Conveners
Session 6
- Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
Neutron capture cross-section measurements are fundamental in the study of astrophysical phenomena, such as the slow neutron capture (s-) process of nucleosynthesis operating in red-giant and massive stars. One of the best suited methods to measure neutron capture (n,γ) cross sections over the full stellar range of interest is the time-of-flight (TOF) technique.
TOF neutron capture...
Octupole deformations and related collective phenomena are studied using the framework of nuclear density functional theory. Axially-symmetric quadrupole-octupole constrained self-consistent mean-field calculations with a choice of universal energy density functional are performed for actinides, Xe, Ba, Ce, and Nd isotopes from proton-rich to neutron-rich sides, and neutron-rich Ge, Se, and...
Essentially all of the elements heavier than iron are synthesized via neutron capture through slow (s) and rapid (r) nucleosynthesis processes. Since both the neutron and many of the isotopes involved in these nucleosynthetic processes are unstable, direct measurements of neutron capture reactions are in most cases not feasible, especially when half-lives are much less than 100 days. ...
Center for exotic nuclear study in institute of basic science was recently founded to study fundamental questions in astrophysics and nuclear physics through investigations of radioactive atomic nuclei. The center is composed of four groups experimental nuclear structure, experimental nuclear reaction, experimental nuclear astrophysics and nuclear theory.
In the experimental groups, many...
