General information
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-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
En savoir plus
https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NICKEL-thesis2024.pdf