High-resolution photofission studies with the gamma beam system at ELI-NP

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Choudhury D., Balabanski D. L., Krasznahorkay A., Csige L., Gulyas J., Csatlos M., ...More

6th Carpathian Summer School of Physics on Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics - Physics with Small Accelerators, Sinaia, Romania, 26 June - 09 July 2016, vol.1852 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 1852
  • Doi Number: 10.1063/1.4984873
  • City: Sinaia
  • Country: Romania
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The emerging experimental program for photofission research at ELI-NP is briefly summarized. GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations, providing estimates of the collimated beam profile of the ELI-NP gamma beam: beam energy bandwidth and beam spot dimensions, the required target dimensions, and fission fragment emission rates, their mass and energy distributions, have been reported, which ensure the feasibility of high-resolution studies of the multiple-humped fission barrier. A spectrometer consisting of four ionization chambers coupled to Si strip detectors, called ELI-BIC, is being developed for these measurements, and is briefly discussed.