40Ar proposed as probe of neutron-induced reactions in a high-density stellar-like plasma at the National Ignition Facility

M. Paul; R. N. Sahoo; M. Tessler; J. Jeet; C. Velsko; A. Zylstra; M. Avila; C. Dickerson; C. Fougères; H. Jayatissa; R. C. Pardo; K. E. Rehm; R. Scott; I. Tolstukhin; R. Vondrasek; T. Bailey; L. Callahan; A. M. Clark; P. Collon; Y. Kashiv; A. Nelson; U. Köster; H. F. R. Hoffmann; M. Pichotta; K. Zuber; T. Döring; R. Schwengner

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202327913004

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Volume 279 (2023)

EPJ Web Conf., 279 (2023) 13004

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 279, 2023 Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics – X (NPA-X 2022)


Article Number		13004
Number of page(s)		5
Section		Methods / Facilities
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327913004
Published online		22 March 2023

EPJ Web of Conferences 279, 13004 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327913004

⁴⁰Ar proposed as probe of neutron-induced reactions in a high-density stellar-like plasma at the National Ignition Facility

M. Paul¹^*, R. N. Sahoo¹, M. Tessler², J. Jeet³, C. Velsko³, A. Zylstra³, M. Avila⁴, C. Dickerson⁴, C. Fougères⁴, H. Jayatissa⁴, R. C. Pardo⁴, K. E. Rehm⁴, R. Scott⁴, I. Tolstukhin⁴, R. Vondrasek⁴, T. Bailey⁵, L. Callahan⁵, A. M. Clark⁵, P. Collon⁵, Y. Kashiv⁵, A. Nelson⁵, U. Köster⁶, H. F. R. Hoffmann⁷, M. Pichotta⁷, K. Zuber⁷, T. Döring⁸ and R. Schwengner⁸

¹ Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 91904
² Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne Israel
³ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA USA
⁴ Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL USA
⁵ University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN USA
⁶ Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble France
⁷ Technical University Dresden, Dresden Germany
⁸ Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Dresden Germany

^* e-mail: paul@vms.huji.ac.il

Published online: 22 March 2023

Abstract

The thermodynamical conditions and the neutron density produced in a laser-induced implosion of a deuterium-tritium (DT) filled capsule at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) are the closest laboratory analog of stellar conditions. We plan to investigate neutron-induced reactions on ⁴⁰Ar, namely the ⁴⁰Ar(n, 2n)³⁹Ar(t_1/2 =268 y), the ⁴⁰Ar(n, γ)⁴¹Ar(110 min) and the potential rapid two-neutron capture reaction ⁴⁰Ar(2n, γ)⁴²Ar(33 y) in an Ar-loaded DT capsule. The chemical inertness of noble gas Ar enables reliable collection of the reaction products.

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