https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327911006
Indirect measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross sections at storage rings
1 LP2I Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3-Université de Bordeaux, 33170 Gradignan, France
2 Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
3 GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
4 Goethe University of Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
5 Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
6 TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3, Canada
7 IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, 46980 Valencia, Spain
8 CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon, France
9 Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LMCE, 91680 Bruyères-Le-Châtel, France
10 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
11 Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
12 GANIL, 14000 Caen, France
13 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
14 CEA-Paris Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
* Corresponding author: jurado@cenbg.in2p3.fr
Published online: 22 March 2023
Neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for understanding the synthesis of heavy elements in stars. However, their measurement is very difficult due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. We propose to circumvent this problem by using for the first time the surrogate reaction method in inverse kinematics at heavy-ion storage rings. In this contribution, we describe the developments we have done to perform surrogate-reaction studies at the storage rings of GSI/FAIR. In particular, we present the first results of the proof of principle experiment, which we conducted recently at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR).
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