Development of a conceptual design for a recoil separator to study radiative neutron capture reaction using a low energy ion storage ring

TRIUMF has begun the TRISR project constructing a experimental facility which is called low energy ion storage ring. The storage ring will provide unique possibilities for investigations of nuclear reactions when it is connected to a radioactive ion beam facility ISAC-I of TRIUMF. A neutron generator will be added to the facility to provide a sufficient amount of neutrons to allow a direct measurement of neutron induced reactions which play key role to investigate how heavy elements occurred after the Big Bang. Once neutron capture reaction happens, the products (reacted nuclei) and the unreacted nuclei should be separated to detect the photons emitted from the products. In order to separate them, a recoil separator using the difference of velocities should be installed in the storage ring. In this project, a recoil separator will be designed in conceptual by conducting ion beam optics calculation and Monte-Carlo particle transport simulation.

Faculty Supervisor:

Barry Davids

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Partner:

Hanyang University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Technology; Manufacturing and Construction; Other

University:

TRIUMF

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