Tag Archives: NSCL
JINA Hosts a Spartan/Fighting Irish Tailgate
JINA wants MSU and Notre Dame fans to know that the two schools collaborate closely on academic pursuits. Thus, staff and students from NSCL and NSL hosted a “tailgate” on Saturday (after doing so at Notre Dame last year) to … Continue reading
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D-Line Takes Shape in N4 Vault
Work has been ongoing to complete and commission the beam lines that will deliver slowed beams of rare isotopes from the gas stoppers in the N4 vault to both ReA and the low energy room, where the Low Energy Beam … Continue reading
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Experiment 11036 – GRETINA
Experiment 11036 ran this week beginning Tuesday morning in the S3 vault. The experiment sought to explore a central “bubble” thought to exist in the isotope 34Si. The nuclear force works on very short scales and is extremely strong. Thus, … Continue reading
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Superconducting RF Group Begins SRF Furnace
The SRF vacuum furnace is now installed and was successfully commissioned at MSU, being located in the South High Bay. Several burn cycles, including some small samples and new parts, were completed during the first three weeks of August. The … Continue reading
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News from JINA
JINA is organizing a Nuclear Astrophysics Town Meeting on October 9-10 2012 at the Westin at Detroit Metro Airport. More information can be found at http://meetings.nscl.msu.edu/astrotown2012/. The goal is to generate a white paper that can serve as a blueprint … Continue reading
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AT-TPC Solenoid Put in Place
The AT-TPC solenoid magnet and its yoke were moved to its dedicated location earlier this week in the ReA3 experimental vault. The whole 70-ton assembly was put on rollers, moved and aligned to the beam axis height and direction. An … Continue reading
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Experiment of the Week at NSCL
The goal of the experiment that finished this week was to search for the small gamma decay branch of a particular state of 26Si that usually emits protons. In order to access this state, the proton drip-line nucleus 26P was … Continue reading
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