Studies of (p, γ) reactions with the Daresbury Recoil Separator at ORNL'S HRIBF

R. Fitzgerald, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
E. Abbotoy, Tennessee Technological University
D. W. Bardayan, ORNL Physics Division
J. C. Blackmon, ORNL Physics Division
A. E. Champagne, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. A. Chen, Yale University
U. Greife, Colorado School of Mines
D. W. Hill, Tennessee Technological University
A. N. James, University of Liverpool
R. L. Kozub, Tennessee Technological University
T. A. Lewis, ORNL Physics Division
R. Livesay, Colorado School of Mines
Z. Ma, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
S. L. Mahan, ORNL Physics Division
J. W. McConnell, ORNL Physics Division
W. T. Milner, ORNL Physics Division
B. H. Moazen, Tennessee Technological University
P. D. Parker, Yale University
D. E. Pierce, ORNL Physics Division
M. E. Roettger, Tennessee Technological University
L. Sahin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
D. Shapira, ORNL Physics Division
M. S. Smith, ORNL Physics Division
F. Strieder, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
K. B. Swartz, Yale University
J. S. Thomas, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
D. W. Visser, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Abstract

The fusion of protons with radioactive nuclei is important in stellar explosions such as novae and X-ray bursts and for the production of neutrinos in the sun. The Daresbury Recoil Separator and a windowless gas target system have been installed at ORNL's Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) for measurements of proton capture reactions in inverse kinematics with radioactive ion beams. The performance of the system has been characterized with a number of experiments using stable ion beams. We report on results from these commissioning measurements and plans for measurements of the 1H(17, 18Ne) and 1H(7Be,8B) reactions. © 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.