Radioactive Ion Beam Production at the Gamma Factory

Nichita, D.; Balabanski, D. L.; Constantin, P.; Krasny, M. W.; Płaczek, W.

doi:10.1002/andp.202100207

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“…The approach for RIB production and the expected fission-fragment yields were described recently in Ref. [17]. The expected RIB yields are superior compared to other facilities which are operational or under construction worldwide.…”

Section: Studies Of Exotic Nucleimentioning

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What can we learn from experiments with high-brilliance gamma beams?

Balabanski

2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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An overview of the main directions of present-day studies with quasimonochromatic γ beams is presented with an emphasis on the research opportunities which will be provided to the users at the Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility at Magurele near Bucharest. Experiments with γ beams at the extremes of high temperature and high neutron-to-proton ratios will be discussed. The opportunities for nuclear structure studies with γ rays with orbital angular momentum (OAM) are outlined and a few selected physics problems and classes of experiments, related to, e.g., changes of photonuclear cross sections in reactions with OAM photons, as well as the possibility to address nuclear excitations with higher multipolarity are discussed. The perspectives for studies of exotic nuclei within the Gamma Factory experiment at CERN are discussed, too.

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Section: Studies Of Exotic Nucleimentioning

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What can we learn from experiments with high-brilliance gamma beams?

Balabanski

2023

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“…4.3) or fission resonances (Sec. 4.5) of large-A nuclei, providing abundant sources of: (1) neutrons with the target intensity reaching 10 15 neutrons per second (first-generation neutrons), (2) radioactive, neutron-rich ions (coming from fission of heavy nuclei) with the target intensity reaching 10 14 isotopes per second [497] (see also Sec. 8).…”

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Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory

Budker,

Berengut,

Flambaum

et al. 2021

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The Gamma Factory (GF) is an ambitious proposal, currently explored within the CERN Physics Beyond Colliders program, for a source of photons with energies up to ≈ 400 MeV and photon fluxes (up to ≈ 10 17 photons per second) exceeding those of the currently available gamma sources by orders of magnitude. The high-energy (secondary) photons are produced via resonant scattering of the primary laser photons by highly relativistic partially-stripped ions circulating in the accelerator. The secondary photons are emitted in a narrow cone and the energy of the beam can be monochromatized, eventually down to the ≈ 1 ppm level, via collimation, at the expense of the photon flux. This paper surveys the new opportunities that may be afforded by the GF in nuclear physics and related fields. CONTENTS 11.2. Photon Splitting 48 11.3. Photon Scattering 48 12. Nuclear physics with tertiary beams 49 12.1. Tertiary beams at the GF 49 12.2. Polarized electron, positron and muon sources 49 12.3. High-purity neutrino beams 50 12.4. Neutron and radioactive ion sources 50 12.5. Production of monoenergetic fast neutrons 51 12.6. Metrology with keV neutrons 51 13. Nuclear physics opportunities at the SPS 51 14. Speculative ideas and open questions 51 14.1. Applying the Gamma Factory ideas at other facilities 51 14.2. Nuclear waste transmutation 52 14.3. Laser polarization of PSI 52 14.4. Quark-gluon plasma with polarized PSI 52 14.5. Ground-state hyperfine-structure transitions in PSI 52 14.6. Detection of gravitational waves 53 15. Conclusions and optimistic outlook 53 Acknowledgments 53 Appendix 54 A. Survey of existing and forthcoming gamma facilities 54

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Optical Excitation of Ultra‐Relativistic Partially Stripped Ions

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The Gamma Factory (GF) initiative aims at the construction of a unique experimental tool exploiting resonant interaction of light with ultra‐relativistic partially stripped ions (PSI) stored in circular accelerators at CERN. Resonant excitation of high‐energy electronic transitions in the ions is achieved through Doppler‐boosting (by twice the Lorentz factor; from hundred to several thousand times) of light energy. In order to efficiently excite the ions, and hence generate intense beams of scattered/fluorescent photons, a detailed knowledge of the ions' electronic energy structure and the dynamics of optical excitation is required. Spectroscopic properties of PSI selected for the GF operation, as well as their optical excitation schemes, are investigated. Two regimes of the ion–light interaction are identified, leading to different dynamics of the excitation. The efficiency of the ion–light interaction, as well as the number of photons emitted from a single ion bunch, are estimated, both analytically and numerically, for three ions considered for the GF, that is, Li‐like 082208${}^{208}_{\phantom{0}82}$Pb79 + , Li‐like 2040${}^{40}_{20}$Ca17 + , and H‐like 082208${}^{208}_{\phantom{0}82}$Pb81 + .

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Radioactive Ion Beam Production at the Gamma Factory

Cited by 5 publications

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What can we learn from experiments with high-brilliance gamma beams?

What can we learn from experiments with high-brilliance gamma beams?

Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory

Optical Excitation of Ultra‐Relativistic Partially Stripped Ions

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