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n_TOF Collaboration (Damone, L. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Be-7 (n,p)Li-7 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN |
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2018 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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121 |
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4 |
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042701 - 7pp |
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We report on the measurement of the Be-7(n,p)Li-7 cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN. This reaction plays a key role in the lithium yield of the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) for standard cosmology. The only two previous time-of-flight measurements performed on this reaction did not cover the energy window of interest for BBN, and they showed a large discrepancy between each other. The measurement was performed with a Si telescope and a high-purity sample produced by implantation of a Be-7 ion beam at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. While a significantly higher cross section is found at low energy, relative to current evaluations, in the region of BBN interest, the present results are consistent with the values inferred from the time-reversal Li-7(p,n)Be-7 reaction, thus yielding only a relatively minor improvement on the so-called cosmological lithium problem. The relevance of these results on the near-threshold neutron production in the p + Li-7 reaction is also discussed. |
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[Damone, L.; Barbagallo, M.; Mastromarco, M.; Colonna, N.; Mazzone, A.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy, Email: alberto.mengoni@enea.it |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Barbagallo, M. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Be-7(n,alpha)He-4 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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117 |
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15 |
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152701 - 7pp |
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The energy-dependent cross section of the (7)Bed(n,alpha)He-4 reaction, of interest for the so-called cosmological lithium problem in big bang nucleosynthesis, has been measured for the first time from 10 meV to 10 keV neutron energy. The challenges posed by the short half-life of Be-7 and by the low reaction cross section have been overcome at nTOF thanks to an unprecedented combination of the extremely high luminosity and good resolution of the neutron beam in the new experimental area (EAR2) of the nTOF facility at CERN, the availability of a sufficient amount of chemically pure Be-7, and a specifically designed experimental setup. Coincidences between the two alpha particles have been recorded in two Si-Be-7-Si arrays placed directly in the neutron beam. The present results are consistent, at thermal neutron energy, with the only previous measurement performed in the 1960s at a nuclear reactor. The energy dependence reported here clearly indicates the inadequacy of the cross section estimates currently used in BBN calculations. Although new measurements at higher neutron energy may still be needed, the n_TOF results hint at a minor role of this reaction in BBN, leaving the long-standing cosmological lithium problem unsolved. |
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[Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, N.; Damone, L.; Mastromarco, M.; Mazzone, A.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy, Email: nicola.colonna@ba.infn.it |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Tain, J.L. et al; Algora, A.; Estevez, E.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E.; Jordan, D. |
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Beta Decay Studies of Neutron Rich Nuclei Using Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Delayed Neutron Measurements |
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2011 |
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Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
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J. Korean Phys. Soc. |
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59 |
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2 |
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1499-1502 |
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Beta decay; Delayed neutron emission; Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy; Neutron detectors; Nuclear technology; Nuclear astrophysics |
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A complete characterisation of the beta-decay of neutron-rich nuclei can be obtained from the measurement of beta-delayed gamma rays and, whenever the process is energetically possible, beta-delayed neutrons. The accurate determination of the beta-intensity distribution and the beta-delayed neutron emission probability is of great relevance in the fields of reactor technology and nuclear astrophysics. A programme for combined measurements using the total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy technique and both neutron counters and neutron time-of-flight spectrometers is presented. |
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[Tain, JL; Algora, A; Estevez, E; Rubio, B; Valencia, E; Jordan, D] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: tain@ific.uv.es |
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Korean Physical Soc |
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0374-4884 |
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WOS:000294080700010 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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730 |
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Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J.L. |
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Beta decay studies with total absorption spectroscopy and the Lucrecia spectrometer at ISOLDE |
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2017 |
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Journal of Physics G |
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J. Phys. G |
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44 |
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8 |
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084004 - 25pp |
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beta decay; strength functions; total absorption gamma spectroscopy; nuclear shapes |
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Here we present the experimental activities carried out at ISOLDE with the total absorption spectrometer Lucrecia, a large 4 pi scintillator detector designed to absorb a full gamma cascade following beta decay. This spectrometer is designed to measure beta-feeding to excited states without the systematic error called Pandemonium. The set up allows the measurement of decays of very short half life. Experimental results from several campaigns, that focus on the determination of the shapes of beta-decaying nuclei by measuring their beta decay strength distributions as a function of excitation energy in the daughter nucleus, are presented. |
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[Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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WOS:000404730700001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3192 |
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Caballero-Folch, R. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Rubio, B. |
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beta-decay and beta-delayed Neutron Emission Measurements at GSI-FRS Beyond N=126, for r-process Nucleosynthesis |
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2014 |
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Nuclear Data Sheets |
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Nucl. Data Sheets |
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120 |
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81-83 |
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New measurements of very exotic nuclei in the neutron-rich region beyond N=126 have been performed at the GSI facility with the fragment separator (FRS). The aim of the experiment is to determine half-lives and beta-delayed neutron emission branching ratios of isotopes of Hg, Tl and Pb in this region. This contribution summarizes final counting statistics for identification and for implantation, as well as the present status of the data analysis of the half-lives. In summary, isotopes of Pt, Au, Hg, Ti, Pb, Bi, Po, At, Rn and Fr were clearly identified and several of them (Hg208-211, Tl211-215, Pb214-218) were implanted with enough statistics to determine their half-lives. About half of them are expected to be neutron emitters, in such cases it will become possible to obtain the neutron emission probabilities, P-n. |
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[Caballero-Folch, R.; Cortes, G.; Calvino, F.; Gomez-Hornillos, M. B.; Riego, A.] Univ Politecn Cataluna, Dept Fis Enginyeria Nucl, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: roger.caballero@upc.edu |
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WOS:000339860100022 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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