ….

Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Funding* Institutional funding ( ): ~ k/year Project funding ( ): ~ 3700 k/year Project funding * all Nuclear Physics

Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Research activities* José Benlliure Phases of strongly interacting matter Hadron physics Nuclear structure and dynamics Nuclear astrophysics Fundamental interactions 10% mostly theory 25% mostly theory 50% experiments and theory 10% experiments and theory 5% experiments and theory 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 * all Nuclear Physics

Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Roadmap José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October Isolde nTOF 2 FAIR HI-Isolde GANIL GSI nTOF 1 Spiral 2 The participation in some of the NUSTAR experiments at FAIR (R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC, MATS and ELISe) is a priority for the Spanish Nuclear Physics community This community will make use of many of the present existing facilities (Isolde, nTOF, GANIL,..) and plans to use their future upgrades ( HI-Isolde, nTOF2, Spiral2 ) The use of small scale national facilities will be fostered ( CNA, CMAM, LSC )

Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics

Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights

Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics

Nuclear Astrophysics José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights

José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Nuclear Astrophysics Recent physics highlights

José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Nuclear Astrophysics Recent physics highlights

José Benlliure AGATA ALADIN/LAND FRS/PreSPEC -half-lives and delay neutron emission in heavy neutron-rich nuclei relevant for the stellar nucleo-synthesis r-process USC, IFIC (RISING/PresPEC GSI) Single-particle structure of light nuclei at the drip-lines USC (ALADIN/LAND GSI) Halo effects in 11 Li scattering UHU, IEM (TRIUMF) First AGATA campaigns IFIC, IEM (Legnaro, GSI) Decay studies IFIC, CIEMAT (Jyvaskyka, Isolde) Spectroscopy of 7 H USC (GANIL) …….. 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent or ongoing experiments

Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CNA CMAM JYFL Scientific production ( ) GSI 38% nTOF 12% ISOLDE 11% GANIL 7% Legnaro 12% others 20% RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Large scale international facilities

Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities The most precise measurement of the 8 Li half live Breakout to heavier BBN nuclei X. Flechard with D. Rodríguez et al., PRC (2010) U. Granada, CNA

Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities Excited states in 12 C via 11 B( 3 He,d) 12 C* and 10 B( 3 He,p) 12 C* p-p chain reaction 4 He( 3 He, ) 7 Be Unbound states in 16 O for 12 C( 4 He, ) 16 O using 19 F(p, 4 He) 16 O

Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities Proposal for a dedicated hall at LSC for nuclear astrophysics experiments with a commercial 3 MV accelerator - expression of interest submitted letter of intend submitted 2012 LSC Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc UCM, UPC, IFIC, USC

Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CNA CMAM JYFL RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Large scale international facilities

NUSTAR José Benlliure R3B IEM, USC, UVI DESPEC CIEMAT, IFIC, UCM, UPC HISPEC IEM, IFIC, UHU, USA, USE MATS UGR ELISe UCM Spanish participation in FAIR (NUSTAR collaboration) 6 experiments: R3B, DESPEC, HISPEC, MATS, ELISe, EXL 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Research infrastructures present and future

Pre-FAIR expertise 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation José Benlliure - Gamma spectroscopy (IFIC,IEM) - Total absorption spectrometry (IFIC) - Segmented silicon detectors (IEM) Segmented BaF 2 detector (12 crystals) NaI crystal 38x38 cm (12 crystals) Use and simulation of single and multiple germanium detectors Ultra-thin window SSD detectors

José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter Instrumentation for FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) - decay processes of exotic nuclei - -delay spectroscopy using gammas, protons or neutrons - nuclear electromagnetic moments - CIEMAT - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña DESPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla HISPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla HISPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure Measurement of short-lived nuclei using Advanced Trap Systems (MATS) Ground state properties of nuclei far from stability - Universidad de Granada MATS 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

José Benlliure Spanish participation in AGATA IFIC, IEM, USAL 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for AGATA New scaning table technologies for detector characterization Contribution to the sampling Front-End electronics development Spanish contribution: 1 triple cluster (phase 1) Leadership in several experiments for the next AGATA/PRESPEC campaign at GSI

ERC-2011-StG A quantum sensor for mass measurements of superheavy elements 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation José Benlliure A single-ion non destructive technique providing a resolution m/m ~ laser cooling of a reference Ca + ion - energy coupling between the investigated ion and the cooled Ca+ ion - measurement of the transferred energy with the laser The laboratory is being installed at the University of Granada Ca + D. Rodriguez, U. Granada

Conclusions José Benlliure Critical mass: spectacular growth during the last decade Coordination: roadmap Scientific impact International visibility 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Excesive specialization (nuclear structure and reactions) Absence of activities on acceleration technologies New large scale facilities under construction worldwide Technological applications Unfavorable economical situation