Nuclear reactions induced by light anti-ions - contribution of the INCL model

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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-25-0439  

Direction

DRF

Thesis topic details

Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

Nuclear reactions induced by light anti-ions - contribution of the INCL model

Contract

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Job description

The interaction of an antiparticle with an atomic nucleus is a type of reaction that needs to be simulated in order to answer fundamental questions. Examples include the PANDA (FAIR) collaboration with antiproton beams of the order of GeV, which plans to study nucleon-hyperon interactions, as well as the neutron skin by producing hyperons and antihyperons. This same neutron skin is also studied with antiprotons at rest in the PUMA experiment (AD - Cern). At the same site, we are collaborating with the ASACUSA experiment to study the production of charged particles. To respond to those studies, our INCL nuclear reaction code has been extended to antiprotons (thesis by D. Zharenov, defended at the end of 2023). Beyond the antiproton there are antideuterons and antiHe-3. These antiparticles are of more recent interest, notably with the GAPS (General AntiParticle Spectrometer) experiment, which aims to measure the fluxes of these particles in cosmic rays. The idea is to highlight dark matter, of which these particles are thought to be decay products, and whose measured quantity should emerge more easily from the astrophysical background noise than in the case of antiprotons. The proposed subject is therefore the implementation of light anti-nuclei in INCL with comparisons to experimental data.

University / doctoral school

PHENIICS (PHENIICS)
Paris-Saclay

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

DAVID Jean-Christophe jean-christophe.david@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPhN/LEARN
DPhN Bât 703 Orme des Merisiers
CEA/Saclay
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
0169087277

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

DAVID Jean-Christophe jean-christophe.david@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPhN/LEARN
DPhN Bât 703 Orme des Merisiers
CEA/Saclay
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
0169087277

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