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- Spectroscopy of Proton-rich Nuclei in Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics. PJ Woods, University of Edinburgh on behalf of ANL, Edinburgh, York collaboration. NOVA, X-RAY Bursts,Type I SN. Z . rp process. IGNITION REACTIONS.
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- Spectroscopy of Proton-rich Nuclei in Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics PJ Woods, University of Edinburgh on behalf of ANL, Edinburgh, York collaboration
NOVA, X-RAY Bursts,Type I SN Z rp process IGNITION REACTIONS
25,6Al(p,)26,7Si reactions and the abundance of the cosmic gamma ray emitter 26Al
New results on gamma decaying states above proton thresholdin 27Si D Seweryniak, PJW et al., data being analysed
15O(,)19Ne reaction rate First measurements of lifetimes of key astrophysical resonances in 19Ne made by Notre Dame Group
17 O(3 He, n –gamma)19Ne reaction used at Notre Dame tomake 1st measurement of lifetime of astrophysicalresonance, WP Tan et al. PRC 72 041302 (2005)(also Kanungo et al. PRC 74 045803 (2006))
Fe abundance Atomic number “The 11 Greatest Unanswered Questions of Physics” based on National Academy of Science Report, 2002 [Committee for the Physics of the Universe (CPU)] How were the elements from iron to uranium made? Abundance curve of the elements
R-process nuclei will be synthesised by the fastfission of 1 GeV/u 238U ions at the new FAIR facility Advanced Implantation Detection Array (AIDA) - will use new ASIC instrumented DSSDs 238U fission fragments from new super-FRS DESPEC collaboration
Summary New data on 26,7Si resonances (and 24 Al) Analysis in progress on Lifetimes of 19 Ne Resonances New AIDA project underway for FAIR decay measurements on Super-FRS