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Precision Measurements to Test the Standard Model and for Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics

Part of the Springer Theses Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-30778-3

ISBN: 978-3-030-30777-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 23, 2019

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Chapter 1Introduction

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 1 –23

[Precision measurements in nuclear physics are an area of active study, serving as an important avenue of research for a wide variety of subfields. In this dissertation, three cases will be presented, one concerning a test of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, and two addressing...
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Chapter 2Half-Life Measurement of 11C for Testing the Standard Model

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 25 –41

[The precision determination of the ℱt\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}...
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Chapter 3The LEBIT Facility and Penning Traps

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 43 –58

[Precision mass measurements of isotopes provide a critical avenue for the study of many areas of nuclear physics. Penning trap mass spectrometry provides the highest-precision avenue of study of the mass of radioactive nuclei. This chapter provides an overview of Penning trap mass spectrometry,...
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Chapter 4Mass Measurement of 56Cu for the Astrophysical rp-Process

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 59 –71

[This chapter presents Penning trap mass measurement of 56Cu using the LEBIT 9.4 T Penning trap mass spectrometer at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. This mass is important for calculating reaction rates and constraining the...
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Chapter 5A Cooler-Buncher for the N = 126 Factory

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 73 –92

[A new facility is under development at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System to allow for precision measurements necessary for the determination of the r-process path around the N = 126 shell closure. This chapter provides an overview of this facility, and details on the construction and...
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Chapter 6Summary and Outlook

Valverde, Adrian A.

Pages: 93 –95

[This chapter summarizes the three applications of precision measurements in nuclear physics featured in this dissertation: A half-life measurement for tests of the Standard Model through the unitarity of the CKM matrix, a Penning trap mass measurement for determining the path of the...

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