Perspectives for low energy reactions measurements at the new LEMA beam-line
Por:
Acosta, L., Chavez, E., Barron-Palos, L., Andrade, E., Marin-Lambarri, D. J., Miranda, J., Ortiz, M. E., Favela, F., Huerta, A.
Publicada:
1 ene 2020
Categoría:
Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
Towards the end of 2017, a new beam line was commissioned at the
Laboratorio Nacional de Espectrometria de Masas con Aceleradores (LEMA)
at Instituto de Fisica of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
(IFUNAM). Initially, LEMA was a 1 MV tandetron accelerator just
dedicated to Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS); nowadays, the new line
adopted the main characteristics of the AMS system in a natural way:
i.e., it has a high precision measurement of the beam energy and a very
high and stable current (tens of mu A) depending of charge state of each
isotope. The precise low energy limit around 400 keV opens a window to
study reactions in the region of interest for Astrophysics. At the same
time, the LEMA beam-line allows to develop experiments combining nuclear
reactions with AMS, as well the developing of all of kind of Ion Beam
Analysis (IBA) studies. In this work the main characteristics of the
line, the ancillary systems and the perspectives for low energy
measurements for nuclear studies and applications are described.
Filiaciones:
Acosta, L.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
Chavez, E.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Barron-Palos, L.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Andrade, E.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Marin-Lambarri, D. J.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Miranda, J.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Ortiz, M. E.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Favela, F.:
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Huerta, A.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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