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Production cross-sections and momentum distributions of fragments from neutron-deficient 36Ar at 1.05 A.GeV
We have measured production cross sections and longitudinal momentum
distributions of fragments from neutron-deficient 36Ar at 1.05 A.GeV. The
production cross-sections show excellent agreement with the predictions of the
semiempirical formula EPAX. We have compared these results, involving extremly
neutron deficient nuclei, with model calculations to extract informa tion about
the response of these models close to the driplines. The longitudinal momentum
distributions have also been extracted and are compared with the Goldhaber and
Morrissey systematics.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
Towards portable muography with small-area, gas-tight glass Resistive Plate Chambers
Imaging techniques that use atmospheric muons, collectively named under the
neologism "muography", have seen a tremendous growth in recent times, mainly
due to their diverse range of applications. The most well-known ones include
but are not limited to: volcanology, archaeology, civil engineering, nuclear
reactor monitoring, nuclear waste characterization, underground mapping, etc.
These methods are based on the attenuation or deviation of muons to image large
and/or dense objects where conventional techniques cannot work or their use
becomes challenging.
In this context, we have constructed a muography telescope based on "mini
glass-RPC planes" following a design similar to the glass-RPC detectors
developed by the CALICE Collaboration and used by the TOMUVOL experiment in the
context of volcano radiography, but with smaller active area (16 16
cm). The compact size makes it an attractive choice with respect to other
detectors previously employed for imaging on similar scales. An important
innovation in this design is that the detectors are sealed. This makes the
detector more portable and solves the usual safety and logistic issues for gas
detectors operated underground and/or inside small rooms. This paper provides
an overview on our guiding principles, the detector development and our
operational experiences. Drawing on the lessons learnt from the first
prototype, we also discuss our future direction for an improved second
prototype, focusing primarily on a recently adopted serigraphy technique for
the resistive coating of the glass plates.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, XV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and
Related Detectors (RPC2020
Proton vs. neutron halo breakup
In this paper we show how effective parameters such as effective binding
energies can be defined for a proton in the combined nuclear-Coulomb potential,
including also the target potential, in the case in which the proton is bound
in a nucleus which is partner of a nuclear reaction. Using such effective
parameters the proton behaves similarly to a neutron. In this way some
unexpected results obtained from dynamical calculations for reactions initiated
by very weakly bound proton halo nuclei can be interpreted. Namely the fact
that stripping dominates the nuclear breakup cross section which in turn
dominates over the Coulomb breakup even when the target is heavy at medium to
high incident energies. Our interpretation helps also clarifying why the
existence and characteristics of a proton halo extracted from different types
of data have sometimes appeared contradictory.Comment: 7 Latex pages, 3 table, 3 ps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Charge density distributions and related form factors in neutron-rich light exotic nuclei
Charge form factors corresponding to proton density distributions in exotic
nuclei, such as He, Li, B and Be are calculated
and compared. The results can be used as tests of various theoretical models
for the exotic nuclei structure in possible future experiments using a
colliding electron-exotic nucleus storage ring. The result of such a comparison
would show the effect of the neutron halo or skin on the proton distributions
in exotic nuclei.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, to be published in International Journal of
Modern Physics
V12 248. Reemplazo de raíz de aorta según técnica de david y de arco aórtico con injerto trifurcado, en un paciente diagnosticado de síndrome de loeys-dietz
IntroducciónSe describe la técnica quirúrgica de un paciente de 24 años de edad con síndrome de Loeys-Dietz. Se trata de una enfermedad hereditaria del tejido conectivo producida por la mutación del gen del receptor del factor de crecimiento transformante (TGF)-β;. Su característica principal y condicionante del pronóstico es la dilatación del sistema vascular, principalmente la aorta.MétodoEl paciente presentaba dilatación aneurismática de la raíz y del arco aórtico, con un diámetro máximo de 50 mm. Tenía además historia familiar de muerte súbita de origen cardíaco en tres familiares de primer grado a edades tempranas. Ante la indicación de tratamiento quirúrgico se procedió a realizar sustitución de los segmentos aneurismáticos. En la raíz aórtica se realizó técnica de preservación valvular (técnica de David, modificación de Miller). La sustitución del arco aórtico se llevó a cabo mediante interposición de injerto trifurcado, en hipotermia moderada y con perfusión cerebral anterógrada.Resultado y conclusionesNo hubo complicaciones postoperatorias. El tratamiento quirúrgico precoz en los pacientes afectos de síndrome de Loeys-Dietz es imprescindible. La experiencia acumulada hasta el momento revela la agresividad de esta enfermedad. Por ello, es necesario un abordaje completo cuando existe afectación a distintos niveles. El empleo de técnicas de preservación valvular permite además disminuir la morbimortalidad asociada a las prótesis valvulares
Production of new neutron-rich isotopes of heavy elements in fragmentation reactions of U projectiles at 1 A GeV
The production of heavy neutron-rich nuclei has been investigated using cold
fragmentation reactions of U projectiles at relativistic energies. The
experiment performed at the high-resolving-power magnetic spectrometer FRS at
GSI allowed to identify 45 new heavy neutron-rich nuclei: Pt,
Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi,
Po, At, Rn and Fr. The production
cross sections of these nuclei were also determined and used to benchmark
reaction codes that predict the production of nuclei far from stability.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Portable Resistive Plate Chambers for Muography in confined environments
Muography (or muon radiography) is an imaging technique that relies on the
use of cosmogenic muons as a free and safe radiation source. It can be applied
in various fields such as archaeology, civil engineering, geology, nuclear
reactor monitoring, nuclear waste characterization, underground surveys, etc.
In such applications, sometimes deploying muon detectors is challenging due to
logistics, e.g. in a narrow underground tunnel or mine. Therefore, we are
developing muon detectors whose design goals include portability, robustness,
autonomy, versatility, and safety. Our portable muon detectors (or
``muoscopes'') are based on Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), planar detectors
that use ionization in a thin gas gap to detect cosmic muons. Prototype RPCs of
active area and were built in our
laboratories at Louvain-la-Neuve (UCLouvain) and Ghent (UGent) to test and
compare various design options. Benefiting from the experience gained in
building and operating these prototypes, we are proceeding towards the
development of improved prototypes with more advanced technical layout and
readiness. In this paper we provide the status of our performance studies,
including the cross-validation of the two types of prototypes in a joint data
taking, and an outline of the direction ahead
Chiral three-nucleon forces and bound excited states in neutron-rich oxygen isotopes
We study the spectra of neutron-rich oxygen isotopes based on chiral two- and
three-nucleon interactions. First, we benchmark our many-body approach by
comparing ground-state energies to coupled-cluster results for the same
two-nucleon interaction, with overall good agreement. We then calculate bound
excited states in 21,22,23O, focusing on the role of three-nucleon forces, in
the standard sd shell and an extended sdf7/2p3/2 valence space. Chiral
three-nucleon forces provide important one- and two-body contributions between
valence neutrons. We find that both these contributions and an extended valence
space are necessary to reproduce key signatures of novel shell evolution, such
as the N = 14 magic number and the low-lying states in 21O and 23O, which are
too compressed with two-nucleon interactions only. For the extended space
calculations, this presents first work based on nuclear forces without
adjustments. Future work is needed and open questions are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, published versio
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