The research group: experimental nuclear physics

The Group's participation in nuclear physics experiments at intermediate energies abroad was continued, while measurements on the elastic scattering of α-particles on 28Si were performed at the National Accelerator Centre's 6 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. Development of experimental facilities for the future research programme at the separated sector cyclotron is progressing well. A 1,5 m diameter scattering chamber, a γ-ray correlation table, a high-energy γ-ray detector system and a beam swinger facility for neutron time-of-flight measurements should be available for experiments during the first year of operation of the separated sector cyclotron. A second mini-computer for off-line event sorting and data analysis has also been installed, while 450 MHz ADC's are on order