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Opportunities for nuclear reaction studies at future facilities

Martin Veselsky·Jozef Klimo·Nikoleta Vujisicova·Georgios A. Souliotis
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Opportunities for investigations of nuclear reactions at the future nuclear physics facilities such as radioactive ion beam facilities and high-power laser facilities are considered. Post-accelerated radioactive ion beams offer possibilities for study of the role of isospin asymmetry in the reaction mechanisms at various beam energies. Fission barrier heights of neutron-deficient nuclei can be directly determined at low energies. Post-accelerated radioactive ion beams, specifically at the future facilities such as HIE-ISOLDE, SPIRAL-2 or RAON-RISP can be also considered as a candidate for production of very neutron-rich nuclei via mechanism of multi-nucleon transfer. High-power laser facilities such as ELI-NP offer possibilities for nuclear reaction studies with beams of unprecedented properties. Specific cases such as ternary reactions or even production of super-heavy elements are considered.

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Martin Veselsky, Jozef Klimo, Nikoleta Vujisicova, Georgios A. Souliotis. 2016-04-07. Opportunities for nuclear reaction studies at future facilities. https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01961

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