Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Session G13: Nuclear Structure
8:30 AM–10:18 AM,
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Plaza Court 2
Sponsoring
Unit:
DNP
Chair: Alexandra Gade, Michigan State University/ NSCL
Abstract: G13.00003 : Connecting Nuclear Structure to Stellar Astrophysics: Neutron Skin in Tin Isotopes*
8:54 AM–9:06 AM
Presenter:
Jack A Silano
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Authors:
Jack A Silano
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Nicolas Schunck
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Anton P Tonchev
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
Lee G Sobotka
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Cole D Pruitt
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Sean W Finch
(Duke University, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
FNU Krishichayan
(Duke University, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
Werner Tornow
(Duke University, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
Robert V F Janssens
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
Nadia Tsoneva
(University of Giessen)
The first observation of a neutron star merger by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration in 2017 highlights the need to improve our fundamental understanding of the equation of state of dense, neutron rich matter. The origin of heavy elements in the r-process and the structure of neutron stars are governed by the properties of neutron rich matter, for which experimental data is limited. Further analysis of this historic event and all future neutron star mergers relies on constraining the nuclear equation of state with experimental observables. We propose a novel method for systematically studying the evolution of the neutron skin in stable tin isotopes, by measuring the low-energy nuclear dipole strength over the broadest possible range of neutron-to-proton ratios in a single element. Nuclear resonance fluorescence with linearly polarized photons from the HIGS facility will be used to selectively measure the E1 photoabsorption strength of 112Sn and 124Sn at excitation energies from ~4 MeV up to neutron separation, where the Pygmy Dipole Resonance dominates. Progress on the measurement campaign will be presented.
*This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344
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