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Development of an X-ray detection system for particle ID of superheavy nuclei


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Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DRF-25-0158  

Direction

DRF

Thesis topic details

Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

Development of an X-ray detection system for particle ID of superheavy nuclei

Contract

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Job description

The synthesis and study of the superheavy nuclei (SHN) is still one of the major challenges of modern nuclear physics. Experimental studies of hitherto unknown nuclei depend crucially on their identification in terms of atomic charge Z and nuclear mass A. To complete particle ID capabilities of the separator-spectrometer set-up S3 at GANIL-SPIRAL2, already providing a mass resolution sufficient to resolve the A of SHN, its focal plane detection system SIRIUS will be provided with X-ray detection for Z identification of the species of interest. The development of an X-ray detection system array, employing thin germanium crystals with thin entrance windows (based on so-called Low-Energy Photon Spectrometers (LEPS)), its integration in the SIRIUS set-up as well as its in-beam test and use for SHN decay spectroscopy will be the main tasks of the Ph.D. thesis. The Ph.D. student will be involved in SHN spectroscopic studies at GANIL and international accelerator laboratories like ANL, which serve as efficient preparation of the experiment campaigns planned at S3 which is scheduled to come online in 2024. This Ph.D. thesis work is an important ingredient for the preparation of the detection instrumentation needed for the S3 operation.

University / doctoral school

Physique, Sciences de l’Ingénieur, Matériaux, Énergie (PSIME)
Caen

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

PIOT Julien julien.piot@ganil.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU//GANIL
GANIL
Boulevard H Becquerel
BP 55027
14076 caen cedex 5
0231454644

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

ACKERMANN Dieter dieter.ackermann@ganil.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU//GANIL
GANIL
Boulevard H Becquerel
BP 55027
14076 caen cedex 5
0231454742

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https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/X-SHN-thesis2025.pdf