Published October 15, 1994
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Journal article
Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA)
Creators
- Greife, U.1
- Arpesella, C.2
- Barnes, C.A.3
- Bartolucci, F.2
- Bellotti, E.4
- Broggini, C.5
- Corvisiero, P.6
- Fiorentini, G.7
- Fubini, A.8
- Gervino, G.9
- Gorris, F.1
- Gustavino, C.2
- Junker, M.1
- Kavanagh, R.W.3
- Lanza, A.6
- Mezzorani, G.10
- Prati, P.6
- Quarati, P.11
- Rodney, W.S.12
- Rolfs, C.1
- Schulte, W.H.1
- Trautvetter, H.P.1
- Zahnow, D.1
- 1. Institut fuer Physik mit Ionenstrahlen, Ruhr-Universitaet, Bochum (Germany)
- 2. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi (Italy)
- 3. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena (United States)
- 4. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Milano (Italy)
- 5. INFN, Padova (Italy)
- 6. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Genova (Italy)
- 7. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Ferrara (Italy)
- 8. ENEA, Frascati and INFN, Torino (Italy)
- 9. Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale and INFN, Torino (Italy)
- 10. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and INFN, Cagliari (Italy)
- 11. Politecnico, Torino and INFN, Cagliari (Italy)
- 12. Georgetown University, Washington (United States)
Description
A compact high-current 50 kV ion accelerator facility including a windowless gas target system, a beam calorimeter, and detector telescopes in close geometry has been built and tested. The data acquisition and analysis involved a multiparameter system and a Monte Carlo program. The LUNA facility, presently installed at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory, is a pilot project focused initially on cross section measurements of the 3He(3He, 2p)4He reaction within the thermal energy region of the sun. To achieve this goal, the experimental sensitivity has been improved by more than four orders of magnitude over that of previous work. ((orig.))
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 350
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 327-337.
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 26011070
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; ALPHA DETECTION; ASTROPHYSICS; BEAM EXTRACTION; CALORIMETERS; COINCIDENCE METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DEUTERIUM TARGET; DEUTERON REACTIONS; DYNAMITRONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FAST NEUTRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; HELIUM BURNING; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 3 REACTIONS; HELIUM 3 TARGET; HELIUM 4; INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS; ITALY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS; ONE-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIONS; PROTON DETECTION; PROTONS; SUN; SURFACE BARRIER DETECTORS; TARGET CHAMBERS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRITIUM; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALCULATION METHODS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; CROSS SECTIONS; DETECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIRECT REACTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; IONS; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LEVELS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTION KINETICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTRA; STABLE ISOTOPES; STAR BURNING; STARS; SYNTHESIS; TARGETS; TRANSFER REACTIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES