Nuclear Seminar

Experiments and detectors at TRIUMF for Nuclear Astrophysics

Dr. Lothar Buchmann
TRIUMF, Canada

Monday, October 6, 2008   4:00 p.m.   NSH 124
(Refreshments served prior to seminar in NSH 124)

Recently several experiments have been performed or initiated at TRIUMF.  These include ¹⁸F and ²³Mg beams as well as an experiment with an implanted ²²Na target (²²Na(p,₃B₃;²³Mg).  After discussing the TUDA and DRAGON facilities and giving a short summary of older experiments these more recent experiments will be discussed.  For these and future experiments, we have progressed in developing novel detector configurations.  In particular, changes to the recoil detection end of DRAGON and the development of a gas based time projection chamber, named TACTIC, will be discussed.