SHARAQ Project: Progress in 2009

On March 23, 2009, the first beam was successfullytransported to the final focal plane of the SHARAQspectrometer. We investigated detector responses toheavy-ion beams and the ion optical properties ofthe SHARAQ spectrometer1) and the high-resolutionbeam line2) in the subsequent commissioning runs andfound that the system as a whole worked almost as perits design. The first physics run with the spectrometerwas performed in November 2009. In this article, wereview the progress in the SHARAQ project in 2009

High-resolution SHARAQ spectrometer at RI beam factory

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SHARAQ Spectrometer - Current status and future experimental plans

International audienceThe high-resolution SHARAQ spectrometer and the dedicated high-resolution beamline have been constructed at RI beam factory and commissioned in 2009. Lateral and angular dispersion matching conditions were achieved simultaneously for a primay beam with a momentum spread of 0.1% and an emittance of 3pi mm·mrad (sigma). An overview of the spectrometer and the beam-line, preliminary results from the commissioning runs, and future experimental plan with the system are described

Precision spectroscopy of pionic atoms and chiral symmetry in nuclei

We conduct an experimental project to make spectroscopy of deeply bound pionic atoms systematically over wide range of nuclei. We aim at studying the strong interaction in the low energy region, which has close connection to spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and its partial restoration in nuclear matter. First experimental results show improved spectral resolution and much better statistical sensitivity than previous experiments. Present status of the experiment is reported

Precision spectroscopy of pionic atoms and chiral symmetry in nuclei

We conduct an experimental project to make spectroscopy of deeply bound pionic atoms systematically over wide range of nuclei. We aim at studying the strong interaction in the low energy region, which has close connection to spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and its partial restoration in nuclear matter. First experimental results show improved spectral resolution and much better statistical sensitivity than previous experiments. Present status of the experiment is reported

How Different is the Core of 25^{25}F from 24^{24}Og.s._{g.s.}?

International audienceThe structure of a neutron-rich F25 nucleus is investigated by a quasifree (p,2p) knockout reaction at 270A  MeV in inverse kinematics. The sum of spectroscopic factors of π0d5/2 orbital is found to be 1.0±0.3. However, the spectroscopic factor with residual O24 nucleus being in the ground state is found to be only 0.36±0.13, while those in the excited state is 0.65±0.25. The result shows that the O24 core of F25 nucleus significantly differs from a free O24 nucleus, and the core consists of ∼35% O24g.s.. and ∼65% excited O24. The result may infer that the addition of the 0d5/2 proton considerably changes neutron structure in F25 from that in O24, which could be a possible mechanism responsible for the oxygen dripline anomaly