5 research outputs found
ANTARES: the first undersea neutrino telescope
The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope was completed in May 2008 and is the first
operational Neutrino Telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. The main purpose of
the detector is to perform neutrino astronomy and the apparatus also offers
facilities for marine and Earth sciences. This paper describes the design, the
construction and the installation of the telescope in the deep sea, offshore
from Toulon in France. An illustration of the detector performance is given
PANDORA, a new facility for interdisciplinary in-plasma physics
PANDORA, Plasmas for Astrophysics, Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation
for Archaeometry, is planned as a new facility based on a state-of-the-art
plasma trap confining energetic plasma for performing interdisciplinary
research in the fields of Nuclear Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Plasma Physics
and Applications in Material Science and Archaeometry: the plasmas become the
environment for measuring nuclear decays rates in stellar-like condition (such
as 7Be decay and beta-decay involved in s-process nucleosynthesis), especially
as a function of the ionization state of the plasma ions. These studies are of
paramount importance for addressing several astrophysical issues in both
stellar and primordial nucleosynthesis environment (e.g. determination of solar
neutrino flux and 7Li Cosmological Problem), moreover the confined energetic
plasma will be a unique light source for high performance stellar spectroscopy
measurements in the visible, UV and X-ray domains, offering advancements in
observational astronomy. As to magnetic fields, the experimental validation of
theoretical first and second order Land\'e factors will drive the layout of
next generation polarimetric units for the high resolution spectrograph of the
future giant telescopes. In PANDORA new plasma heating methods will be
explored, that will push forward the ion beam output, in terms of extracted
intensity and charge states. More, advanced and optimized injection methods of
ions in an ECR plasma will be experimented, with the aim at optimizing its
capture efficiency. This will be applied to the ECR-based Charge Breeding
technique, that will improve the performances of the SPES ISOL-facility
currently installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro-INFN. Finally, PANDORA
will be suitable for energy conversion, making the plasma as a source of
electromagnetic radiation, for applications in Material Science and
Archaeometry
Nuclear physics midterm plan at LNS
International audienceThe next years will see the completion of several new facilities at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare â Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) opening up new possibilities in the fields of nuclear structure, nuclear dynamics, nuclear astrophysics and applications. These include a new line for high-intensity cyclotron beams, a new facility for in-flight production of radioactive ion beams, the PANDORA plasma trap for multidisciplinary studies and a high-power laser for basic science and applied physics. The nuclear physics community has organized a workshop to discuss the new physics opportunities that will be possible in the middle term (5â7 years) by employing state-of-the-art detection systems. A detailed discussion of the outcome from the workshop is presented in this report