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Fusion excitation measurement for 20 O + 12 C at E/A = 1-2 MeV Indiana University M.J. Rudolph, Z.Q. Gosser, K. Brown ✼, D. Mercier, S. Hudan, R.T. de.

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1 Fusion excitation measurement for 20 O + 12 C at E/A = 1-2 MeV Indiana University M.J. Rudolph, Z.Q. Gosser, K. Brown ✼, D. Mercier, S. Hudan, R.T. de Souza GANIL A. Chbihi, B. Jacquot ORNL J.F. Liang, D. Shapira Western Michigan University M. Famiano This work was supported by the U.S. DOE Office of Science under Grant No. DEFG02-88ER-40404 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012

2 Motivation The crust of an accreting neutron star is a unique environment for nuclear reactions Fusion reactions in the outer crust result in X-ray bursts and superbursts Problem: At the temperature of the crust, the Coulomb barrier is too high for thermonuclear fusion of carbon – another heat source is needed.

3 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Is fusion of neutron-rich light nuclei enhanced relative to  -stable nuclei? E cm (MeV) 8.5 6.0 4.0 3.0 Neutron transfer channels for N/Z asymmetric nuclei enhance the fusion cross-section at and below the barrier. A.S. Umar, V.E. Oberacker, C.J. Horowitz Phys. Rev. C85 055801 (2012) V. Oberacker, Th 5:30 pm Session 25

4 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Fusion of neutron-rich radioactive beams with light targets 20 O + 12 C  32 Si* (E* ~ 50 MeV) 32 Si*  29 Si + 3n 32 Si*  29 Al + p + 2n 32 Si*  26 Mg +  + 2n Energy and angular distributions predicted by Bass model + PACE2

5 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Experimental Setup: GANIL E575S (Summer 2010)  Incident Beam: 20,16 O + 12 C @ 3 MeV/A  Intensity of 20 O: 1-2x10 4 pps  Degrader ion chamber (CF 4 ) reduces energy to1-2 MeV/A and identifies particle (ΔE)  Target: 100 µg/cm2 carbon foil  T2: θ Lab = 3.5 - 10.8°; T3: θ Lab = 11.3 - 21.8°  Time-of-Flight (TOF) between target-MCP and Si (T2, T3) Active Collimator 20 O BEAM Degrader Ion Chamber SBD 1 st Timing Detector and target 2 nd Timing Detector T3T2 Zero Degree Ion Chamber ΔE1 ….. ΔE5 ΔE1 ….. ΔE6

6 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Experimental Setup: GANIL E575S (Summer 2010)  Incident Beam: 20,16 O + 12 C @ 3 MeV/A  Intensity of 20 O: 1-2x10 4 pps  Degrader ion chamber (CF 4 ) reduces energy to1-2 MeV/A and identifies particle (ΔE)  Target: 100 µg/cm 2 carbon foil  T2: θ Lab = 3.5 - 10.8°; T3: θ Lab = 11.3 - 21.8°  Time-of-Flight (TOF) between target-MCP and Si (T2, T3) Active Collimator 20 O BEAM Degrader Ion Chamber SBD 1 st Timing Detector and target 2 nd Timing Detector T3T2 Zero Degree Ion Chamber ΔE1 ….. ΔE5 ΔE1 ….. ΔE6

7 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Experimental Details Microchannel plate detectorSilicon detectors Inner hole 20 mm diameter 48 concentric rings; 16 “pies” Particle entry on ring (junction) Fast timing extracted from “pie” side Time resolution 425 ps (6 MeV alpha) Advantages: compact Simple construction good time resolution (200 ps) Disadvantages: Wire planes (4/det.) in path of beam R.T. deSouza et al., NIM. A632, 133 (2011)

8  Slit-scatter ridge extending from elastic peak to lower energies (expected)  Incomplete charge collection ridge (same TOF as elastic); ~20% of elastic yield!  “ghost” line in same region as residues but x-section ~70b! (atomic process) “ ghost” line incomplete charge collection line? Underbiased? Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 M.J. Rudolph et al., Phys. Rev. C85, 024605 (2012). Elastic peak Energy-TOF spectrum has many features

9 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 M.J. Rudolph et al., Phys. Rev. C85, 024605 (2012). Require charged particle coincidence to eliminate atomic scattering background select coincidence of charged particle (p,α) in T3 with a residue in T2

10 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 M.J. Rudolph et al., Phys. Rev. C85, 024605 (2012). Reference slit-scatter line residues total Associated with CP emission Measured cross-section exceeds that predicted by fusion-evaporation model Fusion- evaporation model (evapOR) 1.Fusion stage: Bass model 2.Evaporation stage  Is  fusion >  Bass ?  Does evapOR handle competition between CP and neutron only decay correctly?

11 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Bench-mark reaction: 16 O + 12 C 16 O + 12 C ➞ 28 Si* ➞ 27 Si + n 27 Al + p 26 Al + p + n 26 Mg + 2p 24 Mg + α 23 Na + α + p 20 Ne + 2α Measurement made in same expt. (E575S) Measurement subsequently at WMU Measured cross-section in both expts. is in good agreement with evapOR predictions

12 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Origin of ghost line beam “Ghost” line is due to electrons from carbon foil directly entering the MCP

13 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 The path forward : Decreased segmentation of the Si detector ~5% slit scattering ~1.5% α source ( 226 Ra) gridless MCP Surface barrier Si det. TOF Si SBD fast rise time 3-4 ns MCP rise time < 2 ns Leading edge disc. of Si signal CFD disc. of MCP signal

14 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 The path forward : Development of a gridless MCP Crossed E and B field design: Si detector MCP 226 Ra source α source MCP1 MCP2 Si TOF Time resolution for a single MCP ~ 350 ps More than sufficient for measurement J.D. Bowman et al., NIM 148, 503 (1978).

15 Romualdo deSouza, Nucleus Nucleus 2012 Conclusions  Extraction of fusion cross-section for 20 O+ 12 C followed by charged particle emission  Measured cross-section for these channels is larger than that predicted by evapOR. Two possibilities: Increased overall cross-section as compared to Bass Competition between charged particle emission and neutron only decay in de-excitation phase differs from evapOR prediction (which agrees for 16 O + 12 C)  Implementation of a gridless MCP reduces slit scattering  Low segmentation silicon is needed to avoid incomplete charge collection Verify technique by re-measuring  fusion for 16 O + 12 C Measure fusion excitation functions for neutron-rich light nuclei

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17 Backup Slides

18 Residue and LCP energy spectra

19 Efficiency for 16 O + 12 C

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