EURO-LABS 3rd Annual Meeting

Session

Cocktail - Poster session

28 Oct 2024, 16:55

CERN

131. A New Beamline for Extremely Clean Beams at ISOLDE

Poster

With the advent of nuclear structure studies using antiproton annihilations on the surface of unstable nuclei at the PUMA experiment [1], isobaric beam purity and vacuum requirements with < 10^-10 mbar motivate the installation of a new beamline at ISOLDE. A Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer (MR-ToF MS) is currently in commissioning at the MIRACLS experiment [2], promising up...

141. CLEAR: Cluster of Low Energy Accelerators for Research

Poster

The Cluster of Low Energy Accelerators for Research (CLEAR) is a consortium comprising three research facilities [1]: ATOMKI in Debrecen [2], CNA in Seville [3], and IST in Lisbon [4]. CLEAR is part of the EURO-LABS EU Project [5], each facility offering 640 hours of Transnational Access to stable-ion and neutron beams annually.
The consortium operates under a unified Program Advisory...

163. Cost-effective method to monitor kinetic instabilities in ECRIS

Poster

Kinetic instabilities in ECR plasmas can significantly affect the output of the ion source, leading to temporary drops in beam quality and current. This can have adverse effects on experiments making use of these beams. As part of the EUROLABS – ERIBS effort to optimise the performance of ECRIS and avoid interruptions in performance, the LNS-LNL task force is focused on developing experimental...

166. Cyclotron Center Bronowice in Kraków - the facility and main achievements

Poster

The Cyclotron Center Bronowice is the proton beam medical facility at the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences devoted mainly to conduct hadron cancer therapy. Additionally it offers the possibility of using proton beams for nuclear physics research. The cyclotron delivers protons with the energy of 230 MeV which can be degraded to any energy down to 70 MeV using energy...

153. Diamond Detector Measurements at the NEAR Station of the n_TOF facility at CERN

Poster

The new experimental area of the n_TOF facility at CERN, namely NEAR, has been built at a very short distance from the Pb spallation target (approximately 2.5 m) in order to take advantage of the extremely high neutron fluence expected and perform various challenging measurements for numerous applications. In this experimental area, due to the high instantaneous flux, only passive techniques,...

136. First laser-spectroscopy measurements across N = 32 in the calcium isotopic chain

Poster

Over a decade ago, the first experimental evidence for the N=32 sub shell closure in the calcium isotopic chain emerged [1,2]. Subsequent experimental and theoretical investigations have confirmed this finding. However, in laser spectroscopy measurements extending up to $^{52}$Ca (N=32), no indications of this shell gap were apparent [3]. Crossing the shell gap with laser spectroscopy setups...

138. Formation mechanism of PbV centers from implanted Pb in diamond

Poster

Colour centers in diamond have currently found applications in quantum devices, in particular the nitrogen-vacancy center NV, which is being used as a nanoscale sensor for magnetic fields or temperature. Group-IV vacancy centers are, thanks to their symmetry properties (due to the so-called split-vacancy configuration), of great interest as spin-photon interfaces for a number of quantum...

137. GANIL's Target Laboratory: Supporting Nuclear Physics with Advanced Target Development

Poster

The GANIL facility is an infrastructure dedicated to fundamental research using ion beams in fields such as nuclear physics, materials science, astrophysics, radiobiology, etc. GANIL's target laboratory is part of the European EuroLabs project, which, among other objectives, brings together the community of 'nuclear target manufacturers' at the European level to produce a wide range of...

170. HRMT-60 - RaDIATE Material Studies

Poster

HRMT-60 experiment was performed at the CERN-HiRadMat facility in October 2022 to understand thermal shock response of conventional materials and novel materials to support the design and operation of future multi-MW accelerator beam windows and secondary particle-production targets. This experiment, organized within the framework of the RaDIATE collaboration, builds on the previous HRMT-43...

171. INCT – RAPID – Centre for Radiation Research and Technology

Poster

The RAPID infrastructure of the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT) is a versatile research platform allowing pilot-scale electron beam irradiation for research and demonstrations with a broad range of beam parameters. It includes: 1) linear electron beam accelerator (LAE 10, INCT) with nanosecond pulse radiolysis set-up, 2) Linear electron beam accelerator (Elektronika,...

135. Laser Spectroscopy of neutron deficient Thallium Isotopes

Poster

Presenting the results from the COLLAPS run of neutron deficient Thallium Isotopes collected in 2023, including details of the experimental method. Preliminary results from analysis and values for isotope shifts, magnetic dipole moments and electric quadrupole moments will be presented. In addition to this some wider comparison with the lead region for broader trends will be shown.

139. Local effects in vanadia-based compounds

Poster

The current study focuses on the temperature-dependent structural modulation of the local environment of M2+ ions in vanadium bronzes MxV2O5 and vanadates xMnO-V2O5. The growing interest in V2O5-based materials is in view of their potential for cathodes in M ion batteries, as highlighted in recent research [1]. Although the (de)intercalation mechanism of M ions is considered fundamental to...

148. LPA-UHI100 platform : an optimised laser-driven electron sources for device testing

Poster

An overview of the LPA-UHI100 platform will be detailed, including service improvement that allows increasing the repetition rate of the laser-driven electron source.
A detailed plan of the implementation and tests of new ML toolkit developped by GSI (GeOFF) will be presented as well. This should reduce the optimisation time for delivering optimised electron beam to users.

164. Magnetic Moment Measurement of 11Be with ppm Accuracy

Poster

β detected NMR is a method that allows investigations of short-lived isotopes with a precision inaccessible to conventional NMR. This increased sensitivity is gained by combining hyperpolarisation of the nuclear spin generated through optical pumping with an efficient detection of the asymmetrically emitted β-particles from the decaying isotopes. One of the isotopes scheduled to be...

150. Measurement of the $^{166,167,nat}$Er cross-sections at n_TOF EAR1

Poster

The research on Burnable Absorbers (BA) inside nuclear power plants has demonstrated that erbium is a viable alternative to gadolinium. Erbium enhances the safety of fission power plants and plays a significant role in nuclear astrophysics, particularly in s-process nucleosynthesis. However, the evaluated uncertainty data for erbium isotopes remain relatively high. To address this, an...

144. Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of $^{64}$Ni at n_TOF

Poster

Neutron capture cross sections of $^{64}$Ni is an important parameter to accurately simulate the s-process and validate stellar models. As $^{64}$Ni is among the seeds of the s-process, the uncertainty on its capture cross section has been shown to significantly affect the predicted abundances of many isotopes produced by the s-process both in massive and AGB stars. Moreover, the uncertain...

172. Medical Activities in CLEAR: Studies Towards Radiotherapy Using Very High Energy Electrons (VHEE) in the FLASH Regime

Poster

Given the present availability of high-gradient accelerator technology for compact and cost-effective electron linacs in the 100-200 MeV energy range, the interest for Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) radiotherapy (RT) for cancer treatment recently reached an all-time high. Particular significance is assumed by the Ultra-High Dose Rate (UHDR) regime where the so-called FLASH biological effect...

132. MIRACLS: Laser spectroscopy of radioactive isotopes in an MR-ToF device

Poster

A wealth of theoretical models, both phenomenological and from first principles, have been developed in order to predict the various properties of the atomic nucleus. In order to test modern nuclear theory, experimentalists need to push towards the most exotic nuclei for benchmarking these predictions.

In this regard, Collinear Laser Spectroscopy (CLS) has proven to be a powerful technique...

154. Neutron capture cross-section measurement of 146Nd(n,γ) @ n_TOF-EAR2

Poster

The slow neutron capture process is one of the main mechanisms of stellar nucleosynthesis for isotopes heavier than 56Fe, being of special importance in the region of the valley of stability.
The measurement of the neutron capture cross sections in time-of-flight facilities, such as n_TOF, provides nuclear data for isotopic ratios and stellar evolution models.
These models are evaluated in...

151. Neutron Inelastic Scattering measurements at n_TOF

Poster

The development of the next generation of nuclear technologies require precise knowledge of a broad range of nuclear data. Specifically, the cross sections of reactions induced by fast neutrons play a crucial role in the design of Gen IV nuclear reactors, with four out of the six considered prototypes being of the fast reactor type. Fusion reactors also necessitate accurate neutron inelastic...

158. openNP Research Data Management

Poster

This poster aims to present an overview of openNP-RDM, a digital repository platform dedicated to open science for nuclear physics.

174. Operational improvements and upgrades of the CLEAR user facility

The CERN Linear Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) at CERN is a user facility providing a 30-200 MeV electron beam for accelerator R&D and irradiation studies, including medical applications. In this poster we will outline the most recent improvements in CLEAR operation and beam control and delivery, and describe the upgrades under way, giving an update of their current status. These upgrades...

162. Overview of the 2024 Miniball experimental campaign at ISOLDE

Poster

The Miniball gamma-ray spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN is employed to investigate both collective and single-particle nuclear properties in radioactive isotopes. The spectrometer comprises eight assemblies of three high-purity germanium detectors, and is complemented with ancillary silicon detectors for particle detection. It exploits the re-accelerated radioactive ion beams provided by the...

161. Precision measurement of hyperfine structure constant using laser-rf double-resonance spectroscopy

Poster

This study aims to precisely measure the hyperfine structure (HFS) constant A, in neutron-rich potassium isotopes [1]. The in-beam laser-rf double-resonance spectroscopy [2] in a collinear geometry will be performed to obtain the relative precision of up to 10-4. This method, which has previously been applied only to stable isotopes, brings significantly enhanced precision through the use of...

165. Production routes of 129m,131m,133mXe for gamma-MRI project - novel medical imaging technique

Poster

The novel gamma-MRI imaging modality should allow the simultaneous exploitation the advantages of SPECT – sensitivity of gamma-ray detection, and MRI –spatial resolution and flexibility. The combination of these techniques relies use gamma-emitting nuclei (like in SPECT) with highly polarized spins, leading to anisotropic emission of gamma-ray, and allowing spin manipulation with rf pulses...

168. Remote irradiation controls at the UMCG PARTREC cyclotron

Poster

The recent Covid pandemic has shown the importance of providing accelerator users with tools to control their experiments remotely. Giving them direct access to the control system would however constitute a major security risk, on top of the system itself being often complex to use.

At the PARTREC accelerator, work is ongoing to provide secure access via an interface PC connected to...

160. Scientific-technical infrastructures of GSI and FAIR

Poster

The scientific-technical infrastructures of GSI and FAIR attract many national and international user groups to perform forefront research in accelerator-based science. For research groups with approved experiments, beams and experimental facilities are provided free of charge. This contribution will highlight the accelerator facilities, the experimental areas, and results from recent...

159. Single particle behaviour above magic Sn: laser spectroscopy of neutron deficient Sb isotopes at CRIS

Poster

Recent progressions of nuclear theories have allowed for the descriptions of heavier, complicated systems such as the doubly magic $^{100}$Sn. Experimental efforts have been invested in studying the surrounding region near the proton shell closure at Z=50. Sb (Z=51) lies a single proton above this Z=50 proton shell closure and the single valence proton allows for the investigation of...

155. Sizes and shapes of Tm isotopes explored via laser spectroscopy

Poster

High resolution laser spectroscopy has been used to study the atomic hyperfine structure of thulium isotopes (Z=69). This technique results in a model independent measurement of the nuclear magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments, as well as the change in mean-square charge radius, with respect to the stable 169Tm. Collinear laser spectroscopy measurements were performed using the...

157. SPARC_LAB test facility for Advanced Electron Beam Applications

Poster

The SPARC_LAB (Sources for Plasma Accelerators and Radiation Compton with Lasers and Beams) facility is a state-of-the-art research center at Frascati National Laboratories (Rome, Italy) designed to provide external users with access to a high-brightness electron beam for a wide range of scientific applications. SPARC_LAB consists of a photoinjector, SPARC, capable of generating...

169. Streamlined and remote access (EURO-LABS Task 2.5.C1)

Poster

The streamlined and remote access subtask aims at the improvement of accessibility to the European accelerator facilities. The main goals are:

• improved dissemination of facility characteristics;
• streamlined proposal submission;
• unified forms for the supported personal access to the TA experiments and comprehensive database of the TA support...

143. Targets for Nuclear Physics within the EURO-LABS project: activities @ INFN – LNS

Poster

The European nuclear target community has benefited by funds within the EURO-LABS work package WP2-5-2 on “targets for Nuclear Physics”. The last one is a joint project by the INFN – LNS, INFN – LNL and INFN – Turin in Italy, GSI/FAIR in Germany, GANIL, CNRS – IJCLAB, CNRS – IPHC Strasbourg in France, University of Warsaw/HIL in Poland, IFIN – HH in Romania, LIP/FCUL – Lisbon in Portugal and...

156. Test of a large drift-gap MicroMegas detector for TPC application

Poster

The MM-TPC collaboration has tested a MicroMegas detector for TPC purposes both in a single particle and high particle regime.
This has been possible thanks to the INFN Frascati Beam Test Facility (BTF) facility that provided electrons and positrons at $\mathrm{450\,MeV}$ energy with multiplicity ranging from $1$ to $10^4$.
The detector under test was a $\mathrm{40\times50\,cm^2}$ MicroMegas...

152. The 243Am(n,f) cross-section campaign at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Poster

Measurements of the 243Am(n,f) cross-section have been carried out at the n_TOF facility both in EAR1 and EAR2

134. The Beam Test Facility of the “Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati”

Poster

The Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the National Laboratories of Frascati provides external users with positron/electron primary and secondary beams in various configurations for detector calibration purposes.
The BTF beam is organized into bunches, with a repetition rate of up to 49 pulses per second from the DAΦNE LINAC facility. Each bunch offers impressive flexibility, accommodating a...

173. The CLEAR User Facility: a Review of the Experimental Methods and Future Plans

Poster

The CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR), operating since 2017, is a user facility providing electron beams for a large and varied range of experiments. The electron beam is produced from a Cs2Te photocathode and is accelerated between 30 MeV and 220 MeV in a 20 m long linear accelerator. In 2022, several hardware and software tools were upgraded and novel procedures and...

147. The FREIA Laboratory

Poster

Poster describing the FREIA lab, the service improvements and the Transnational access granted.

167. The Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw - a facility portrait

Poster

The Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw as a part of the National Laboratory of Cyclotrons is the Polish transnational access facility. The Warsaw U-200P cyclotron delivers beams of heavy ions for experiments conducted by international experimental teams with the ICARE, EAGLE, and NEDA setups. Selected results obtained in this European transnational access program will be presented.

140. The INFN Test Facility for Large Magnets

Poster

The Test Facility for Large Magnets is a cryogenic test facility located in Salerno, at the Fisciano campus, covering an area of 450 m2. It is dedicated to the large-scale superconducting magnets tests providing a cryogenic infrastructure equipped with the He refrigerator of 200W @ 4.5 K and 30m3 He gas tank. The facility has been adapted to carry out the Site Acceptance Tests of the...

145. The ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer as a probe of single-particle structure along the magnesium isotopic chain

Poster

The ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer (ISS) is a device designed to measure the reaction products from nuclear scattering reactions in inverse kinematics, where a heavy radioactive ion beam is fired at a lighter target. The strong solenoidal magnetic field focuses the lighter product of interest onto a bespoke on-axis silicon array, from which the excitation energy and angle of scattering can be...

133. Theo4Exp A Comprehensive Theory Service for the EURO-LABS Community

Poster

Theo4Exp is a virtual infrastructure which provides theoretical tools within the EURO-LABS project. It is aimed mainly at experimental nuclear physicists to enable them standard but advanced calculations helpful in data interpretation, favouring collaboration between theorists and experimentalists. It is designed as an open access platform, where key computer codes, as well as results...

146. β-decay spectroscopy with laser-polarised beams at VITO

Poster

β-decay spectroscopy is a powerful experimental tool for studying complex phenomena emerging in exotic neutron-rich nuclei, such as β-delayed one- and multi-neutron emission [1-3].
A novel approach to β-decay experiments, pioneered by a group from the University of Osaka [4,5], has recently been implemented at the VITO beamline [6] at ISOLDE. The new end station, called DeVITO [7], has been...