Very Low Energy Protons From The Beta Decay Of Proton Rich Nuclei For Nuclear Astrophysics

E. Simmons; L. Trache; A. Banu; M. McCleskey; B. Roeder; A. Spiridon; R. E. Tribble; A. Saastamoinen; J. Aysto; T. Davinson; P. J. Woods; G. J. Lotay; J. Wallace

doi:10.1063/1.3527236

Very Low Energy Protons From The Beta Decay Of Proton Rich Nuclei For Nuclear Astrophysics

E. Simmons^*
, L. Trache
, A. Banu
, M. McCleskey
, B. Roeder
, A. Spiridon
, R. E. Tribble
, A. Saastamoinen
, J. Aysto
, T. Davinson
, P. J. Woods
, G. J. Lotay
, J. Wallace

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

The MARS group at TAMU has developed a new experimental technique to measure very low energy protons from beta-delayed proton-decay of proton-rich nuclei produced and separated with the MARS recoil spectrometer at TAMU. Recently we have investigated the beta-delayed p-decays of (23)Al [1], and (31)Cl [2], and obtained information on the resonances in the (22)Na(p,gamma)(23)mg and (30)P(p,gamma)(31)S reactions, respectively. These reactions are important in explosive H-burning in Novae [3]. Recently an experiment looking at the beta-delayed p-decay of (20)Mg was also done in order to obtain information on resonances in the (19)Ne(p,gamma)(20)Na reaction. A simple setup consisting of a telescope made of a thin double sided Si strip detector (p-detector) backed or sandwiched between two thick Si detectors (beta-detectors) was designed. We studied different W1 and BB2 p-detectors made by MSL, and found that the thinner detectors with a small cell size are best to measure proton energies as low as 2-300 keV.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear - Particle Astrophysics Iii: From Nuclei To Stars
Editors	L Trache, S Stoica, A Smirnov
Place of Publication	MELVILLE
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	415-419
Number of pages	5
Volume	1304
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7354-0859-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527236
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	EXOTIC NUCLEI AND NUCLEAR/PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS (III): From Nuclei to Stars - Sinaia, Romania Duration: 20 Jun 2010 → 3 Jul 2010

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher	AMER INST PHYSICS
Volume	1304
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X

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Conference	EXOTIC NUCLEI AND NUCLEAR/PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS (III): From Nuclei to Stars
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Sinaia
Period	20/06/10 → 3/07/10

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

nuclear astrophysics
decay spectroscopy
beta-delayed proton decay

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Simmons, E., Trache, L., Banu, A., McCleskey, M., Roeder, B., Spiridon, A., Tribble, R. E., Saastamoinen, A., Aysto, J., Davinson, T., Woods, P. J., Lotay, G. J., & Wallace, J. (2010). Very Low Energy Protons From The Beta Decay Of Proton Rich Nuclei For Nuclear Astrophysics. In L. Trache, S. Stoica, & A. Smirnov (Eds.), Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear - Particle Astrophysics Iii: From Nuclei To Stars (Vol. 1304, pp. 415-419). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1304). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527236

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Very Low Energy Protons From The Beta Decay Of Proton Rich Nuclei For Nuclear Astrophysics. / Simmons, E.; Trache, L.; Banu, A. et al.
Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear - Particle Astrophysics Iii: From Nuclei To Stars. ed. / L Trache; S Stoica; A Smirnov. Vol. 1304 MELVILLE: American Institute of Physics, 2010. p. 415-419 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1304).

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Simmons E, Trache L, Banu A, McCleskey M, Roeder B, Spiridon A et al. Very Low Energy Protons From The Beta Decay Of Proton Rich Nuclei For Nuclear Astrophysics. In Trache L, Stoica S, Smirnov A, editors, Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear - Particle Astrophysics Iii: From Nuclei To Stars. Vol. 1304. MELVILLE: American Institute of Physics. 2010. p. 415-419. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.3527236

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