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We report here an empirical formalism for predicting the cross-sections of neutron-rich nuclei produced in fragmentation of relativistic \b{eta}-unstable neutron-rich projectiles in the mid-mass region. The formalism is based on the abrasion-ablation picture of the projectile fragmentation reaction. It has been shown that the formalism can accurately reproduce the experimental cross-section data for nuclei produced in the fragmentation of 132Sn. The formalism, it is shown, can also reproduce the experimental cross-sections of neutron-rich nuclei produced in the fragmentation of 129Xe fairly accurately. The formalism is used to bring out the advantage in the production cross-sections of neutron-rich isotopes, especially the more neutron-rich ones; that one can expect by using unstable doubly magic neutron-rich projectile 132Sn as compared to comparatively less neutron-rich unstable projectile 128Sn and also 124Sn, the isotope which is most neutron-rich among the stable isotopes of Sn (tin). The formalism is used to predict the cross-sections of neutron-rich nuclei produced in the fragmentation reaction of unstable 144Xe and 146Cs, which are expected to be produced with sufficient intensity in the upcoming RIB facilities and in the existing RIB facilities after beam intensity upgrade., Comment: 5 figures, 3 Tables

We report here the signature of bi-modal fission, one asymmetric and the other symmetric, in Uranium nuclei in the mass range A = 230 to 236. The finding is unexpected and striking and is based on a model independent analysis of experimental mass distributions (cumulative yields) at various excitations from about 23 to 66 MeV in the alpha induced fission of 232Th. It has been found that the observed asymmetry in the mass distributions and the unusually narrow peak in the symmetry region, can both be explained in a consistent manner if one assumes: a) multi-chance fission, b) bi-modal fission at lower excitations (9 < E* < 25 MeV) for all the Uranium nuclei in the range A = 230 to 236, and c) that the shell effects get washed out completely beyond about 25 MeV of excitation resulting in symmetric fission. The analysis has allowed a quantitative estimation of the percentages of the asymmetric and the symmetric component in the bi-modal fission. It has been found that the bi-modal fission in Uranium nuclei is predominantly asymmetric (~ 85%), which contributes in a major way to the observed asymmetric peaks, while the ~15% bi-modal symmetric fission is primarily responsible for the observed narrow symmetric peak in the mass distributions. The unusually narrow symmetry peak in the mass distributions indicates that the symmetric bi-modal fission in Uranium nuclei must have proceeded from a configuration at the bi-modal symmetric saddle that is highly deformed with a well-developed neck., Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure, 1 Table

It is shown, using density matrix calculation, that high precision two-dimensional (2D) atom localization in V-type system can be achieved by applying an additional microwave coupling field between the excited states. In the present scheme, two lasers, probe and pump, form a V-type system by coupling the ground state to the excited states while an additional 2D standing microwave field is used to couple the excited states. The solutions of the density matrix equations reveal that the off-diagonal density matrix element $\rho_{31}$, which signify the coherence between the states connected by the probe laser, is position dependent. As the imaginary part of $\rho_{31}$ is proportional to the imaginary part of the susceptibility, the probe absorption also becomes position dependent and in this situation one can readily obtain information about the atom position from the probe absorption spectra. Perfect 2D atom localization can be achieved by carefully selecting different system parameters such as detuning, relative phase, dephasing and field strength. It is found that the atom localization is highly dependent on the probe and coupling field detuning values. In view of this, a systematic study is performed on the system parameters and different zones have been identified which give rise to different absorption shapes, e.g. "dip", "wall", "peak" as well as negative absorption or amplification. Probe absorption spectrum is also found to be dependent on relative phase between the applied fields. The dependence of the dephasing parameter on the probe absorption is investigated and found to be detrimental to atom localization. The effect of the microwave coupling strength on "wall" type absorption shape is also studied and the results are discussed. Finally, a possible practical realization of the present scheme is discussed in Conclusion section., Comment: 16 pages in double line spacing, 14 figures

In recent years, the interest in high intensity proton beams in excess of several milli-Amperes has risen. Potential applications are in neutrino physics, materials and energy research, and isotope production. Continuous wave proton beams of five to ten milli-Amperes are now in reach due to advances in accelerator technology and through improved understanding of the beam dynamics. As an example application, we present the proposed IsoDAR experiment, a search for so-called sterile neutrinos and non-standard interaction using the KamLAND detector located in Japan. We present updated sensitivities for this experiment and describe in detail the design of the high intensity proton driver that uses several novel ideas. These are: accelerating H2+ instead of protons, directly injecting beam into the cyclotron via a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), and carefully matching the beam to achieve so-called vortex motion. The preliminary design holds up well in PIC simulation studies and the injector system is now being constructed, to be commissioned with a 1 MeV test cyclotron.

A comparative study of fission of actinides specially $^{238}$U, by proton and bremsstrahlung photon is performed. Relative mass distribution of $^{238}$U fission fragments have been explored theoretically for both proton and photon induced fission. The integrated yield along with charge distribution of the products are calculated to find out the neutron richness in comparison to the nuclei produced by r-process in nucleosynthesis. Some r-process nuclei in intermediate mass range for symmetric fission mode are found to be produced almost two order of magnitude more for proton induced fission than photofission, although rest of the neutron rich nuclei in the asymmetric mode are produced in comparable proportion for both the processes., Comment: 6 pages including 2 tables & 8 figures

Photofission of actinides is studied in the region of nuclear excitation energies that covers the entire giant dipole resonance (GDR) region. The mass distributions of $^{238}$U photofission fragments have been explored theoretically for eight different endpoint bremsstrahlung energies from 11.5 MeV to 67.7 MeV which correspond to average photon energy of 9.09 MeV to 15.90 MeV. Among these energies, the 29.1 MeV corresponds to the average photon energy of 13.7$\pm$0.3 MeV which coincides with GDR peak for $^{238}$U photofission. The integrated yield of $^{238}$U photofission as well as charge distribution of photofission products are calculated and its role in producing nuclei and their neutron-richness is investigated., Comment: 7 pages including 2 Tables & 7 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1501.03789

Photofission of actinides is studied in the region of nuclear excitation energies that covers the entire giant dipole resonance (GDR) region. A comparative analysis of the behavior of the symmetric and asymmetric modes of photon induced fission as a function of the average excitation energy of the fissioning nucleus is performed. The mass distributions of $^{238}$U photofission fragments are obtained at the endpoint bremsstrahlung energy of 29.1 MeV which corresponds to mean photon energy of 13.7$\pm$0.3 MeV that coincides with GDR peak for $^{238}$U photofission. The integrated yield of $^{238}$U photofission as well as charge distribution of photofission products are calculated and its role in the production of neutron-rich nuclei and their exoticity is explored., Comment: 6 pages including 4 figures and 2 tables; Table-II & Fig.-4 corrected in this version

Asymmetrical Alternate Phase (A-APF) focusing realized in a sequence of 36 Superconducting Quarter Wave Resonators has been shown to accelerate almost 81 % of input Uranium beam before foil stripper to an energy of 6.2 MeV/u from 1.3 MeV/u. Ten charge states from 34+ to 43+ could be simultaneously accelerated with the phase of resonators tuned for 34+. A-APF structure showed unique nature of large potential bucket for charge states higher than that of tuned one. Steering inherent to QWRs can be mitigated by selecting appropriate phase variation of the APF periods and optimization of solenoid field strengths placed in each of the periods. This mitigation facilitates multiple charge state acceleration scheme, Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures

A new empirical parametrization for the estimation of cross-sections of projectile fragments has been prescribed for studying the advantages and limitations of high energy RI beams for the production of new exotic nuclei. The parametrization reproduces the experimental data for the production of fragments from neutron rich projectiles accurately in contrast to the existing parametrization which tends to overestimate the cross-section of neutron rich fragments in most cases. The modified formalism has been used to compute the cross-sections of neutron-rich species produced by fragmentation of radioactive projectiles (RIBs). It has been found that, given any limit of production cross -section, the exoticity of the fragment increases rather slowly and shows a saturation tendency as the projectile is made more and more exotic., Comment: Latex file, 25 ps figure included, Published in Mod.Phy.Lett A

Representation in terms of a new parameter, exoticity, a measure of n-deficiency or p-richness, clearly brings out the saturation tendency of the product's maximum exoticity in a compound nuclear reaction as the compound nucleus is made more and more exotic using radioactive projectile (RIBs). The effect of this saturation on the production of new proton-rich species with RIBs over a wide Z-range has been discussed., Comment: Latex file with 4 figure ps files