References and Documents

Program Advisory Committee (PAC)

• PAC41 (May 2014):
  • PAC Report media:PAC41_Report.pdf High Impact

• PAC40 (June 2013):
  • Experiment Proposal: Measurement of ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C with a bubble chamber and a bremsstrahlung beam media:PAC40_proposal.pdf
  • PAC Report media:PAC40_Report.pdf Approved A-

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• PAC39 (June 2012)
  • Experiment Proposal: Measurement of ¹⁹F(γ,α)¹⁵N with a bubble chamber and a bremsstrahlung beam media:PR12-12-013.pdf
  • PAC Report media:PAC39_Report.pdf Deferred

Talks

• Nuclear Astrophysics with γ-ray beams

C. Ugalde, Light Cone 2018 tour [1]

- Presentation: media: Bubble_Chamber_LightCone_tour_Ugalde_JLab_2018.pdf

• Bubble Chamber: A novel technique for measuring thermonuclear rates at low energies

R. Talwar, contributed talk to APS April meeting, April 16–19 (2016) [2].

- Presentation: media:Bubble_Chamber_APS_2016_RashiTalwar.pdf media:Bubble_Chamber_APS_2016_RashiTalwar.pptx 

• Bubble Chamber: A novel technique towards understanding the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction

R. Talwar, JINA-CEE Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics Meeting, March 29–31 (2016) [3].

- Presentation: media:Bubble_Chamber_JINA_2016.pdf media:Bubble_Chamber_JINA_2016.pptx 

• Bubble Chamber: A novel technique for measuring thermonuclear rates at low energies

R. Talwar, Argonne National Lab Physics Seminar, February 5 (2016).

- Presentation: media:Bubble_Chamber_Talwar_Argonne.pdf media:Bubble_Chamber_Talwar_Argonne.pptx 

• Measurement of ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C with Bubble Chamber and Bremsstrahlung Beam at Jefferson Lab Injector

R. Suleiman, Old Dominion University (ODU) Nuclear Physics Seminar, July 20 (2015).

- Abstract: media:Abstract_ODU_Seminar.pdf media:Abstract_ODU_Seminar.docx
- Presentation: media:ODU_Seminar_Suleiman_July_2015.pdf media:ODU_Seminar_Suleiman_July_2015.pptx

• Measurement of ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C with Bubble Chamber and Bremsstrahlung Beam at Jefferson Lab Injector

R. Suleiman, TRIUMF Accelerator Seminar, June 4 (2014).

- Abstract: media:Abstract_TRIUMF_Seminar.pdf media:Abstract_TRIUMF_Seminar.docx
- Presentation: media:TRIUMF_Seminar_Suleiman_June_2014.pdf media:TRIUMF_Seminar_Suleiman_June_2014.pptx

• Measurement of ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C with Bubble Chamber and Bremsstrahlung Beam at Jefferson Lab Injector

R. Suleiman, Graduate Student and Post-Doc Pizza Seminar, April 16 (2014).

- Abstract: media:Abstract_GS_Seminar.pdf media:Abstract_GS_Seminar.docx
- Presentation: media:GS_Seminar_Suleiman_April2014.pdf media:GS_Seminar_Suleiman_April2014.pptx

• Measurement of ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C with Bubble Chamber and Bremsstrahlung Beam at Jefferson Lab Injector

R. Suleiman, Jefferson Lab Accelerator Seminar, January 23 (2014).

- Abstract: media:01-23-14_Riad Suleiman.pdf media:Abstract_Acc_Seminar.pdf media:Abstract_Acc_Seminar.docx
- Presentation: media:Acc_Seminar_Suleiman_Jan2014.pdf media:Acc_Seminar_Suleiman_Jan2014.pptx
- Root macro files used to generate figures presented in this seminar (change .txt to .tar): media:AccSeminar.txt

Presentations

• Introduction to Bubble Chamber: Ops Training (September 9, 2015): media:Bubble_Chamber_OpsTrain_Sept2015.pdf media:Bubble_Chamber_OpsTrain_Sept2015.pptx

Video: [4]

Posters

• Measuring Stellar Reaction Rates with Bubble Chamber

Jefferson Lab Open House, Saturday April 30, 2016.

media:bubble_OpenHouse_April2016.pdf

media:bubble_OpenHouse_April2016.pptx

Proceedings

• Determination of astrophysical thermonuclear rates with a bubble chamber: ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction case

PEB Proceedings, [5]. AIP Conf. Proc. 1563, 239 (2013), media:AIP.1.4829419.pdf [6]

Bubble Chamber

• Bubble chambers for experiments in nuclear astrophysics

B. DiGiovine et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 781 (2015) 96 [7] media:NuclInstMethA.781.96.pdf

• First determination of an astrophysical cross section with a bubble chamber: The ¹⁵N(α,γ) ¹⁹F reaction

C. Ugalde et al., Phys. Lett. B 719 (2013) 74 [8] media:PhysLettB.719.74.pdf

• New insights into particle detection with superheated liquids

S. Archambault et al., New J. Phys. 13 (2011) 043006 [9] media:NewJPhys.13.043006.pdf

• Discrimination of nuclear recoils from alpha particles with superheated liquids

F. Aubin et al., New J. Phys. 10 (2008) 103017 [10] media:NewJPhys.10.103017.pdf

• Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-2L C³F⁸ Bubble Chamber

C. Amole et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 231302 [11] media:PhysRevLett.114.231302.pdf

• Direct measurement of the bubble-nucleation energy threshold in a CF₃I bubble chamber

E. Behnke et al., Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 021101(R) [12] media:PhysRevD.88.021101.pdf

• Study of low frequency acoustic signals from superheated droplet detector

P.K. Mondal et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 729 (2013) 182 [13] media:NuclInstMethA.729.182.pdf

• Development of bubble chambers with enhanced stability and sensitivity to low-energy nuclear recoils

W.J. Bolte et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 577 (2007) 569 [14] media:NuclInstMethA.577.569.pdf

• Response of superheated droplet detectors of the PICASSO dark matter search experiment

M. Barnabé-Heider et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 555 (2005) 184 [15] media:NuclInstMethA.555.184.pdf

• Superheated liquid and its place in radiation physics

S.C. Roy, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 61 (2001) 271 [16] media:RadiatPhysChem.61.271.pdf

• Search for dark matter with moderately superheated liquids

V. Zacek, Nuovo Cimento A 107 (1994) 1247 [17] media:NuovoCementoA.107.1247.pdf

• The cavitation chamber

B. Hahn, Nucl. Phys. B - Proceedings Supplements 36, (1994) 459 [18] media:Nucl.Phys.B.Proc.Suppl.36.459.1994.pdf

• On the Theory of the Bubble Chamber

F. Seitz, Phys. of Fluids 1 (1957) 2 [19] media:Phys.Fluids.1.2.pdf

Oxygen S-Factor

• The ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning

R. J. deBoer et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 89, (2017) 035007: [20] media:RevModPhys.89.035007.pdf

• Theoretical reaction rates of the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction from the potential model

M. Katsuma, Proceedings of Nuclei in the Cosmos (NIC XIII). 7-11 July 2014. Debrecen, Hungary [21] media:1501.06250v1.pdf

• The astrophysical S factor of ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O at stellar energy

D. Schürmann, L. Gialanella, R. Kunz, F. Strieder, Phys. Lett. B 711 (2012) 35 [22] media:PhysLettB.711.35.pdf

• Determination of the E1 component of the low-energy ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O cross section

X. D. Tang et al., Phys. Rev. C 81, (2010) 045809 [23] media:PhysRevC.81.045809.pdf

• New Determination of the Astrophysical S Factor S_E1 of the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O Reaction

X. D. Tang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 052502 [24] media:PhysRevLett.99.052502.pdf

• A new study for ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C at the energies of nuclear astrophysics interest: The inverse of key nucleosynthesis reaction ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

Y. Xu et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 581 (2007) 866 [25] media:NuclInstMethA.581.866.pdf

• Measurement of the Cascade Transition via the First Excited State of ¹⁶O in the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O Reaction, and Its S Factor in Stellar Helium Burning

C. Matei et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 242503 [26] media:PhysRevLett.97.242503.pdf

• Nuclear reactions in stellar helium burning and later hydrostatic burning stages

L.R. Buchmann, C.A. Barnes, Nucl. Phys. A 777 (2006) 254 [27] media:NuclPhysA.777.254.pdf

• E1 and E2 capture cross section and astrophysical reaction rate of the key reaction ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

J.W. Hammer et. al., Nucl. Phys. A 758 (2005) 363 [28] media:NuclPhysA.758.363.pdf

Previous S-Factor Measurements

• ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O studied with the Karlsruhe 4π BaF₂ detector

R. Plag et al., Phys. Rev. C 86, (2012) 015805 [29] media:PhysRevC.86.015805.pdf

• ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O: The Key Reaction in Stellar Nucleosynthesis

R. Kunz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3244 [30] media:PhysRevLett.86.3244.pdf

• GANDI. In the Focus of Nuclear Astrophysics: The ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O Reaction

M. Fey, Ph.D. Thesis, Stuttgart, Germany (2004), [31] media:diss_fey.pdf

• EUROGAM. E1 and E2 S factors of ¹²C(α,γ0)¹⁶O from γ-ray angular distributions with a 4 π-detector array

M. Assunção et al., Phys. Rev. C 73, (2006) 055801 [32] media:PhysRevC.73.055801.pdf

• First direct measurement of the total cross-section of ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

D. Schürmann et. al., Eur. Phys. J. A 26 (2005) 301 [33] media:EurPhysJA.26.301.pdf

• The E1 and E2 capture amplitudes in ¹²C(α,γ0)¹⁶O

G. Roters et al., Eur. Phys. J. A 6 (1999) 451 [34] media:EurPhysJA.6.451.pdf

• ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O cross sections at stellar energies

J. M. L. Ouellet et al., Phys. Rev. C 54, (1996) 1982 [35] media:PhysRevC.54.1982.pdf

• The ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O cross section at stellar energies

A. Redder et al., Nucl. Phys. A 462 (1987) 385 [36] media:NuclPhysA.462.385.pdf

Nucleosynthesis

• Nucleosynthesis and remnants in massive stars of solar metallicity

S.E. Woosley and A. Heger, Phys. Reports 442 (2007) 269 [37] media:Phys.Reports.442.269.pdf

• Coulomb dissociation as a source of information on radiative capture processes of astrophysical interest

G. Baur et al., Nucl. Phys. A 458 (1986) 188 [38] media:NuclPhysA.458.188.pdf

• General properties of astrophysical reaction rates in explosive nucleosynthesis

T. Rauscher, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 420 (2013) 012138 [39] media:J.Phys.Conf.Ser._420_1_012138.pdf

Astrophysics

• Dependence of s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars on triple-alpha and ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction rate uncertainties

C. Tur et al., Astroph. J., 702(2) (2009) 1068 [40] media:AstrophJ_702_2_1068.pdf