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Foi estudada a reação de transferência \'ANTPOT. 25 Mg\'(\'ANTPOT. 11 B\',\'ANTPOT. 12 C\')\'ANTPOT. 24 Na\' (estados fundamental e excitados) pelas medidas de suas distribuições angulares, em \'E IND. lab\'=35MeV e \'8 GRAUS\'\'< OU =\'\'\'teta\' IND. lab\'\'< OU =\'\'39 GRAUS\', e funções de excitação em \'\'teta\' IND. lab\'=\'9 GRAUS\' e \'\'teta\' IND. lab\'=\'19 GRAUS\', cobrindo o intervalo de 33.48 MeV a 37.5 MeV, com passos de energia de aproximadamente 0.5 MeV. O experimento foi realizado na câmara de espalhamento \'30 GRAUS\'B do Laboratório Pelletron. A análise dos dados foi realizada por cálculos de modelo óptico para o espalhamento elástico, cálculos de DWBA (Distorted Wave Born Approximation) e de canais acoplados. As distribuições angulares obtidas serviram de base para uma simulação Monte Carlo do feixe secundário de \'ANTPOT. 24m Na\' através do sistema de solenóides supercondutores do laboratório Pelletron-Linac Study of the \'ANTPOT reaction. 25 Mg\'(\'ANTPOT. 11 B\', \'ANTPOT. 12 C\')\'ANTPOT. 24m Na\' for producing secondary beams of nuclei in excited states

The (p, p), (p, a) and (p, d) reactions on 8Li were measured at low energies. The experiment was performed using a thick [CH2]n target and a radioactive 8Li beam available at the RIBRAS facility of Sao Paulo . This experiment represents an upgrade of a previous experiment, where only the 8Li(p,a)5He cross section was measured. High lying resonances of 9Be, which are still uncertain, could be studied in this way. The detection of several reaction channels allows a reliable determination of the resonance parameters, such as energy, width and spin-parity. In the deuteron channel we could observe the same resonance decaying to d+7Ligs and to d+7Li∗. The properties of the resonances are determined by a R-matrix analysis, which provides evidence for a significant clustering as well in the (p, a) as in the (p, d) channels. The experimental data and the multi-channel R-matrix analysis will be presented.

The aim of the NUMEN project is to access the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME), involved in the half life of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ), by measuring the cross sections of Heavy Ions (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions with high accuracy. First evidence of the possibility to get quantitative information about NME from experiments is shown in the reaction 40Ca(18O,18Ne)40Ar at 270 MeV, performed with MAGNEX spectrometer using Superconducting Cyclotron (CS) beams at INFN - Laboratory Nazionali del Sud (LNS) in Catania. Preliminary tests on 116Sn and 116Cd target are already performed. High beam intensity is the new frontiers for these studies.

The main purpose of the present work is the investigation of the α-cluster phenomenon in 16 O. The 12 C( 6 Li,d) 16 O reaction was measured at a bombarding energy of 25.5 MeV employing the Sao Paulo Pelletron-Enge-Spectrograph facility and the nuclear emulsion detection technique. Resonant states around 4α threshold were measured and an energy resolution of 15 keV allows to define states previously unresolved. The angular distributions of the absolute cross sections were determined in a range of 4-40 degree in the center of mass system. The upper limit for the resonance widths was obtained, indicating that the α cluster structure information in this region should be revised.

For studies of astrophysical interest and nuclear reactions with radioactive nuclei, charged particle products emitted from nuclear reactions such as 7Li + 9Be are routinely produced, separated and focused onto a focal spot by ion focusing separators such as a superconducting solenoid. The separation and focusing of desired ion groups onto the focal plane is however not complete, being also accompanied by unwanted ion groups. The mass- and energy-resolving but also the spatial focusing power of these separators are also limited and often spread out. In order to evaluate and determine and minimize these effects we decided to analyze the spectral and spatial distributions of ion reaction products at a superconducting solenoid. For this purpose we use the position-sensitive quantum-counting pixel detector Timepix which provides energy or time sensitivity per pixel. This device resolves different ion groups and measures the spectral and spatial spread distributions. Single ions are detected and individual ion groups can be identified and distinguished by multi-parameter event-by-event and pattern recognition analysis of the characteristic ion signal response in the pixelated detector. We present the capabilities of the technique on the indicated reaction above which is studied at the radioactive ion beam facility RIBRAS in Brazil. Several ion groups arriving at the focal plane are established such as 7,8Li, 4,6He and 3H together with their spatial and spectral distributions. The energy- and spatial-spread of the solenoid resolving power at the focal plane can be thus evaluated with a resolution of tens of keV and few µm, respectively. The detector serves moreover as an online verification and calibration imager for the ion optics separator and beam focusing monitoring. Results are presented for measurements with a 24 MeV 7Li beam and a thin 9Be target with the solenoid tuned for selection and focusing of produced radioactive 8Li.

Foram medidas distribuições angulares do espalhamento elástico 7Be+51V em Elab=26.6 MeV, 8Li+58Ni em Elab=20.2 e 22.0 MeV e 6He+120Sn em 17.4, 18.05, 19.8, 20.5 MeV e 8Li+120Sn em Elab=20.3 MeV. Os feixes radioativos foram produzidos no sistema RIBRAS (Radioactive Ion Beams in Brasil) a partir das reações de produção 9Be(7Li,8Li), 9Be(7Li,6He), 3He(7Li,7Be), 3He(6Li,7Be). No caso dos projéteis 7Be e 8Li e alvos de massas intermediárias, realizamos uma análise de modelo óptico das distribuições angulares e obtivemos a secção de choque total de reação. A secção de choque de reação reduzida foi comparada com outros sistemas estáveis fortemente ligados e fracamente ligados. Uma alta produção de partículas alfa foi detectada no espalhamento 6He+120Sn com velocidades próximas a do 6He espalhado. Foram determinadas distribuições angulares do espalhamento elástico e das alfas produzidas. Análises teóricas de quebra (CDCC), fusão-evaporação, transferência para o contínuo e para estados ligados indicam que a transferência é o que melhor explica os dados. Measurements of the elastic angular distributions of 7Be+51V at Elab=26.6 MeV, 8Li+58Ni at Elab=20.2 e 22.0 MeV and 6He+120Sn at 17.4, 18.05, 19.8, 20.5 MeV and 8Li+120Sn at Elab=20.3 MeV have been performed. The radioactive beams have been produced at the system RIBRAS (Radioactive Ion Beams in Brasil) using the production reactions 9Be(7Li,8Li), 9Be(7Li,6He), 3He(7Li,7Be), 3He(6Li,7Be). The 7Be e 8Li scattering on intermediate mass targets have been analysed by optical model and the total reaction cross section has been obtained. The reduced reaction cross section has been compared to other stable, tightly bound and weakly bound systems. A high yield of alpha particles has been detected in the 6He+120Sn collision with velocities around the velocity of the scattered 6He. Angular distributions of these alpha particles have been obtained. Theoretical calculations of the breakup of the 6He (CDCC), fusion-evaporation and neutron transfer to bound states and to the continuum indicate that the neutron transfer is the process which best explains the data.

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) is considered the best potential resource to determine the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover, if observed, it will signal that the total lepton number is not conserved and neutrinos are their own anti-particles. Presently, this physics case is one of the most important research beyond Standard Model and might guide the way towards a Grand Unified Theory of fundamental interactions. Since the \b{eta}\b{eta} decay process involves nuclei, its analysis necessarily implies nuclear structure issues. The 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} decay rate can be expressed as a product of independent factors: the phase-space factors, the nuclear matrix elements (NME) and a function of the masses of the neutrino species. Thus the knowledge of the NME can give information on the neutrino mass scale, if the 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} decay rate is measured. In the NURE project, supported by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council, nuclear reactions of double charge-exchange (DCE) will be used as a tool to extract information on the \b{eta}\b{eta} NME. In DCE reactions and \b{eta}\b{eta} decay, the initial and final nuclear states are the same and the transition operators have similar structure. Thus the measurement of the DCE absolute crosssections can give crucial information on \b{eta}\b{eta} matrix elements., Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2001.09657; text overlap with arXiv:2001.09648

A análise da Interferência Coulombiana-Nuclear (ICN) foi aplicada à distribuição angular experimental do espalhamento inelástico de 6Li de 28,0 MeV em 76Ge, na excitação do estado 2_1^+. Os dados foram adquiridos no sistema Pelletron-Espectrógrafo Magnético Enge do LAFN do IFUSP. Na detecção dos íons emergentes, no plano focal do imã, foi utilizado um detector sensível à posição (PSD) de barreira de superfície (área de detecção de 47 × 8 mm^2 e espessura útil de 500 m). No presente trabalho foi introduzida a técnica de processamento digital de pulsos (PDP) no sistema de aquisição. Foram medidos espectros associados a vinte e seis ângulos de espalhamento na região angular de interesse: 10^o_Lab 55^o. A análise foi realizada na aproximação de Born com ondas distorcidas (DWBA) utilizando o potencial nuclear de transição descrito pelo modelo do potencial óptico deformado (DOMP) e parâmetros ópticos globais. O ajuste das previsões sobre a distribuição angular experimental foi realizado pela minimização do ^2 através do método iterativo de Gauss. O ajuste permitiu a extração dos parâmetros correlacionados: _2^N, comprimento de deformação nuclear e C_2=(_2^C)(_2^N ), razão entre os comprimentos de deformação de carga e nuclear. Os valores dos parâmetros correlacionados obtidos neste trabalho foram C_2=1,101(20) e _2^N=1,08(21) fm. Testes estatísticos através da simulação de Monte Carlo de 5000 novos conjuntos de dados comprovaram a qualidade do método empregado no ajuste dos parâmetros correlacionados. A metodologia aplicada na análise da ICN, permitiu a extração da razão (B(E2))B(IS2) ,que é proporcional ao quadrado de C_2, com boa precisão devido ao cancelamento da incerteza no fator de escala, das seções de choque absolutas. Os resultados obtidos no presente trabalho são inéditos e permitiram análise da evolução da coletividade ao longo da cadeia de isótopos pares de germânio, em conjunto com os valores obtidos nos isótopos 70,72,74Ge estudados previamente. Os resultados ao longo da cadeia indicaram que, apesar de uma leve predominância da contribuição dos prótons em relação aos nêutrons na excitação dos primeiros estados quadrupolares dos 70,72,76Ge, a contribuição dos nêutrons é consideravelmente maior para o 74Ge. Este aumento sugere forte mistura de configurações na descrição do estado fundamental deste isótopo. The inelastic scattering of 28,0 MeV 6Li on 76Ge in the excitation of the 2_1^+ state, has been studied with the Coulomb-Nuclear Interference (CNI) analysis. The data were measured at the Pelletron-Enge-Spectrograph facility at LAFN-IFUSP. A solid-state position sensitive silicon detector (PSD) (500 m thickness and 47 × 8 mm^2 area) was used to measure the data at the spectrometer focal plane. Digital pulse processing (DPP) was implemented in the acquisition system. Twenty-six spectra were measured at carefully chosen scattering angles in the range of 10^o_Lab 55^o to obtain an angular distribution. The analysis was performed with the Distorted Wave Born Approximation (DWBA) and applied for the nuclear transition potential, the Deformed Optical Potential Model (DOMP), under well-established global optical parameters. The fit of the predicted cross sections to the experimental data through ^2 minimization, using the iterative method of Gauss, allowed for the extraction of the correlated parameters, _2^N, the mass deformation length, and C_2=(_2^C)(_2^N ), the ratio between charge and mass deformation lengths. The correlated parameters obtained in the present work were C_2=1,101(20) and _2^N=1,08(21) fm. Statistical tests, through a Monte Carlo simulation of 5000 new data sets, validated the method employed in the correlated parameters fit. The methodology applied for the CNI analysis allowed the extraction of ratio(B(EL))(B(ISL)), which is proportional to the square of C_2, with a good precision due to the scale uncertainties cancellation of the absolute cross sections. The values of B(IS2) and of the ratios (B(E2))(B(IS2)) obtained in the present work have not been reported before and allow the study of the evolution of the collectivity throughout the even-A germanium chain together with former results obtained for the 70,72,74Ge isotopes. The results along the chain indicate that although the protons relative to the neutrons reveal a small predominant contribution in 70,72,76Ge to the first quadrupole excitation, the neutron role is strongly enhanced in 74Ge. This behaviour suggests a strong mixing configuration in the 74Ge ground state description

This work aims to obtain the fusion excitation function for the 16O+16O system through gamma-spectroscopy measurements and gamma-charged particle coincidence, using the Saci-Perere system mounted at the end of the 30A beamline of the Open Laboratory of Nuclear Physics of the University of São Paulo (LAFN). Tests with the gamma-charged particle detection system indicated its unfeasibility due to the short measurement time and lose of the neutron channel. To overcome this problem, a new experimental setup was used. Two $\\gamma$-ray detectors were placed at 55º and 125º and a surface barrier detector was placed at 130º to monitor the 16O nuclei backscattered. The partial fusion cross sections related to the exit channels from the 16O+16O fusion reaction were measured by detecting their characteristic gamma rays at Ecm= 8.27, 9.27, 10.77 and 12.27 MeV. Three difficulties were faced during and after the experiment: carbon contamination of the target, natural background and low beam intensity. Efforts were made to successfully overcome these difficulties. The relative normalization was made by two ways, using the gamma-rays at 279 keV(197Au) and 536 keV(100Mo), and their results agree very well with each other. The total fusion cross section was obtained by summing the partial cross sections for each beam energy. Its absolute normalization was performed with the total theoretical fusion cross section obtained using coupled channel calculations, using the zero point motion model (ZPM), at Ecm= 12.27 MeV. With the total fusion cross section we calculated the astrophysical S-factor, and both results are in good agreement with the literature. O objetivo deste trabalho é obter uma função de excitação para o sistema 16O+16O através de medidas de espectroscopia-gamma e coincidência gamma-partícula carregada, utilizando o sistema Saci-Perere montado no final da linha de feixe 30A do Laboratório Aberto de Física Nuclear da Universidade de São Paulo (LAFN). Testes com o sistema de detecção gamma-partícula carregada indicaram sua inviabilidade devido ao curto tempo de medida e a perda do canal de nêutrons. Para superarmos este problema, uma nova configuração experimental foi utilizada. Dois detectores de radiação gamma foram posicionados a 55º e 125º e um detector de barreira de superfície foi posicionado a 130º para monitorar os núcleos de 16O retroespalhados. As seções de choque parciais relativas aos canais de saída da reação de fusão 16O+16O foram medidas através da detecção de seus raios-gamma característicos para Ecm= 8.27, 9.27, 10.77 e 12.27 MeV. Três dificuldades foram encontradas ao longo e após o experimento: contaminação do alvo por carbono, radiação natural de fundo e baixa intensidade do feixe. Esforços foram direcionados com sucesso para superar estas dificuldades. A normalização relativa foi realizada por dois caminhos, utilizando os raios-gamma a 279 keV(197Au) e a 536 keV(100Mo), e seus resultados concordam muito bem. A seção de choque de fusão total foi obtida somando as seções de choque parciais para cada energia de feixe medida. Sua normalização absoluta foi feita usando a seção de choque de fusão teórica total obtida com cálculos de canais acoplados, utilizando o modelo (ZPM), para Ecm= 12.27 MeV. De posse da seção de choque de fusão total calculamos o fator S-astrofísico, e ambos os resultados concordam bem com a literatura.