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

José BenlliureUniversidad of Santiago de Compostela

Sevilla, October 5, 2012

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José Benlliure

Experimental nuclear physics in Spain

Recent physics highlights

Research infrastructures present and future

Instrumentation

Conclusions

75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012


José Benlliure

UV/IFIC

IEM


Who and where

2/5 5/10

1995USC

3/6


José Benlliure

USC

UVI

UGR

USA

UHU CNA

IFIC

UPC

IEMUCM

CIEMAT

11 groups: 8 universities

and 3 research public bodies

(CSIC, CIEMAT, CNA)

~120 researchers

~130 publications/year

~ 6-8 PhD/year


Who and where

6/22

1/310/26

2/4

5/18

1/32/42/8?

2010


José Benlliure 75th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

Organization

astroparticleshigh energyphysics

theory

+ ….



Funding*

Institutional funding (2007-2011): ~ 17200 k€/year

Project funding (2007-2011): ~ 3700 k€/year

Project funding

* all Nuclear Physics

Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain

Research activities*

José Benlliure

Phases of strongly interacting matter

Hadron physics

Nuclear structure and dynamics

Nuclear astrophysics

Fundamental interactions

10% mostly theory

25% mostly theory

50% experiments and theory




* all Nuclear Physics

Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain

Roadmap


1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025Isolde

nTOF 2FAIR

HI-Isolde

GANIL

GSI

nTOF 1

Spiral 2

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)

Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigatingground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability




Nuclear structure and dynamicsUnderstanding the nuclear many-body system investigatingground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability



Nuclear Astrophysics

José Benlliure

r processsupernova

processnova

rp processX-ray burst

p processsupernova

s processred giant

Big bangnucleosynthesis

p-p CNOmain

sequence

Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elementsin the Universe



José Benlliure

r processsupernova

processnova

rp processX-ray burst

p processsupernova

s processred giant

Big bangnucleosynthesis

p-p CNOmain

sequence

Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elementsin the Universe


Nuclear Astrophysics



José Benlliure

AGATA

ALADIN/LAND

FRS/PreSPEC

-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)

……..


Recent or ongoing experiments


José Benlliure

GSIGANIL

ISOLDEnTOF

LNL

CNA

CMAM

JYFL

Scientific production (2007-2011)

GSI 38%nTOF 12%ISOLDE 11%GANIL 7%Legnaro 12%others 20%

RIKENJLABTRIUMF


Large scale international facilities



National facilitiesThe most precise measurement of the 8Li half liveBreakout to heavier BBN nuclei

X. Flechard with D. Rodríguez et al., PRC (2010) U. Granada, CNA



National facilities Excited states in 12C via 11B(3He,d)12C* and10B(3He,p)12C*

p-p chain reaction 4He(3He,)7Be

Unbound states in 16O for 12C(4He,)16Ousing 19F(p,4He)16O



National facilities

Proposal for a dedicated hall at LSC for nuclear astrophysicsexperiments with a commercial 3 MV accelerator- expression of interest submitted 2009- letter of intend submitted 2012

LSCLaboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc

UCM, UPC, IFIC, USC


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GSIGANIL

ISOLDEnTOF

LNL

CNA

CMAM

JYFL

RIKENJLABTRIUMF


Large scale international facilities

NUSTAR

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R3B IEM, USC, UVI

DESPEC CIEMAT, IFIC, UCM, UPC

HISPEC IEM, IFIC, UHU, USA, USE

MATS UGR ELISe UCM

Spanish participation in FAIR (NUSTAR collaboration)6 experiments: R3B, DESPEC, HISPEC, MATS, ELISe, EXL



Pre-FAIR expertise


Instrumentation

José Benlliure

- Gamma spectroscopy (IFIC,IEM)

- Total absorption spectrometry (IFIC)

- Segmented silicon detectors (IEM)

Segmented BaF2 detector(12 crystals)

NaI crystal 38x38 cm(12 crystals)

Use and simulation of single and multiple germanium detectors

Ultra-thin windowSSD detectors

José Benlliure

Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R3B- nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions- reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation- equation of state for asymmetric matter

Instrumentation for FAIR

- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Universidad de Vigo


José Benlliure

Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R3B- nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions- reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation- equation of state for asymmetric matter

- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Universidad de Vigo



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DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC)- decay processes of exotic nuclei - -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

DESPEC



José Benlliure

DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC)A variable-geometry setup



José Benlliure

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

HISPEC



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Measurement of short-lived nuclei using Advanced Trap Systems (MATS)Ground state properties of nuclei far from stability

- Universidad de Granada

MATS



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Spanish participation in AGATAIFIC, IEM, USAL


Instrumentation for AGATA

New scaning table technologies for detector characterization

Contribution to the sampling Front-End electronics development

Spanish contribution:1 triple cluster (phase 1)

Leadership in several experiments for the next AGATA/PRESPECcampaign at GSI

ERC-2011-StG

A quantum sensor for mass measurements of superheavy elements


Instrumentation

José Benlliure

A single-ion non destructive technique providinga resolution m/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

Ca+D. Rodriguez, U. Granada

Conclusions

José Benlliure

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

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