Review and new concepts for neutron-capture measurements of astrophysical interest

Author(s)

, C. Domingo-Pardo, V. Babiano-Suarez, J. Balibrea-Correa, L. Caballero, Ion Ladarescu, J. Lerendegui-Marco, J. L. Tain, F. Calvino, A. Casanovas, A. Segarra, A. E. Tarifeno-Saldivia, C. Guerrero, M. A. Millan-Callado, J. M. Quesada, M. T. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, S. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, D. Bosnar, A. S. Brown, M. Busso, M. Caamano, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. P. Cortes, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, S. Cristallo, L. A. Damone, P. J. Davies, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, R. Dressler, Q. Ducasse, E. Dupont, Adil Duran, Z. Eleme, B. Fernandez-Domingez, A. Ferrari, Ferro-Goncalves, A. Wallner, Andreas Pavlik

Abstract

The idea of slow-neutron capture nucleosynthesis formulated in 1957 triggered a tremendous experimental effort in different laboratories worldwide to measure the relevant nuclear physics input quantities, namely (n, γ) cross sections over the stellar temperature range (from few eV up to several hundred keV) for most of the isotopes involved from Fe up to Bi. A brief historical review focused on total energy detectors will be presented to illustrate how advances in instrumentation have led to the assessment of new aspects of s-process nucleosynthesis and to the progressive refinement of stellar models. A summary will be presented on current efforts to develop new detection concepts, such as the Total-Energy Detector with γ-ray imaging capability (i-TED). The latter is based on the simultaneous combination of Compton imaging with neutron time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, in order to achieve a superior level of sensitivity and selectivity in the measurement of stellar neutron capture rates.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), Valencian International University, Universidad de Sevilla, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Università degli Studi di Catania, Medical University of Lodz, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Reims, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg , Sorbonne Université, UMR EcoSys, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Technische Universität Wien, CEA Cadarache, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Zagreb, York University, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Instituto Nazionale die Astrofisica (INAF), Università degli Studi di Bari, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), University of Edinburgh, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, University of Ioannina, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Australian National University

Journal

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volume

1668

No. of pages

13

ISSN

1742-6588

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012013

Publication date

2020

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103014 Nuclear physics

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/review-and-new-concepts-for-neutroncapture-measurements-of-astrophysical-interest(c04ba653-e3dd-41b1-adc1-ec2a2e694483).html