Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Session R13: Mini-Symposium: FRIB and ReA instrumentation II
1:30 PM–2:42 PM,
Monday, April 15, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Plaza Court 2
Sponsoring
Unit:
DNP
Chair: Matt Amthor, Bucknell University
Abstract: R13.00003 : Using GODDESS to Constrain r-Process Neutron Capture Rates with (d,pγ) Reactions*
(Author Not Attending)
Presenter:
Chad C. Ummel
(Rutgers University)
Authors:
Chad C. Ummel
(Rutgers University)
Jolie A. Cizewski
(Rutgers University)
Steven D. Pain
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Andrew Ratkiewicz
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Harrison E. Sims
(Rutgers University)
GODDESS Collaboration
(Multiple)
ORRUBA Collaboration
(Multiple)
GRETINA Collaboration
(Multiple)
Collaboration:
Presented on behalf of the GODDESS, ORRUBA, and GRETINA collaborations
Measurements of neutron-capture reactions on exotic nuclei are a sensitive input needed to understand r-process abundance patterns. Due to the short half-lives of many of the isotopes involved, direct measurements of these cross sections are often not possible. FRIB will make possible the study of many nuclei near the r-process path via indirect methods. Measurements of (d,p) reactions with the Oak Ridge-Rutgers University Barrel Array (ORRUBA) silicon detector have successfully constrained spectroscopic factors necessary for inferring direct neutron capture cross sections. Additionally, a "surrogate reaction method" has been validated to extract compound (n,γ) reaction cross sections from (d,pγ) reaction measurements. The coupled GODDESS (Gammasphere-ORRUBA: Dual Detectors for Experimental Structure Studies) detectors enable such studies. In early 2019, ORRUBA was coupled to GRETINA. The outcome of this campaign, as well as plans for G(RETINA)ODDESS campaigns at NSCL and FRIB will be discussed.
*This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under Grant Award No. DE-NA0003864. Additional support was provided by DOE, NNSA, NSF, and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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