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Measurement of low-energy resonances in the 18O(a,y)22Ne reaction

Presented By:  Alexander Dombos / adombos@nd.edu

Alex is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the Nuclear Science Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his PhD from Michigan State University under the supervision of Artemis Spyrou. His doctoral research focused on initiating the new experimental program at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory that uses total absorption spectroscopy to study beta decay. At the University of Notre Dame, he participates in the active research groups of Anna Simon and Manoel Couder. This work includes contributing to the first reaction studies using the St. George recoil separator, studying the impact of the gamma-ray strength function on gamma-process nucleosynthesis with network calculations, and leading an experiment using the Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research at the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Abstract

The 18O(a,y)22Ne reaction is part of a reaction chain that produces the 22Ne(a,n) neutron source for the slow neutron-capture process. However, the astrophysically relevant resonances in the 18O(a,y)22Ne reaction are difficult to measure due to their small resonance strengths. An experiment optimized for background suppression and detection efficiency was recently performed to measure the resonance strengths of these low-energy resonances. The experiment was performed at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), in the 4850-foot underground cavern dedicated to the Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research (CASPAR). The experimental end station used the -summing High Efficiency Total Absorption Spectrometer (HECTOR). Preliminary results from this experiment will be presented. Download Abstract
May 13, 2021
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