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Slid 1Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 1
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Rare Isotopes: Rare
isotope production and FRIB10 August, 2010
Bradley M. SherrillFRIB Chief Scientist
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Broad Overview of Talk
Production of rare isotopes– Reaction mechanisms– Facilities (FRIB)
Tests of fundamental symmetries–Effects of symmetry violations are
amplified in certain nuclei
Societal applications and benefits–Bio-medicine, energy, material
sciences, national security
Goal: Try to talk about something not previously covered in detail at PASI
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How do we make rare isotopes?
Lithium-73 protons, 4 neutrons
Suppose we want to study Lithium-11 3 protons, 8 neutrons
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 4
An alternative
Start with a nucleus with enough neutrons and to make 11Li (e.g. 18O) and remove protons
18O11Li
18O17N16C15B
14Be13Li12Li11Li
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Creation of new isotopes
11-Lithium18-Oxygen Collision
To use this mechanism (projectile fragmentation), an 18O nucleus is accelerated to a velocity of greater than around 50 MeV/u.
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 6
Cross Section for ProductionBeam Target
rtrb
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σ =π rt + rb( )2
≈ 600 mb
18O17N16C15B
14Be13Li12Li11Li
One nucleon removalAround 50 mb(light nuclei)
P ≈ 5%
2n removal5 mbP = .5%
And so onRule of thumb.1 x for each neutron removed
Actual: 16O +12C interaction cross section: 1000 mb (measured at 970 MeV/u)
Note: Above around 300 MeV/u the interaction length is shorter than the electronic stopping range of the 16O
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 7
• There are a variety of nuclear reaction mechanisms used to add or remove nucleons (items for the jargon page)
• Spallation• Fragmentation• Coulomb fission (photo fission)• Nuclear induced fission• Light ion transfer• Fusion-evaporation (cold, hot, incomplete, …)• Fusion-Fission• Deep Inelastic Transfer• Massive transfer
Rare Isotope Production Mechanisms
There is no best method. Many still have interesting physics question relevant to their application to produce rare isotopes.
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 8
• (p,n) (p,nn) etc. o Ep < 50 MeVo Used for the production of medical isotopes. o Selective, large production cross sections (100 mb), and
intense (500 mA) primary beams.o Used at HRIBF(ISOL), LLN (ISOL), ANL (in-flight) and Notre
Dame (in-flight), Texas A&M (in-flight with MARS, e.g. 23Al)• Fusion-Evaporation
o Low energy 5-15 MeV/A and “thin” targets (mg/cm2)o Selective with fairly large production cross sections.o Used at for example ANL(in-flight), JYFL (Jyväskylä)
• Fusion-Fission – 238U+12C (basis of Laser acceleration idea D. Habs et al.)
Production Methods – Low Energy
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 9
• Beam and target fuse (post fusion nucleons may be evaporated)• Variant – Incomplete fusion where particles are lost prior to the
complete fusion of the participants• High, specific production cross sections• Example: 3He (58Ni, 60Zn) n, ENi = 250 MeV
o Production cross section from PACE4 (A.Gavron, Phys.Rev. C21 (1980) 230-236): 60 mb
o 1 g/cm2 targeto Yield of 60Zn is 7x107/pμA (LBL 88-inch has 10 pμA of 58Ni)
Example of production by fusion-evaporation
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 10
• Multi-Nucleon Transfer reactions (two body final state)o Significant cross section between 10 - 50 MeV/Ao High production of nuclei near stability.o Multi-nucleon reactions can be used to produce rare or more
neutron rich nuclei, e.g. GSI mass separator had a program to study neutron rich f-p shell nuclei using neutron transfer.
• Deeply inelastic reactions (10 - 50?/A MeV/u range)o Deep inelastic - KE of the beam is deposited in the target.
Products are emitted away from the beam axis.o Was used to first produce many of the light neutron rich nucleio Is used to study neutron rich nuclei since the products are
“cooler” and fewer neutrons are evaporated than in fusion reactions.
o Large cross sections for production of some exotic isotopes
Low Energy - Continued
3rd FRIB JOG Meeting B.M Sherrill, 8/6/2010, Slide 11
R Broda J Phys G 32, R151-R192 (2006) – work at ANL, recent with GAMMASPHERE
Deep Inelastic Transfer Example
I = 106/sσ = 1 mb20 mg/cm2
Yield = 700/hr
Models by Tasson-Got based on Monte Carlo (L. Tassan-Got and C. Stefan, Nucl. Phys. A524, 121 (1991)) and statistical decay of the product GEMINI (R. Charity et al., Nucl. Phys. A483, 371 (1988))
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 12
• Fragmentation (FRIB, NSCL, GSI, RIKEN, GANIL)o Projectile fragmentation of high energy (>50 MeV/A) heavy ionso Target fragmentation of a target with high energy protons or light HIs. In
the heavy ion reaction mechanism community this would include intermediate mass fragments.
• Spallation (ISOLDE, TRIUMF-ISAC, EURISOL, SPES, …)o Name comes from spalling or cracking-off of target pieces.o One of the major ISOLDE mechanisms, e.g. 11Li made from spallation of
Uranium.• Fission (HRIBF, ARIEL, ISAC, JYFL, …)
o There is a variety of ways to induce fission (photons, protons, neutrons (thermal, low, high energy)
o The fissioning nuclei can be the target (HRIBF, ISAC) or the beam (GSI, NSCL, RIKEN, FAIR, FRIB).
• Coulomb Breakup (GSI)o At beam velocities of 1 GeV/n the equivalent photon flux as an ion passes
a target is so high the GDR excitation cross section is many barns.
Production Mechanisms – High Energy
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 13
Spallation
From Wikimedia Commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spallation.gif
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 14
Universality of Production Cross Sections
Na isotopes
H Ravn, CERN
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 15
• Pictorial model (above 50 MeV/u)
• Parameterization of cross sections (EPAX 2 Sümmerer and Blank, Phys.Rev. C61(2000)034607)– Close related to Silverberg-Tso parameterization– Parameters fit to experimental data (exponential form function of removed nucleons)– Energy independent cross sections– Production cross section does not depend on the target
• More detailed models (e.g. ABRABLA (K-H Schmidt et al. - See http://www-win.gsi.de/charms/)
• Internuclear Cascade
Fragmentation (Projectile)
projectiletarget
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 16
The production yield of residues saturates with a total beam energy of a few GeV. Limiting Fragmentaton
H. Ravn - “The saturation cross-section for more exotic species may well first be reached beyond 5 GeV.”
Kaufman and Steinberg, PRC 22 (80) 167.
Limiting Fragmentation
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 17
• Cross section logarithmic with Qg (Tarasov PRC75)
• Qg = ME(beam) – ME(fragment)• This provides a means to determine
(roughly) the binding energy (M.B. Tsang et al., Phy Rev C DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.76.041302)
• NOTE: The magnitude of the production cross sections do depend on the target
Production cross section depends on mass
48Ca + W140 MeV/u
48Ca + Be140 MeV/u
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Production Cross Sections Measured 76Ge Fragmentation at 130 MeV/u
Tarasov et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 142501 (2009)
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 19
• Pictorial Model
• ABRABLA - See http://www-win.gsi.de/charms/ for excellent details (Schmidt et al.) – J. Benlluire et al. Phy. Rev. C 78 054605 (2008)
• LISE++ Fission Models (Tarasov et al.) LISE++• The initial fragmentation step produces a wide range of excitation energies• Can use photons, protons, nuclei, etc. to induce the fission • Observation: For 500 MeV/u 238U the fragmentation and fission cross sections
are approximately equal
Fission
projectiletarget
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 20
Fission Cross Sections
Low energy fission can lead to higher yields for certain nuclides.This is the basis of the electron driver upgrade of the TRIUMF (ARIEL).
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 21
Summary of High Energy Production Mechanisms
• CHARMS http/www.gsi.de/charms
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Available today
New territory to be explored with next-generation rare isotope facilities
The availability of rare isotopes over time
Nuclear Chart in 1966
Less than 1000known isotopes
blue – around 3000 known isotopes
The good old days
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Rare Isotope Production Techniques• Target spallation and fragmentation by light ions (ISOL – Isotope separation
on line)
• Photon or particle induced fission
• In-flight Separation following nucleon transfer, fusion, projectile fragmentation/fission
beam
target
beam
target
Target/Ion SourcePost AccelerationAccelerator
NeutronsPost Acceleration
Fragment Separator
Beam
Gas catcher/ solid catcher + ion source
Beams used without stopping
Post Acceleration
Accelerator
Reactor
ProtonsAccelerator
Uranium Fission
Electrons
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 24
• ISOL
• In-flight (projectile fragmentation is one production mechanism)
Jargon
Target/Ion SourcePost AccelerationAccelerator
Separator
BeamAccelerator
Fragment
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 25
Types of ISOL Ion Sources
P. Butler
Beam into page
Target
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 26
I = σ Ib Tuseable ediff edes eeff eis_eff eaccel_effH. Ravn
· σ - production cross section· Ib - beam intensity· Tuseable - usable target
thickness· ediff – diffusion efficiency· edes – desorption efficiency· eeff – effusion efficiency· eis_eff - ionization efficiency· eaccel_eff - acceleration efficiency
Production is only one part of the equation
target
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In-Flight Production Example: NSCL’s CCF
fragment yield after target fragment yield after wedge fragment yield at focal plane
Example: 86Kr → 78Ni K500
K1200A1900
productiontarget
ion sources
couplingline
strippingfoil
wedge
focal plane
p/p = 5%
transmissionof 65% of theproduced 78Ni
86Kr14+,12 MeV/u
86Kr34+,140 MeV/u
D.J. Morrissey, B.M. Sherrill, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A. Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 356 (1998) 1985.
3rd FRIB JOG Meeting B.M Sherrill, 8/6/2010, Slide 28
Exotic Beams Produced at NSCL
More than 1000 RIBs have been made – morethan 830 RIBs have been used in experiments
12 Hours for a primary beam change; 3 to 12 hours for a secondary beam
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• Good Beam quality (π mm-mr vs. 30 π mm-mr transverse)
• Small beam energy spread for fusion studies• Can use chemistry (or atomic physics) to limit the
elements released• 2-step targets provide a path to MW targets• High beam intensity leads to 100x gain in secondary ions
Advantages/Disadvantages of ISOL/In-Flight
• Provides beams with energy near that of the primary beam– For experiments that use high energy reaction mechanisms– Luminosity (intensity x target thickness) gain of 10,000– Individual ions can be identified
• Efficient, Fast (100 ns), chemically independent separation• Production target is relatively simple
In-flight:GSIRIKENNSCLFRIBGANILANLRIBBAS …
ISOL:HRIBFISACSPIRALISOLDESPESEURIOSOL
400kW protons at 1 GeV is 2.4x1015 protons/s
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Sensitivity of Production of Rare Isotopes in Flight
1. The production cross sections for the most exotic nuclei are extremely small; but, facilities can have tremendous sensitivity. The projectile intensity at FRIB (48Ca 400 kW, ≅ 2x1014 ion/s) is such that production cross sections as low as 3x10-20 b (30 zeptobarns, 3x10-48 m2 ) are useful.
2. Neutrino elastic scattering cross sections are
3. Comparison super heavy elements are produced with .5 pb, 5x10-12 b (e.g. element 113 at RIKEN in cold fusion)
σ ee
ee 9.510 49 m2 E
1MeV
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World view of rare isotope facilities
Black – production in targetMagenta – in-flight production
Ariel
Brad Sherrill WG.9 July 2010, Slide 32Gordon Ball, TRIUMF
Brad Sherrill WG.9 July 2010, Slide 33
Present status of the Ariel Project
• 50 MeV, 500 kW superconducting e-linac funded
• matching funding from BC province for buildings (funded June 2010)
• second proton beamline deferred until next 5YP
Gordon Ball, TRIUMF
34 Managed by UT-Battellefor the U.S. Department of Energy
Recoil Mass Spectrometer (RMS)
Injector for Radioactive Ion Species 1 (IRIS1)
25MV Tandem Electrostatic Accelerator
Daresbury Recoil Separator (DRS)
Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron (ORIC)
On-Line Test Facility (OLTF)
High Power Target Laboratory (HPTL)
Injector for Stable Ion Species (ISIS)
Enge Spectrograph
HRIBF
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CARIBUATLAS Energy
Upgrade
Fission products of 252Cf spontaneous fission stopped in gas and accelerated CARIBU gives access to exotic beams not available elsewhere. Physics with beams from CARIBU (1 & 2 nucleon transfer reactions) needs the new energy regime
opened by the Energy Upgrade (12 MeV/u) . Solenoid Spectrometer greatly expands the effectiveness of both the fission fragment beams and the
existing in-flight RIB program at these higher energies.
Argonne National Laboratory: CARIBU & Energy Upgrade & HELIOS: Unique Synergy
CARIBU upgrade
R. Janssens ANL
HELIOS
Yields from the ANL Upgrade
Guy Savard, ANL
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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, FRIB Broad Overview
Thomas Glasmacher Project ManagerKonrad Gelbke Director
• Driver linac capable of E/A 200 MeV for all ions, Pbeam 400 kW
• Early date for completion is 2018; TPC 613M$
• Upgrade options (tunnel can house E/A = 400 MeV uranium driver linac, ISOL, multi-user capability …)
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 38
Overview of the FRIB Facility
• Lowest cost configuration that meets technical requirements
• Upgradable• Reviewed by
various advisory committees
• Endorsed by CD1 Lehman review July 2010
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FRIB Cutaway View Experimental areas and scientific instrumentation for fast, stopped and
reaccelerated beams Beam power ramps from 10 kW in year 1 to 400 kW in year 4
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Details of the FRIB Layout
Β=0.04 β = 0.08 β = 0.2 β = 0.5
Superconducting RF cavities4 types≈ 344 totalEpeak ≈ 30 MV/m
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Fragment Separator Details
• Marc Hausman; Project leader
Unused isotopes could be collected at the beam dump and mass selection slits • Self-contained target building
• Full remote-handling to maximize facility efficiency (target change/week)
• Target applicable to light and heavy beams (about 1/3 of power lost in target)
• Beam dump for unreacted primary beam for up to 400 kW beam power
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The Five-Minute Rap VersionRare Isotope Rap by Kate McAlpine (also did the LHC Rap)
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 43
LISE++ Simulation Code
The code operates under Windows and provides a highly user-friendly interface. It can be downloaded freely from the following internet address:
O. Tarasov, D. Bazin et al.http://www.nscl.msu.edu/lise
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 44
b/m
rad
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-60
0204060
a/mrad-50 0 50
dp/p in %-10 0 10
8001200
4000
1600
b/m
rad
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dp/p in %
400300200100
0
500
• LISE++ Simulation for 124Xe and 208Pb fragmentation
Fragmentation at 400MeV/u
• Angles ≤ ± 20 mrad• Momentum ± 3 - 8
%
Relatively ‘easy’ to collect due to small phase space
Momentum distrib.
100Sn
200W
M. Hausmann, T. Nettleton
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 45
b/m
rad
-40-20
-60
0204060
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dp/p in %
600500400300200100
0
b/m
rad
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dp/p in %0
100200300400
• LISE++ Fission model for 238U
In-Flight Fission at 400 MeV/u
• Angles ± 40 - 60 mrad• Rigidity ± 6 - 10 %• Plus correlations due
to fission kinematics
132Sn76Ni
M. Hausmann, T. Nettleton
pb
pf
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 46
Production Target and Beam Dump Area
Grouted floor over shield blocks
Target floor shielding Beam dump floor shielding
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Key FRIB component: Beam Stopping
• Cyclotron gas stopper• Linear gas stopper• Solid stopper (LLN (Belgium), KVI
(Netherlands))
G. Savard, ANL, D. Morrissey NSCLLLN, GSI, et al.
Beams for precision experiments at very low-energies or at rest and for reacceleration
Fast ionsHe gas
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 48
Preliminary Performance Baseline Schedule for 2018 Early Completion – CD-4 in 2020
CALENDAR YEAR
TPC covers schedule range
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What New Nuclides Will FRIB Produce? • FRIB will produce more
than 1000 NEW isotopes at useful rates (4500 available for study)
• Theory is key to making the right measurements
• Exciting prospects for study of nuclei along the drip line to mass 120 (compared to 24)
• Production of most of the key nuclei for astrophysical modeling
• Harvesting of unusual isotopes for a wide range of applications
Rates are available at http://groups.nscl.msu.edu/frib/rates/
3rd FRIB JOG Meeting B.M Sherrill, 8/6/2010, Slide 50
FRIB Organizational Structure and User Input into the Project
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FRIB Users
• Potential users register as members of the independent FRIB Users Organization, FRIBUO– Chartered organization with an
elected executive committee (Chair is Michael Smith, ORNL)
– 15 January 2010 began re-registration and by 27 July had 801 members (55 counties) ; we anticipate 1500 closer to CD4
– The FRIBUO has 19 working groups on experimental equipment
• Discussion of how to merge with NSCL Users Organization
• Theory is represented by the FRIB Theory Organization– 100 members– Wick Haxon LBL, Chair
http://fribusers.org/
Feb 2010 FRIB equipment workshop
3rd FRIB JOG Meeting B.M Sherrill, 8/6/2010, Slide 52
Notional Equipment Layout for Fast, Stopped, and ReA3-ReA12
• FRIB experimental areas will use existing NSCL augmented by a new ReA12 experimental area (funded by MSU, to be completed Sept 1, 2011)
• ReA12 Upgrade is essential for much of the science of FRIB
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ReA12 - Reaccelerator 12 MeV/u
• ReA3 in operation by 2011– 0.3-3.2 MeV/u for uranium
• Upgrade to ReA12 by adding cryomodules already designed and previously constructed– 1.2-12 MeV/u for uranium
• Priority to fund outside the FRIB project
ReA3 is under construction
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Equipment Needs for FRIB• ReA12 (reaccelerated beams to > 12 MeV/u) – consistent message
from the scientific community on the importance of this (Users Brochure 2006, ANL and East Lansing FRIBUO Workshops)
• GRETA (2007 NSAC LRP, top priority of nuclear structure community)• SECAR astrophysics recoil separator (top priority of astrophysics
community, Feb 2010 FRIBUO Workshop)• Recoil mass separator is needed for > 5 MeV/u reaccelerated beams• Infrastructure needs: targets, computing, lab and office space (2010
FRIBUO Workshop
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Tests of Nature’s Fundamental Symmetries
• Angular correlations in β-decay and search for scalar currentso Mass scale for new particle comparable
with LHCo 6He and 18Ne at 1012/s
• Electric Dipole Momentso 225Ac, 223Rn, 229Pa (30,000 more sensitive
than 199Hg; I > 1010/s)
• Parity Non-Conservation in atomso weak charge in the nucleus (francium
isotopes; 109/s)
• Unitarity of CKM matrixo Vud by super allowed Fermi decay o Probe the validity of nuclear corrections
e γ
Z
212Fr
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Rare Isotopes For Society
• Isotopes for medical research– Examples: 47Sc, 62Zn, 64Cu, 67Cu, 68Ge, 149Tb, 153Gd, 168Ho, 177Lu, 188Re, 211At, 212Bi, 213Bi,
223Ra (DOE Isotope Workshop)– -emitters 149Tb, 211At: potential treatment of metastatic cancer– Cancer therapy of hypoxic tumors based on 67Cu treatment/64Cu dosimetery
• Reaction rates important for stockpile stewardship and nuclear power – related to astrophysics network calculations– Determination of extremely high neutron fluxes by activation analysis– Rare isotope samples for (n,g), (n,n’), (n,2n), (n,f) e.g. 88,89Zr
» Same technique important for astrophysics – More difficult cases studied via surrogate reactions (d,p), (3He, xn) …
• Tracers for Geology (32Si), Condensed Matter (8Li), industrial tracers (7Be, 210Pb, 137Cs, etc.), …
• Novel radioactive sources for homeland security applications (for example β-delayed neutron emitters to calibrate detectors, etc.)
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Targeted Cancer Therapy
• Modern targeted therapies in medicine take advantage of knowledge of the biology of cancer and the specific biomolecules that are important in causing or maintaining the abnormal proliferation of cells
• These radionuclides have been relatively difficult to get in sufficient quantities1. The short-lived alpha emitters are particularly in demand, especially 225Ac, 213Bi, and 211At.
• Pairs, e.g., 67Cu (treatment) and 64Cu (dosimetry) are particularly interesting
• DOE Isotopes program and future research facilities, e.g., FRIB and HRIBF upgrade can parasitically supply demand for many isotopes
1Isotopes for the Nation’s Future: A Long Range Plan , NSACIS 2009
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8Li β-NMR Resonance Studies• Discovery potential of β-NMR very high in exploring
depth dependent properties, interfaces, and proximity effects from 5 to 200 nm.
• Sensitivity 1013 higher than NMR• Limited by availability of 8Li facilities• Example: Study of Mn12 single molecule magnets on Si
Surface
NMRNeutronsµSR
ARPESSTM
LEµSRβNMR
Z. Salman et al. Nano Lett. 7 (2007) 1551
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Stockpile Stewardship Issues
• Final yields of isotopes can be used as a diagnostic of the environment
• Forensics• Stewardship and
modeling• Similar issues
occur in the astrophysical s-process
Report Opportunities with a Rare-Isotope Facility in the United States (2007) - Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA)
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Workforce in nuclear science
“This report draws attention to critical shortages in the U.S. nuclear workforce and to problems in maintaining relevant educational modalities and facilities for training new people. This workforce comprises nuclear engineers, nuclear chemists, radiochemists, health physicists, nuclear physicists, nuclear technicians, and those from related disciplines. As a group they play critical roles in the nation’s nuclear power industry, in its nuclear weapons complex, in its defense against nuclear and other forms of terrorism, and in several aspects of healthcare, industrial processing, and occupational health and safety.”
http://www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/Nuclear-Readiness-Report-FINAL-2.pdf
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Summary
• We have entered the age of designer atoms – new tool for science
• FRIB (and other facilities) will allow production of a wide range of new designer isotopes– Necessary for the next steps in accurate
modeling of atomic nuclei– Necessary for progress in astronomy
(chemical history, mechanisms of stellar explosions)
– Opportunities for the tests of fundamental symmetries
– Important component of a future U.S. isotopes program
• There are significant challenges remaining in modeling and understanding the best production mechanism
Brad Sherrill PASI August 2010, Slide 62
• We study isotopes with beams.
• Exotic• Radioactive• Unstable• Unusual• Rare
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