Experimental Nuclear Science

Regents Of The University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor MI

Investigators

Abstract

We propose to study low-energy nuclear reactions, most related to nuclear astrophysics, using short-lived secondary beams of 6-He, 8-Li, 7-Be, 8-B, and other nuclei. These will be used to study nuclear reactions related to the apparent deficit of solar neutrinos, and the "missing mass" problem in the Universe. The experiments will utilize a unique UM-developed apparatus consisting of two large superconducting magnets and will continue further technical developments of the device, which also has applications in other fields such as nuclear medicine. Additional related experimental work, as funding permits, will be done at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (E. Lansing, MI), and the Texas AM Cyclotron Laboratory.