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G. Giuliani

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arXiv2018

Dedicated $Δ$E-E detector system for searching long lived heaviest nuclei deposited in scintillators

We present a dedicated experimental setup which is currently used to search for long lived super heavy elements (SHE) implanted in catcher scintillators which were irradiated by reaction products of $^{197}$Au (7.5 A.MeV) projectile and $^{232}$Th target collisions during our experiment performed at Cyclotrone Institute, Texas A$\&$M University in 2015. The built-in novel measuring apparatus consists of $Δ$E-E detector pairs which are able to register $α$ or spontaneous fission (SF) decays of heavy reaction products deposited in the scintillators. Their unique feature is that the examined scintillators are at the same time $Δ$E part of each of $Δ$E-E detector while E part is a silicon detector. Our apparatus is dedicated to search for SHEs which have a lifetime of a year till tens of years. Results of commissioning tests of our setup are presented.

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arXiv2018

A novel experimental setup for rare events selection and its potential application to super heavy elements search

The paper presents a novel instrumentation for rare events selection which was tested in our research of short lived super heavy elements production and detection. The instrumentation includes an active catcher multi elements system and dedicated electronics. The active catcher located in the forward hemisphere is composed of 63 scintillator detection modules. Reaction products of damped collisions between heavy ion projectiles and heavy target nuclei are implanted in the fast plastic scintillators of the active catcher modules. The acquisition system trigger delivered by logical branch of the electronics allows to record the reaction products which decay via the alpha particle emissions or spontaneous fission which take place between beam bursts. One microsecond wave form signal from FADCs contains information on heavy implanted nucleus as well as its decays.

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arXiv2018

Evidence for high excitation energy resonances in the 7 alpha disassembly of $^{28}$Si

The excitation function for the 7 alpha de-excitation of $^{28}$Si nuclei excited to high excitation energies in the collisions of 35 MeV/nucleon $^{28}$Si with $^{12}$C reveals resonance structures that may indicate the population of high spin toroidal isomers such as those predicted by a number of recent theoretical calculations. This interpretation is supported by extended theoretical analyses.

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arXiv2017

Alpha Conjugate Neck Structures in the Collisions of 35 MeV/nucleon 40Ca with 40Ca

The de-excitation of alpha-conjugate nuclei produced in reactions of 35 MeV/nucleon 40Ca with 40Ca has been investigated. Particular emphasis is placed on examining the dynamics of collisions leading to projectile-like fragment exit channels. A general exploration of the reaction systematics reveals the binary dissipative character of the collisions and a hierarchy effect similar to that seen for heavier systems. Investigation of the subset of events characterized by a total alpha-conjugate mass (alpha particles plus alpha-conjugate fragments) equal to 40 and atomic number equal to 20 reveals a dominance of alpha-conjugate exit channels. The hierarchy effect for these channels leads to the production of alpha-clustered neck structures with potentially exotic geometries and properties.

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arXiv2014

The many facets of the (non relativistic) Nuclear Equation of State

A nucleus is a quantum many body system made of strongly interacting Fermions, protons and neutrons (nucleons). This produces a rich Nuclear Equation of State whose knowledge is crucial to our understanding of the composition and evolution of celestial objects. The nuclear equation of state displays many different features; first neutrons and protons might be treated as identical particles or nucleons, but when the differences between protons and neutrons are spelled out, we can have completely different scenarios, just by changing slightly their interactions. At zero temperature and for neutron rich matter, a quantum liquid gas phase transition at low densities or a quark-gluon plasma at high densities might occur. Furthermore, the large binding energy of the $α$ particle, a Boson, might also open the possibility of studying a system made of a mixture of Bosons and Fermions, which adds to the open problems of the nuclear equation of state.

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arXiv2013

Measurement of the plasma astrophysical S factor for the 3He(D, p)4He reaction in exploding molecular clusters

The plasma astrophysical S factor for the 3He(D, p)4He fusion reaction was measured for the first time at temperatures of few keV, using the interaction of intense ultrafast laser pulses with molecular deuterium clusters mixed with 3He atoms. Different proportions of D2 and 3He or CD4 and 3He were mixed in the gas jet target in order to allow the measurement of the cross-section for the 3He(D, p)4He reaction. The yield of 14.7 MeV protons from the 3He(D, p)4He reaction was measured in order to extract the astrophysical S factor at low energies. Our result is in agreement with other S factor parameterizations found in the literature.

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arXiv2009

Isospin equilibration processes and dynamical correlations: study of the system $^{40}Cl+^{28}Si$ at 40 MeV/nucleon

The asymptotic time derivative of the total dipole signal is proposed as an useful observable to investigate on Isospin equilibration phenomenon in multi-fragmentation processes. The study has been developed to describe charge/mass equilibration processes involving the gas and liquid "phases" of the total system formed during the early stage of a collision. General properties of this observable and the links with others isospin dependent phenomena are discussed. In particular, the $^{40}Cl+^{28}Si$ system at 40 MeV/nucleon is investigated by means of semiclassical microscopic many-body calculations based on the CoMD-II model. The study of the dynamical many-body correlations produced by the model also shows how the proposed observable is rather sensitive to different parameterizations of the isospin dependent interaction.

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arXiv2009

Isospin equilibration in multi-fragmentation processes and dynamical correlations

The asymptotic time derivative of the total dipole signal is proposed as an useful observable to study Isospin equilibration phenomenon in multi-fragmentation processes. The study proceeds through the investigation of the $^{40}Cl+^{28}Si$ system at 40 MeV/nucleon by means of semiclassical microscopic many-body calculations based on the CoMD-II model. In particular, the study has been developed to describe charge/mass equilibration processes involving the gas and liquid "phases" of the total system formed during the early stage of a collision. Through the investigation of dynamical many-body correlations, it is also shown how the proposed observable is rather sensitive to different parameterizations of the isospin dependent interaction.

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arXiv2008

Isospin Dependence of Incomplete Fusion Reactions at 25 Mev/a

40Ca+40,48Ca,46Ti reactions at 25 MeV/A have been studied using the 4p CHIMERA detector. An isospin effect on the competition between incomplete fusion and dissipative binary reaction mechanisms has been observed. The probability of producing a compound system is observed to be lower in the case of N=Z colliding systems as compared to the case of reactions induced on the more neutron rich 48Ca target. Predictions based on CoMD-II calculations show that the competition between fusion-like and dissipative reactions, for the selected centrality, can strongly constraint the parameterization of symmetry energy and its density dependence in the nuclear equation of state.

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arXiv2008

Symmetry interaction and many-body correlations

It is shown how many-body correlations involving the symmetry potential naturally arise in the molecular dynamics CoMD-II model. The effect of these correlations on the collision dynamics at the Fermi energies is discussed. Small level of correlations for systems of moderate asymmetry are able to produce large effects also in simple observables like the charge distributions. The comparison with predictions based on Equation Of State static calculations is also discussed.

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arXiv2008

Many-body correlations and Isospin equilibration in multi-fragmentation processes

Isospin equilibration in multi-fragmentation processes is studied for the system $^{40}Cl+^{28}Si$ at 40 MeV/nucleon. The investigation is performed through semiclassical microscopic many-body calculations based on the CoMD-II model. The study has been developed to describe isospin equilibration processes involving the gas and liquid "phases" of the total system formed in the collision processes. The investigation of the behavior of this observable in terms of the repulsive/attractive action of the symmetry term, highlights many-body correlations which are absent in semiclassical mean-field approaches.

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arXiv2005

Constrained Molecular Dynamics II: a N-body approach to nuclear systems

In this work we illustrate the basic development of the constrained molecular dynamics applied to the N-body problem in nuclear physics. The heavy computational taskes related to quantum effects, to the presence of the "hard core" repulsive interaction have been worked out by defining a set of transformations based on the concept of impulsive forces. In particular in the implemented version II of the Constrained Molecular Dynamics model the problem related to the non conservation of the total angular momentum has been solved. This problem can affect others semiclassical microscopic approaches as due to the "hard core" repulsive interaction or to the use of stochastic forces. The effect of the restored conservation law on the fusion cross section for 40Ca+40Ca system is also briefly discussed.

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