• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Felsenkeller 5 MV underground accelerator: Towards the Holy Grail of Nuclear Astrophysics 12C(α, γ)16O
  • Beteiligte: Bemmerer, Daniel; Cowan, Thomas E.; Grieger, Marcel; Hammer, Sebastian; Hensel, Thomas; Junghans, Arnd R.; Koppitz, Martina; Ludwig, Felix; Müller, Stefan E.; Rimarzig, Bernd; Reinicke, Stefan; Schwengner, Ronald; Stöckel, Klaus; Szücs, Tamás; Takács, Marcell P.; Turkat, Steffen; Wagner, Andreas; Wagner, Louis; Zuber, Kai
  • Erschienen: EDP Sciences, 2018
  • Erschienen in: EPJ Web of Conferences
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  • DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817801008
  • ISSN: 2100-014X
  • Schlagwörter: General Earth and Planetary Sciences ; General Engineering ; General Environmental Science
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Low-background experiments with stable ion beams are an important tool for putting the model of stellar hydrogen, helium, and carbon burning on a solid experimental foundation. The pioneering work in this regard has been done by the LUNA collaboration at Gran Sasso, using a 0.4 MV accelerator. The present contribution reviews the status of the project for a higher-energy underground accelerator in Felsenkeller, Germany. Results from <jats:italic>γ</jats:italic>-ray, neutron, and muon background measurements in the Felsenkeller underground site in Dresden, Germany, show that the background conditions are satisfactory.</jats:p> <jats:p>Two tunnels of the Felsenkeller site have recently been refurbished for the installation of a 5MV high-current Pelletron accelerator. Civil construction work has completed in March 2018. The accelerator will provide intense, 50 μA, beams of <jats:sup>1</jats:sup>H<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>, <jats:sup>4</jats:sup>He<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>, and <jats:sup>12</jats:sup>C<jats:sup>+</jats:sup> ions, enabling research on astrophysically relevant nuclear reactions with unprecedented sensitivity.</jats:p>
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