1. Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental Nuclear Physics José Benlliure Universidad of Santiago de Compostela Sevilla, October 5, 2012

2. Layout José Benlliure Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Recent physics highlights Research infrastructures present and future Instrumentation Conclusions 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

3. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure UV/IFIC IEM 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Who and where 2/55/10 1995 USC 3/6

4. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure USC UVI UGR USA UHUCNA IFIC UPC IEM UCM CIEMAT 11 groups: 8 universities and 3 research public bodies (CSIC, CIEMAT, CNA) ~120 researchers ~130 publications/year ~ 6-8 PhD/year 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Who and where 6/22 1/3 10/26 2/4 5/18 1/3 2/4 2/8 ? 2010

5. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Organization astroparticles high energy physics theory + ….

6. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Funding* Institutional funding (2007-2011): ~ 17200 k/year Project funding (2007-2011): ~ 3700 k/year Project funding * all Nuclear Physics

7. Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Research activities* José Benlliure Phases of strongly interacting matter Hadron physics Nuclear structure and dynamics Nuclear astrophysics Fundamental interactions 10% mostly theory 25% mostly theory 50% experiments and theory 10% experiments and theory 5% experiments and theory 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 * all Nuclear Physics

8. Experimental Nuclear Physics in Spain Roadmap José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 19901995200020052010201520202025 Isolde nTOF 2 FAIR HI-Isolde GANIL GSI nTOF 1 Spiral 2 The participation in some of the NUSTAR experiments at FAIR (R3B, HISPEC, DESPEC, MATS and ELISe) is a priority for the Spanish Nuclear Physics community This community will make use of many of the present existing facilities (Isolde, nTOF, GANIL,..) and plans to use their future upgrades ( HI-Isolde, nTOF2, Spiral2 ) The use of small scale national facilities will be fostered ( CNA, CMAM, LSC )

9. Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

10. Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics

11. Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights

12. Understanding the nuclear many-body system investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights Nuclear structure and dynamics

13. Nuclear Astrophysics José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent physics highlights

14. José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Nuclear Astrophysics Recent physics highlights

15. José Benlliure r process supernova process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Nuclear Astrophysics Recent physics highlights

16. José Benlliure AGATA ALADIN/LAND FRS/PreSPEC -half-lives and delay neutron emission in heavy neutron-rich nuclei relevant for the stellar nucleo-synthesis r-process USC, IFIC (RISING/PresPEC GSI) Single-particle structure of light nuclei at the drip-lines USC (ALADIN/LAND GSI) Halo effects in 11 Li scattering UHU, IEM (TRIUMF) First AGATA campaigns IFIC, IEM (Legnaro, GSI) Decay studies IFIC, CIEMAT (Jyvaskyka, Isolde) Spectroscopy of 7 H USC (GANIL) …….. 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Recent or ongoing experiments

17. Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CNA CMAM JYFL Scientific production (2007-2011) GSI 38% nTOF 12% ISOLDE 11% GANIL 7% Legnaro 12% others 20% RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Large scale international facilities

18. Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities The most precise measurement of the 8 Li half live Breakout to heavier BBN nuclei X. Flechard with D. Rodríguez et al., PRC (2010) U. Granada, CNA

19. Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities Excited states in 12 C via 11 B( 3 He,d) 12 C* and 10 B( 3 He,p) 12 C* p-p chain reaction 4 He( 3 He, ) 7 Be Unbound states in 16 O for 12 C( 4 He, ) 16 O using 19 F(p, 4 He) 16 O

20. Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 National facilities Proposal for a dedicated hall at LSC for nuclear astrophysics experiments with a commercial 3 MV accelerator - expression of interest submitted 2009 - letter of intend submitted 2012 LSC Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc UCM, UPC, IFIC, USC

21. Research infrastructures present and future José Benlliure GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CNA CMAM JYFL RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Large scale international facilities

22. NUSTAR José Benlliure R3B IEM, USC, UVI DESPEC CIEMAT, IFIC, UCM, UPC HISPEC IEM, IFIC, UHU, USA, USE MATS UGR ELISe UCM Spanish participation in FAIR (NUSTAR collaboration) 6 experiments: R3B, DESPEC, HISPEC, MATS, ELISe, EXL 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Research infrastructures present and future

23. Pre-FAIR expertise 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation José Benlliure - Gamma spectroscopy (IFIC,IEM) - Total absorption spectrometry (IFIC) - Segmented silicon detectors (IEM) Segmented BaF 2 detector (12 crystals) NaI crystal 38x38 cm (12 crystals) Use and simulation of single and multiple germanium detectors Ultra-thin window SSD detectors

24. José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter Instrumentation for FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012

25. José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

26. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) - decay processes of exotic nuclei - -delay spectroscopy using gammas, protons or neutrons - nuclear electromagnetic moments - CIEMAT - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña DESPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

27. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

28. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

29. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

30. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

31. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

32. José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla HISPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

33. José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla HISPEC 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

34. José Benlliure Measurement of short-lived nuclei using Advanced Trap Systems (MATS) Ground state properties of nuclei far from stability - Universidad de Granada MATS 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for FAIR

35. José Benlliure Spanish participation in AGATA IFIC, IEM, USAL 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation for AGATA New scaning table technologies for detector characterization Contribution to the sampling Front-End electronics development Spanish contribution: 1 triple cluster (phase 1) Leadership in several experiments for the next AGATA/PRESPEC campaign at GSI

36. ERC-2011-StG A quantum sensor for mass measurements of superheavy elements 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Instrumentation José Benlliure A single-ion non destructive technique providing a resolution m/m ~ 10 -11 - laser cooling of a reference Ca + ion - energy coupling between the investigated ion and the cooled Ca+ ion - measurement of the transferred energy with the laser The laboratory is being installed at the University of Granada Ca + D. Rodriguez, U. Granada

37. Conclusions José Benlliure Critical mass: spectacular growth during the last decade Coordination: roadmap Scientific impact International visibility 75 th NuPECC meeting, Sevilla, October 2012 Excesive specialization (nuclear structure and reactions) Absence of activities on acceleration technologies New large scale facilities under construction worldwide Technological applications Unfavorable economical situation