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Upgrade of the MAGNEX spectrometer toward the high-intensity phase of NUMEN
- Source :
- EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 252, p 03003 (2021), EPJ Web Conf., 6th Hellenic Institute of Nuclear Physics Workshop, 6th Hellenic Institute of Nuclear Physics Workshop, May 2021, Online Conference, Greece. pp.03003, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/202125203003⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2021.
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Abstract
- International audience; The NUMEN experimental activity with accelerated beams is performed at INFN–Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) in Catania using the Superconducting Cyclotron and the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer. The scientific motivation of NUMEN is to extract experiment-driven information on the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of the 0νββ decay half-life. The reaction cross sections involved, especially for the double charge exchange process, are very low, thus limiting the present exploration to a few selected isotopes of interest in the context of typically low-yield experimental runs. In order to make feasible a systematic study of all the candidate nuclei, a major upgrade of the LNS facility is foreseen to increase the experimental yield by more than two orders of magnitude. To this purpose, frontier technologies are being developed for the accelerator and the detection systems. An updated description of the choices derived from the recent R&D activity on the target system and MAGNEX focal plane detector is given.
- Subjects :
- heavy ion: scattering
QC1-999
Phase (waves)
Context (language use)
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
Nuclear physics
Superconducting cyclotron
double-beta decay: (0neutrino)
0103 physical sciences
accelerator: technology
010306 general physics
nucleus: semileptonic decay
Physics
Spectrometer
010308 nuclear & particles physics
High intensity
charge exchange
experimental equipment
Upgrade
electronics: readout
magnetic spectrometer: upgrade
Order of magnitude
electronics: design
Charge exchange
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 252
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- EPJ Web of Conferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5fb7da568536075903e5b8897534e2c3