https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327501014
The PANDORA project: A setup for in-plasma β-decay studies in nuclei of astrophysical interest
INFN – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy
* Corresponding author : davidmascali@lns.infn.it
Published online: 3 February 2023
Theoretical predictions as well as experiments performed at Storage Rings have shown that a high degree of ionization can affect the half-life of β-radionuclides. The PANDORA project aims at investigating,for the first time, beta decay rates in a plasma, simulating specific stellarlike conditions. A description of the physics motivations and the experimental setup developed to accomplish this task is given. The physics cases selected for the first experimental campaign are also presented.
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