Modeling (p,xn) reactions producing proton-rich nuclides for radioactive ion beam studies

摘要

Over the last few years, an intense worldwide interest has grown in the use of radioactive ion beams (RIB) to study the properties of nuclei far from stability. The relatively recent technological developments that have enabled the production of high-quality radioactive beams promise to lead to a renaissance in nuclear structure and nuclear reaction physics, as well as nuclear astrophysics. Group T-2 at Los Alamos has been working with US Nuclear Reaction Data Network Radioactive Ion Beam Task Force to address RIB nuclear data needs. The current focus is nuclear data needed to guide the choice of targets for the production of various radioactive product species using the isotope-separation on line (ISOL) method; future work will include the study of RIB nuclear reaction and structure physics. Laboratories that are undertaking RIB studies with the ISOL method in the US are principally Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).