First observation of MNT isotope beams at the FRS Ion Catcher

Super-FRS Experiment Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123041

First observation of MNT isotope beams at the FRS Ion Catcher

Super-FRS Experiment Collaboration

School of Physics and Astronomy

II Physikalisches Institut
Justus Liebig University Giessen
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad
Soreq Nuclear Research Center
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
Nuclear Energy Group
University of Groningen
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
University of Jyväskylä
University of Lisbon
University of Valencia
National Centre for Nuclear Research
Institut de Physique Nucléaire
University of A Coruna
University of Edinburgh
University of Surrey
Institute for Computational Astrophysics
Saint Mary's University Halifax

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Abstract

An exploratory experiment on Multi-Nucleon Transfer (MNT) reactions was successfully conducted at the FRS Ion Catcher setup at GSI. The experiment demonstrated the production of MNT-driven radioactive ion beams (RIBs) produced by decelerated relativistic beams. A beam of ²³⁸U ions was reacted with a ²⁰⁹Bi target at near-Coulomb barrier energies inside the specially modified Cryogenic Stopping Cell (CSC) for the production and thermalization of MNT products. These products were then identified using a Multiple-Reflection Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (MR-TOF-MS). The observation of target-like MNT fragments along the A=211 isobaric chain provided a proof-of-principle for future MNT studies with the FRS Ion Catcher setup.

Original language	English
Article number	123041
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	1057
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123041
State	Published - May 2025

Funding

Funders	Funder number
Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research
Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung	05P21RGFN1, 422761894, 05P19RGFN1, 05P24RG4
Israel Science Foundation	2575/21
European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme	101057511
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	AY 155/2-1
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung	G-22-00179, G-22-00117

Keywords

FRS Ion Catcher
MR-TOF-MS
Multi-nucleon transfer
Nuclear reaction
Secondary beams

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First observation of MNT isotope beams at the FRS Ion Catcher

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