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Nuclear Experiment
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Probes for Nuclear Processes
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To “see” an object, the wavelength l of the light
used must be shorter than the dimensions d of the
object.
(DeBroglie: p=ħk=ħ2p/l)
Rutherford’s scattering experiments
dNucleus~ few 10-15 m
Need light of wave length l  1 fm, or an energy
200 MeV  fm
E  pc  kc  2p
 6
 1.2GeV
l
1 fm
c
Not easily
available
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Massive (m) particle, e.g ., proton :
k)
ck )
200 MeV  fm )  2p )



p
E



 2
2
2m
2m
2mc
1.8GeV
l
Can be made with
80 104 MeV 2 fm 2 1
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 800 MeV
charged particle
2
GeV
fm
accelerators
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Elements of a Generic Nuclear Experiment
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A: Studying natural radioactivity (cosmic rays, terrestrial
active samples)
B: Inducing nuclear reactions in accelerator experiments
Particle Accelerator  produces fast projectile nuclei
Projectile nuclei interact with target nuclei
Reaction products are
a) collected and measured off line,
b) measured on line with radiation detectors
Detector signals are electronically processed
Ion
Source
Vacuum Beam Transport
Vacuum
Chamber
Accelerator
Target
Detectors
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Ionization Process
Acceleration possible for charged particles  ionize neutral atoms
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q+
discharge
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q-
1. e- impact (gaseous ionization)
• hot cathode arc
• discharge in axial magnetic field (duoplasmatron)
• electron oscillation discharge (PIG)
• radio-frequency electrode-less
discharge (ECR)
• electron beam induced discharge
(EBIS)
2. ion impact
• charge exchange
• sputtering
e-/ion beam
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Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Source
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“Venus”
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Making an e-/ion plasma
Principle of Electrostatic Accelerators
Conducting
Sphere +
+ Ion
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Source
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Van de Graaff, 1929
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+ HV
Terminal
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Operating limitations: 2 MV terminal
voltage in air, 18-20 MV in pressure
tank with insulating gas (SF6 or gas
mixture N2, CO2)
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Charging
Belt/
+ Pelletron
+ Corona
Points
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Acceleration Tube
insulating
Ground
Plate
q+
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20kV
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Acceleration tube
has equipotential
R plates connected
R by resistor chain
(R), ramping field
R
down.
R
Typical for a CN:
R
7-8 MV terminal
R voltage
R
“Emperor” (MP) Tandem
Munich University Tandem
Ion
Source
@Yale, BNL, TUNL, Florida,
Seattle,…, SUNY Geneseo,…
many around the world.
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Pumping Station
Quadrupole
Magnet
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Vacuum
Beam Line
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90o Deflection/
Analyzing Magnet
Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields
Charged particles in electromagnetic fields follow curvilinear
trajectories  used to guide particles “optically” with
magnetic beam transport system
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Lorentz Force : fields electric ( E ), magnetic ( B )
B

F  q E v B
r
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q
B: Magnetic
guiding field
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v
E  0:
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particle el. charge q, velocity v
F  p  qv  B

p  q  r  B orbit radius r , r  B
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p
p  q  r  B , equilibrium orbit at r 
qB
p  mv  v   0  r
0  
q
B Particle Cyclotron Frequency
m
Electrodynamic Accelerators: Cyclotron
Electrodynamic linear (LINAC) Cyclotrons at MIT, Berkeley, MSU, Texas
A&M, …., many around the world (Catania,
or cyclic accelerators
GANIL)
(cyclotrons,
synchrotons)
Cyclotron Frequency
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0  
-
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E
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wfield
q
B
m
same for all v
Acceleration, if wfield = w0
Equilibrium orbit r: p = qBr
 maximum pmax = qBR
Maximum Energy
 max
qBR )


2m
2
q2
K 
A
Relativistic effects: m  W =  + moc2 shape B field to compensate.
Defocusing corrected with sectors and fringe field.
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CERN Proton Linac
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Experimental Setup: Neutron Time-of-Flight Measurement
Experiment at GANIL
29 A MeV
208Pb  197Au
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Scatter
Chamber
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Neutron
Detector
Nuclear Radiation Detectors
SiSiCsI Telescope (Light Particles)
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Particle ID: Resolution in Z , A, E
Si Telescope Massive Reaction Products
20Ne
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12C
@ 20.5 MeV/u - qlab = 12°
Na
Ne
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N
C
B
Be
Li
He
THE CHIMERA DETECTOR
Laboratori del Sud, Catania/Italy
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CHIMERA characteristic features
REVERSE EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS
688
telescopes
TARGET
30°
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1°
Chimera mechanical structure 1m
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Experimental
Method
E-E
 Charge
E-E E-TOF  Velocity, Mass
Pulse shape Method  LCP
Basic element
Si (300m) + CsI(Tl) telescope
Primary
experimental
observables
TOF t  1 ns
Kinetic energy, velocity
E/E Light charged particles 2%
Heavy ions  1%
Total solid angle
/4p
94%
Granularity
1192 modules
Angular range
1°< q < 176°
Detection
threshold
<0.5 MeV/A for H.I.
 1 MeV/A for LCP
BEAM
Secondary-Beam Facilities
2 principles:
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A) Isotope Separator On Line
Dump intense beam into very
thick production target, extract
volatile reaction products, study
radiochemistry or reaccelerate
to induce reactions in 2nd target
(requires long life times: ms)
GANIL-SPIRAL, EURISOL, RIA,
TAMU,….
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B) Fragmentation in Flight
Induce fragmentation/spallation
reactions in thick production
target, select reaction products
for experimentation: reactions
in 2nd target
GSI, RIKEN, MSU, Catania, (RIA)
G. Raciti, 2005
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Secondary Beam Production
Particle
Particle Identification Matrix E x E
Target
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E
E
E
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Bombard a Be target with
1.6-GeV 58Ni projectiles
from SCC LNS Catania
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RIA: A New Secondary-Beam Facility
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One of 2 draft designs : MSU/NSCL proposal
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ISOLDE Facility at CERN
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Primary proton
beam CERN-SPS
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Secondary-Beam Accelerator
Radiochemical goal (high-T chemistry, surface physics, metallurgy):
produce ion beam with isotopes of only one element
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Primary target: oven at 7000C – 20000C, bombarded with beams from 2
CERN accelerators (SC, PS).
Ion
Source
High
Charge
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X1+
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Mass
Separator
Low-energy LINAC
ISOLDE Mass Separators
General Purpose Separator
High Resolution Separator
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M
 5000  30000
M
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calculated
Secondary ISOLDE Beams
Yellow: produced by ISOLDE
Sn: A = 108 -142 low energy
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n-rich, n-rich
O: A = 19 -22 low energy
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ISOLDE accepts beams from several CERN
accelerators (SC, PS)
Source: CERN/ISOLDE
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Mass Measurement with Penning Trap
Ion motion in superposition of B and EQ fields has 3
cyclic components with frequencies wC, w+, w-
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ISOLTRAP
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Electric quadrupole field
Cyclotron frequency
0 
q
B     w
m
Oscillating quadrupole field EQ can excite at w = w0  determine m
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Injection and Acceleration
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Ion
trajectory
(cyclic)
Acceleration
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Injection
(axial)
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Transfer to
accelerator
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