TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS MEASUREMENTS RELEVANT TO NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS*

摘要

Atomic masses play an important role in nuclear physics and astrophysics. Time-of-Flight (TOF) - magnetic rigidity (Bp) mass measurement technique has been implemented at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). Two experiments, the first one focusing on neutron-rich isotopes in the region of Z~21-30, the second one focusing on lighter neutron-rich nuclei in region of Z~16-27, have been successfully performed.