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Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics

Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics. Sevilla, October 5, 2012. José Benlliure. Universidad of Santiago de Compostela. Layout. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Recent physics highlights

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Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics

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  1. Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics Sevilla, October 5, 2012 José Benlliure Universidad of Santiago de Compostela

  2. Layout • Experimental nuclear physics in Spain • Recent physics highlights • Research infrastructures present and future • Instrumentation • Conclusions 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  3. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Who and where 1995 USC 3/6 IEM 2/5 5/10 UV/IFIC 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  4. ? Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Who and where 2010 USC 6/22 UVI 11 groups: 8 universities and 3 research public bodies (CSIC, CIEMAT, CNA) ~120 researchers ~130 publications/year ~ 6-8 PhD/year 2/4 UPC IEM USA UCM 1/3 CIEMAT 5/18 10/26 IFIC 2/4 2/8 1/3 UHU CNA UGR 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  5. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Organization high energy physics astroparticles theory + …. 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  6. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Funding* Institutional funding (2007-2011): ~ 17200 k€/year Project funding (2007-2011): ~ 3700 k€/year Project funding * all Nuclear Physics 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  7. Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Research activities* Phases of strongly interacting matter 10% mostly theory Hadron physics 25% mostly theory 50% experiments and theory Nuclear structure and dynamics 10% experiments and theory Nuclear astrophysics Fundamental interactions 5% experiments and theory * all Nuclear Physics 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  8. Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Roadmap The participation in some of the NUSTAR experiments at FAIR (R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC, MATS and ELISe) is a priority for the Spanish Nuclear Physics community This community will make use of many of the present existing facilities (Isolde, nTOF, GANIL,..) and plans to use their future upgrades (HI-Isolde, nTOF2, Spiral2) The use of small scale national facilities will be fostered (CNA, CMAM, LSC) 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Isolde HI-Isolde GANIL Spiral 2 GSI FAIR nTOF 1 nTOF 2 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  9. Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  10. Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  11. Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  12. Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  13. Recent physics highlights Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe s process red giant p process supernova rpprocess X-ray burst r process supernova aprocess nova p-p CNO main sequence Big bang nucleosynthesis 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  14. Recent physics highlights Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe s process red giant p process supernova rpprocess X-ray burst r process supernova aprocess nova p-p CNO main sequence Big bang nucleosynthesis 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  15. Recent physics highlights Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe s process red giant p process supernova rpprocess X-ray burst r process supernova aprocess nova p-p CNO main sequence Big bang nucleosynthesis 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  16. Recent physics highlights Recent or ongoing experiments • b-half-lives and delay neutron emission in heavy neutron-rich nuclei relevant for the stellar nucleo-synthesis r-process USC, IFIC(RISING/PresPEC GSI) • Single-particle structure of light nuclei at the drip-lines USC(ALADIN/LAND GSI) • Halo effects in 11Li scattering UHU, IEM (TRIUMF) • First AGATA campaigns IFIC, IEM (Legnaro, GSI) • Decay studies IFIC, CIEMAT (Jyvaskyka, Isolde) • Spectroscopy of 7H USC(GANIL) • …….. FRS/PreSPEC ALADIN/LAND AGATA 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  17. Research infrastructures present and future Large scale international facilities Scientific production (2007-2011) GSI 38% nTOF 12% ISOLDE 11% GANIL 7% Legnaro 12% others 20% JYFL RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CMAM CNA 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  18. Research infrastructures present and future National facilities The most precise measurement of the 8Li half live Breakout to heavier BBN nuclei X. Flechard with D. Rodríguez et al., PRC (2010) U. Granada, CNA 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  19. Research infrastructures present and future National facilities Excited states in 12C via 11B(3He,d)12C* and 10B(3He,p)12C* Unbound states in 16O for 12C(4He,g)16O using 19F(p,4He)16O p-p chain reaction 4He(3He,g)7Be 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  20. Research infrastructures present and future National facilities LSC Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc • Proposal for a dedicated hall at LSC for nuclear astrophysics • experiments with a commercial 3 MV accelerator • expression of interest submitted 2009 • letter of intend submitted 2012 UCM, UPC, IFIC, USC 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  21. Research infrastructures present and future Large scale international facilities JYFL RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CMAM CNA 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  22. NUSTAR Research infrastructures present and future Spanish participation in FAIR (NUSTAR collaboration) 6 experiments: R3B, DESPEC, HISPEC, MATS, ELISe, EXL DESPECCIEMAT, IFIC, UCM, UPC HISPECIEM, IFIC, UHU, USA, USE MATSUGR ELISeUCM R3BIEM, USC, UVI 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  23. Instrumentation Pre-FAIR expertise • Gamma spectroscopy (IFIC,IEM) Use and simulation of single and multiple germanium detectors • Total absorption spectrometry (IFIC) NaI crystal 38x38 cm (12 crystals) Segmented BaF2 detector (12 crystals) • Segmented silicon detectors (IEM) Ultra-thin window SSD detectors 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  24. Instrumentation for FAIR Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R3B • Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC • Universidad de Santiago de Compostela • Universidad de Vigo -nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  25. Instrumentation for FAIR Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R3B • Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC • Universidad de Santiago de Compostela • Universidad de Vigo -nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  26. DESPEC Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) - decay processes of exotic nuclei - b-delay spectroscopy using gammas, protons or neutrons - nuclear electromagnetic moments • CIEMAT • - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC • Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC • Universidad Complutense de Madrid • Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  27. Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  28. Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  29. Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  30. Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  31. Instrumentation for FAIR DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  32. HISPEC Instrumentation for FAIR High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics • Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC • Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC • Universidad de Huelva • Universidad de Sevilla 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  33. HISPEC Instrumentation for FAIR High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics • Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC • Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC • Universidad de Huelva • Universidad de Sevilla 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  34. MATS Instrumentation for FAIR Measurement of short-lived nuclei using Advanced Trap Systems (MATS) Ground state properties of nuclei far from stability • Universidad de Granada 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  35. Instrumentation for AGATA Spanish participation in AGATA IFIC, IEM, USAL Spanish contribution: 1 triple cluster (phase 1) New scaning table technologies for detector characterization Leadership in several experiments for the next AGATA/PRESPEC campaign at GSI Contribution to the sampling Front-End electronics development 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  36. Instrumentation A quantum sensor for mass measurements of superheavy elements D. Rodriguez, U. Granada Ca+ A single-ion non destructive technique providing a resolution dm/m ~ 10-11 • - laser cooling of a reference Ca+ ion • energy coupling between the investigated • ion and the cooled Ca+ ion • measurement of the transferred energy • with the laser The laboratory is being installed at the University of Granada ERC-2011-StG 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

  37. Conclusions • Critical mass: spectacular growth during the last decade • Coordination: roadmap • Scientific impact • International visibility • Excesive specialization (nuclear structure and reactions) • Absence of activities on acceleration technologies • New large scale facilities under construction worldwide • Technological applications • Unfavorable economical situation 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 José Benlliure

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