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The ELI-NP project: Towards experiments with intense

gamma-beams *Dimiter L. Balabanski (ELI-NP/IFIN-HH)

* This work is supported by Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) – Phase I, a project co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund.

NEC’2013 Conference, Sept. 9th – 16th, 2013, Varna, Bulgaria

Where is ELI-NP ?Bucharest 4km

Magurele

Φ = 800 m

IFIN-HH

ELI-NP

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Portfolio of the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

• ELI-NP γ-ray facility: two 10 PV lasers and an intense (1013 γ/s) γ beam of 0.1% bandwidth (under construction);

• 9 MV Tandem Van-de-Graaff accelerator; • 3 MV and 1 MV Tandetrons (commissioned in 2012); • 19 MeV (commissioned in 2013) and 13 MeV

cyclotrons; • Gamma-ray irradiation facility; • Radioactive waste treatment plant; • Research reactor (decommissioning project).

IFIN-HH applies for TNA status within the Horizon 2020 ENSAR-2 project

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ROmanian array for SPectroscopy in HEavy ion Reactions (ROSPHERE)

Few configurations envisaged:• Mixed array with 15 50% HPGe detectors with BGO shields and 10-20 LaBr3(Ce) scintillators

•25 HPGe detectors array• combined with a plunger device

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Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics

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Time-line of the project2005: Initiation of the ELI project, aiming at the generation of the most intense light pulses; 2007: The ELI project was identified by ESFRI as top priority research infrastructure for Europe; November 2007: A 36-month ELI Preparatory Phase project supported by EC; May 2009: Four main branches of research and applications were identified:

February 1st – 2nd , 2010: ELI-NP Workshop, Bucharest; March 21st, 2010: ELI-NP White Book (http://www.eli-np.ro/eli-np-presentations.php); July 4th, 2012: ELI-NP was approved by the Romanian government; September 18th, 2012: ELI-NP was approved by the European Commission; 2012: Public tender procedures for civil construction, gamma-beam and high-power laser

systems were open;

2017: ELI-NP is expected to start operations !

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GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA Structural Instruments2007-2013

Sectoral Operational Programme „Increase of Economic Competitiveness”

“Investments for Your Future”

Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) - Phase IProject co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund

Implementation Status

NEC’2013 Conference, Sept. 9th – 16th, 2013, Varna, Bulgaria

EUROPEAN UNION

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Milestones of Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics

12 decembrie 2012

6 iunie 201328 msai 2013

16 iulie 20137 August 2013

23 august 2013

14 iunie 2013

14 iunie 201311 aprilie 2013

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High-power laser source

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Parameters of the gamma-beam

700 MeV LINAC

brilliant γ beam (1013 γ/s/100 μm2)

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Science Case

Basic Science

High-field QED pair production, high-energy γ rays, birefringence of vacuum

Nuclear Spectroscopy(γ, γ’), (γ,n), (γ,p), (γ,α), (γ,f),

(e,e’), (e,e γ’), etc.Nuclear Astrophysics

r-, s- and p-process nucleosynthesis

Applications

Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence

control of nuclear materials, radioactive waste monitoring

Brilliant γ, n, e+ beamsmaterial and life science

Laser acceleration of heavy ions

http://www.eli-np.ro/documents/ELI-NP-WhiteBook.pdf

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EXTREME LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE – NUCLEAR PHYSICS

• 2 arms of 10 PW lasers • 700 MeV electron beam • high-brilliance gamma beam of up to 20 MeV rays

DEFINE EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS (25-28.06.2013: TDR workshops for ELI-NP)

ELI-NP White Book5.4 Stand-alone /e− Facility for Nuclear Spectroscopy . . . 895.5 Stand-alone /e− Facility for Astrophysics . . . . . . . . . . 116

(, ’), (,α), (,p), (,n) reactions, giant resonances, etc.photofission

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TDR working groups and instruments

Gamma-beam TDR working groups

1. Excitations above the threshold (conveners: Angela Bracco and Muhsin Harakeh ELI-NP liaision: Dan Filipescu)

2. Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence (convenor: Norbert Pietralla, liaision: Calin Ur)3. Photofission (conveners: Fadi Ibrahim, Attila Krazsnahorkay, liaision: Dimiter Balabanski)4. Charged-particle experiments (convener: Moshe Gai, liaision: Ovidiu Tesileanu)5. Gamma-beam transport (ELI-NP liaision: Calin Ur)6. Positron beams (ELI-NP liaision: Cristian Teorurescu)

Laser-beam TDR working groups

7. Laser-beam delivery (convener: Gilles Cheriaux, liaision: Daniel Ursescu)8. Fission fusion experiments (convener: Markus Roth, liaision: Florin Negoita)9. Strong-filed QED (conveners: Paul MacKenna, Dino Jaroszynski, liaision: Edmond Turku)10. Combined laser-gamma experiments (convener: Kensuke Homma, liaision: Daniel Ursescu)11. Laser control system (ELI-NP liaision: Mihai Cernaianu)

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Photonuclear reactions

lifetimes: ps - as

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Parity measurement from azimuthal distribution

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Experimental areas

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Instrumentation (gamma beams)

Nuclear structure set-up: modular and very flexible• high resolution neutron detection• gamma-ray detection with medium resolution• high-resolution γ-ray detection (in some cases)

4π high-efficiency ball for cross section measurementsHigh-resolution γ-ray set-up with a crystal monochromator • 10 eV beam resolution• combined with a total absorption spectrometer

NRF set-up • rings of segmented HPGe detectors • good timing detectors

Gas-filled fission detector set-up (combined with gamma-ray detectors)Production of RIB with IGISOL-type technique (not in the baseline project)

Si-strip detector set-upGas-filled TPCBubble chamber

Photo-fission experimentsPhysics goals

• High-resolution photofission studies in actinides investigation of 2nd, 3rd potential minima, angular and mass distribution measurements.

• measurements of absolute photofission cross sections: (monochromatic photons with variable energy required)

• limited photon source intensity: target thickness limited by finite range of fission

fragments (ca. 8 mg/cm2 in uranium) multiple target-detector arrays needed

A. Krazsnahorkay, TDR γ-beam WS

Thick GEM board with 1.6 mm thickness, 1 mm holes, and 1.5 mm pitch size

GEM (Gas-electron multiplier) position-sensitive detectors

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Experimental areas

Let’s see what else we can squeeze from photofission?In fission fragments share about 200 MeV and have angular momentum of 20ħ. The nuclear spin ensemble has oblate orientation with respect to the beam axis. The ions are emitted in a charge state around 20+.

Optional experiments•High-spin physics of exotic nuclei• ISOL studies of exotic nuclei

Let’s make an excursion round other laboratories where nuclear

structure studies on fission fragments are done and find out

whether a niche exists ?

Where to look?ISOL physics High-spin physics(1) ISOLDE @ CERN (1) ILL @ Grenoble(2) ALTO @ Orsay (2) Spontaneous fission(3) ARIEL @ TRIUMF experiments @ EUROBALL(4) CARIBU @ Argonne and GAMMASPHERE(5) LISOL @ Louvain-le-Neuve(6) IGISOL @ Jyvaskyla

All these laboratories possess huge expertise. Is

there really a niche to compete?

Ion guides

IGISOL facilities

• Jyvaskyla, Louvain-le-Neuve (p-induced reactions) • CARIBU @ Argonne (1 Ci Cf source) • ARIEL (50 MeV e─ bremsstrahlung induced fission)

Usage of different probes results in different isotope yield distributions. Main shortcoming of ARIEL is that about 30% of beam power is deposited in the target.

CARIBU yields

Elements of an IGISOL facility

• Large acceptance ion guide• Laser ion source • Mass separator• Multi-reflection purification trap• Measurement stations• β-decay station (also β-delayed neutrons)• collinear laser spectroscopy• mass measurements

High-spin physics

Is it possible to make in-beam spectroscopy on a thick fissioning target?

Is it possible to build an IGISOL photo-fission facility?

Common decay stations with laser fusion-fission experiment: β-decay , collinear spectroscopy and masses

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Finally

1. There are many scientific and technical challenges ahead of us. However, time is short and we need to find solutions now.

2. ELI-NP is open for collaborations. We are building a user community. Formal collaborations to be established through MoUs.

3. Cooperation between nuclear and laser physicists needs to be established, e.g. first unify the language (!)

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