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Obergurgl -02/10/2007Lecture 2
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The Story so far-------- We looked at a) our present theoretical understanding of Nuclear Structure b) Some simple physics from the undergraduate curriculum – which turned out not to be so straightforward. c) Ways to study nuclear structure. We saw that we needed beams of Radioactive nuclei!! Now we want to look at how we can produce beams of radioactive ions. We will find that this leads us inexorably to FAIR
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Manipulating the system Beam energy Beam energy spread Beam species Target species Form of target We control We can examine how properties vary with Energy (temperature) Angular momentum (spin) Isospin or (N-Z)/A
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Radioactive ion beams, production techniques Isotopic separation on-line (ISOL) thick target (100% of range) => high beam current (upto10 16 s -1 ) long extraction and ionization time (ms) chemistry dependent light projectile thick target difussion ion source post-acceleration mas separator low- or high-energy nucleus short separation+identification time (100 ns) thinner targets (10% of range) =>lower beam currents (upto 10 12 s -1 ) chemistry independent high-energy nucleus In-flight fragmentation heavy projectile thin targetspectrometer J. Benlliure
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Production techniques J. Benlliure Isotopic separation on-line (ISOL) light projectile into a heavy target nucleus (target spallation) charged and neutral projectiles (n ) thick target (100% of range) and high beam current (10 16 p/s) high quality beams long extraction and ionization time (ms) chemistry dependent target heat load activation light projectile thick target diffusion ion source post-acceleration mass separator high-energy nucleus
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Radioactive species are created in nuclear reactions in a target-ion source maintained at high T. They diffuse/effuse from the target into an ion source where are ionised and then extracted by an electric field of ~ 60 keV. Following mass separation they can be used at 60 keVor injected into a post-accelerator to take them to the Coulomb Barrier or beyond.
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EURISOL – The future ISOL facility for Europe Eurisol is a very ambitious project. It is a classical ISOL facility with a driver accelerator delivering 5 mA of 1 GeV protons or intense deuteron beams etc. [cf present ISOLDE has 1.4 μA of 1.4 GeV protons] This is beyond our current capabilities. Accordingly several machines are being built as stepping stones to reach this future goal and there is intense development activity underway. SPIRAL 2 at GANIL in France and HIE-ISOLDE at CERN are two such stepping stones. So EURISOL represents a big challenge but it is a major goal for European Nuclear Physicists.
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Ion sources 1 GeV/q H-, H+, 3 He++ >200 MeV/q D+, A/q=2 Charge breeder Low-resolution mass-selector UC x target 1+ ion source n-generator 20-150 MeV/u (for 132 Sn) To low-energy areas Secondary fragmentation target One of several target stations High- resolution mass-selector To medium-energy experimental areas H- H+, D+, 3 He++ 9- 60 MeV/u2-10 MeV/u To high-energy experimental areas Charge selector SPL HIE-ISOLDE EURISOL precursor
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Production techniques J. Benlliure Gamma/neutron converters low-energy nucleus e -, d thick target diffusion ion source post-acceleration mass separator high-energy nucleus converter , n This is the basis of SPIRAL II - one of the precursors of EURISOL, based on deuteron breakup The emphasis here is on the production of neutron-rich species in the fission of Uranium induced by photons or neutrons. The advantage of this technique is that it separates power dissipation and isotope production.
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RFQ - 0.75A MeV ECRIS-HI 1mA “SILHI-deuteron” 5mA CIME Cyclotron RNB (fission-fragments) E < 6-7 MeV/u SC - LINAC E = 14.5 AMeV HI A/Q=3 E = 40 MeV - 2 H Int. = 5mA Production Cave C converter+UC x target Low energy RNB > 10 13 fiss./s What is SPIRAL2 ? Note:- LINAG will be a major new accelerator in its own right because of high intensity. System will also produce intense fluxes of fast neutrons. [Parallel operation] LINAG
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2. Fusion reaction with n-rich beams 1. Fission products (with converter) 4. N=Z Isol+In-flight 5. Transfermiums In-flight 3. Fission products (without converter) Primary beams: deuterons heavy ions Regions of the Chart of Nuclei Accesible with SPIRAL 2 beams Regions of the Chart of Nuclei Accesible with SPIRAL 2 beams 7. High Intensity Light RIB 6. SHE 8. Deep Inelastic Reactions with RNB Available Beams
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Originally constructed by several CERN member states ~ 15 MCHF Utilises now 50% ISOLDE running time REX has accelerated 43 different RIB Present RIB yield from ISOLDE allows 10% of all 700 radioisotopes be used REX post-accelerator
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Rex photo REX-ISOLDE 2006 MINIBALL (Coulex, transfer) Halo studies e.g. 10 Li Jeppesen et al PL B642(2006)449
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Coulomb barrier for RIB Current REX-ISOLDE HIE-ISOLDE
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Radioactive ISOL beam yields 2020 2016 2012 present GANIL-ISOLDE Jan 07 agreement – Complementarity; Collaboration
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Projectile Fragmentation Reactions hotspot Excited pre-fragment Final fragment projectile target Energy (velocity) of beam > Fermi velocity inside nucleus ~30 MeV/u Can ‘shear off’ different combinations of protons and neutrons. Large variety of exotic nuclear species created, all at forward angles with ~beam velocity. Some of these final fragments can get trapped in isomeric states. Problem 1: Isotopic identification. Problem 2: Isomeric identification. Main difficulty:- beam is a cocktail of many species
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Production of Exotic Nuclei at relativistic Energies
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Production techniques J. Benlliure In-flight fragmentation heavy projectile into a light target nucleus (projectile fragmentation) short separation+identification time (100 ns) limited power deposition Independent of Chemistry thinner targets (10% of range) and lower beam currents (10 12 ions/s) beam is a cocktail of different nuclear species heavy projectile thin target spectrometer high-energy nucleus Identified by A and Z
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In-flight Fragmentation (and Fission) Ge Relativistic energy fragmentation: => heavy ions (GSI unique!) Fragment Recoil Separator Such Separators exist at MSU, GANIL, RIKEN and GSI Answer to our identification difficulty : - FRS We will look at how it works later.
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FAIR - Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research 100 m UNILAC SIS 18 SIS 100/300 HESR Super FRS NESR CR RESR GSI today FAIR ESR FLAIR Rare-Isotope Production Target Antiproton Production Target Nustar three branches
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“Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR)” : SIS 100/300 100 m FAIR GSI today SIS 18UNILAC ESR HESR Super FRS Super FRS RESRCR NESR Rare Isotope Prod.target
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For example: DESPEC will have access to some key N=82 and N=126 r-process nuclei
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Production techniques J. Benlliure Gamma/neutron converters(A variant of ISOL scheme) Two-step reaction scheme(ISOL + Fragmentation) e -, d thick target diffusion ion source post-acceleration mass separator high-energy nucleus converter , n light projectile fission diffusion ion source post-acceleration mass separator fragmentation spectrometer
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Production techniques J. Benlliure In-flight fragmentation heavy projectile into a light target nucleus (projectile fragmentation) short separation+identification time (100 ns) limited power deposition Independent of Chemistry thinner targets (10% of range) and lower beam currents (10 12 ions/s) beam is a cocktail of different nuclear species low-energy nucleushigh-energy nucleus heavy projectile thin target gas cell spectrometer
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Current Schemes for producing beams of radioactive nuclei A)The classic ISOLDE scheme B)The ISOL plus post-accelerator SPIRAL/REX-ISOLDE/LLN/ ISAC/HRIBF C)Fragmentation -In Flight (GSI,MSU,GANIL,RIKEN) D)The Hybrid-An IGISOL to replace the ISOL in B) -The basis of RIA
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ISOL and In-Flight facilities-Partners In-Flight ISOL Relativistic beams Universal in Z Down to very short T 1/2 Easily injected into storage rings Leads readily to colliding beam experiments High intensity beams with ion optics comparable to stable beams Easy to manipulate beam energies from keV to 10s of MeV High quality beams ideally suited to produce pencil-like beams and point sources for materials and other applied studies It is probably true to say that if we worked at it virtually all experiments could be done with both types of facility but they are complementary.
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A.Richter, TH Darmstadt
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What is the structure of nucleonic matter? Can we find a consistent theoretical framework that spans from few-body to many-body systems of nucleons? What are the Limits of nuclear existence? What happens to the “Shell Structure” in highly dilute, neutron matter. What new forms of nuclear matter will emerge in very loosely bound systems Do the symmetries seen in near-stable nuclei appear far from stability? …..???? Goal: to determine nuclear properties over a wide range of N,Z,I,T, and find a consistent theoretical framework to describe the phenomena observed. There are many unanswered questions:
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Structure of the nucleon and other hadrons The femtoscale frontier Goal:- To understand the structure and properties of protons and neutrons and ultimately nuclei, in terms of the quarks and gluons of QCD There are many unanswered questions:- ● What is the non-perturbative nature of QCD? ● What is the origin of the mass of the nucleon? ● What is the origin of the spin of the nucleon? ●Why do only two colourless configurations of quarks prevail? ●Do glueballs or quark-gluon hybrids exist? ●…………..?????
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The role of nuclei in the Universe Goal: to combine our knowledge of nuclear structure and theory with astronomical observations to model astrophysical processes. The nuclear astrophysical origins of the chemical elements Can we identify the site(s) where the heavy elements are made? The manipulation of nuclear decay rates by controlling the nuclear medium Can we understand the mechanisms by which supernovae explode? Can we understand the dynamics of explosive stellar processes. Nuclear processes in the Early Universe ……???? Many unanswered questions or badly understood processes:
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Production techniques J. Benlliure In-flight fragmentation heavy projectile into a light target nucleus (projectile fragmentation) short separation+identification time (100 ns) limited power deposition Independent of Chemistry thinner targets (10% of range) and lower beam currents (10 12 ions/s) beam is a cocktail of different nuclear species high-energy nucleus heavy projectile thin target spectrometer
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Ge Detection setup First half of spectrometer :-Momentum-to-charge selection plus beam rejection Second half we measure B , time-of-flight(T) and E in final detector. Now we know B = mv/q, T = d/v, E = (q/v) 2 -three unknowns (m,v and q) From these measurements we identify A, Z and q for individual ions In flight fragmentation (and fission) - Fragment Recoil Separator (GSI)
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S. Pietri et al., RISING data 107 Ag beam Cd Ga
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The Present Rare Isotope Facility at GSI Low primary beam intensity (e.g. 10 8 238 U /s) Low transmission for projectile fission fragments (4-10% at the FRS) Low transmission for fragments into the storage ring and to the experimental areas Limited maximum magnetic rigidity (@ FRS: for U-like fragments, @ ESR:cooler performance and magnets, @ALADIN, to deflect break-up fragments) Limited space in front of the production target Limited space at the experimental area 1 Limited space at the ESR injection area 2 Beam-line magnets, area 3, are not designed for fragment beams Limitations
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FRS (RISING) to Super-FRS(DESPEC) H. Geissel et al. NIM B 204 (2003) 71 The Future of this kind of measurement Note:-Super here means superconducting not------
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Synchrotron
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Evacuated ring. Dipole magnets with magnetic radius of curvature bend the particles round the ring. Quadrupoles maintain focussing Particles are accelerated in a number of RF cavities with circular frequency ω Path = straight sections( in RF cavities, quadrupoles & some other sections) plus circular sections in dipoles. Hence R >
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Synchrotron No RF power -Initial E(i) and p(i) T = 2 R = 2 RE(i) v p(i)c 2 Corresponding circular frequency Ω = 2 = p(i)c 2 ---------- (A) T RE(i) In addition magnetic field required is given by B = p(i)c q RF turned on:- now ω = nΩ, where n is an integer. From (A) we see that the applied RF must increase with increasing energy up to the point where pc = E Magnetic field must also increase:- ω = nΩ = nc pc nc; B =pc R E R q
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SIS 18 at GSI
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Synchrotron Advantages:- a) possible to accelerate electrons, protons, heavy ions etc b) Highest energies possible. c) Basis of synchrotron radiation sources using electrons Disadvantages:- a) Pulsed beam-takes 1 sec to accelerate particles in a large machine b) requires injection at high energy otherwise range of RF is too large In other words we need another accelerator to prepare the beam. At FAIR this will be the UNILAC.
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The Super-FRS and its Branches NuSTAR- [Nuclear Structure Astrophysics and Reactions] Collaboration R3B EXL ELISE ILIMA Beam from SIS100/300
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