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Exploring magicity and nuclear forces in 68Ni


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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.

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The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DRF-24-0407  

Direction

DRF

Thesis topic details

Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

Exploring magicity and nuclear forces in 68Ni

Contract

Thèse

Job description

We propose to study the magicity of 68Ni by means of neutron adding and neutron removal transfer reactions (d,p) and (p,d), respectively. This way, we get unique access to the occupancy of the normally occupied orbits and the vacancy of the valence ones. If a sharp transition in occupancy is found, the nucleus is considered as magic, otherwise rather superfluid. Furthermore, this study also allows to study the spin-orbit force, essential to the modeling of atomic nuclei, in a unique manner. 68Ni is produced by means of the LISE spectrometer at GANIL, protons and deuterons produced arising from transfer reactions are detected in the highly-segmented Si array MUST2, gamma-rays with EXOGAM2 and incoming/outgoing nuclei tracks, energy losses and time-of-flights with sets of gas-filled detectors.

University / doctoral school

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

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2024

Person to be contacted by the applicant

SORLIN Olivier sorlin@ganil.fr
CNRS
GANIL/Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds
Boulevard Henri Becquerel
BP 55027
14076 Caen Cedex 5
02 31 45 4525

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

SORLIN Olivier sorlin@ganil.fr
CNRS
GANIL/Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds
Boulevard Henri Becquerel
BP 55027
14076 Caen Cedex 5
02 31 45 4525

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https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NICKEL-thesis2024.pdf