Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Notre Dame
- Provides an introduction to tests of the Standard Model via nuclear beta decays
- Presents advances in precision testing of the Standard Model
- Presents a Penning trap mass measurement for determining the astrophysical rp process pathway
- Gives an overview of the forthcoming Argonne facility for precision measurements of astrophysical processes
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis presents two significant results in the field of precision measurements in low-energy nuclear physics. Firstly, it presents a precise half-life determination of 11C, leading to the most precise ft-value for a beta decay transition between mirror nuclides, an important advance in the testing of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Secondly, it describes a high-precision mass measurement of 56Cu, a critical nucleus for determining the path of the astrophysical rapid-proton capture process, performed by the author using the LEBIT Penning trap at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. This new measurement resolves discrepancies in previously-reported calculated mass excesses. In addition, the thesis also presents the construction and testing of a radio-frequency quadrupole cooler and buncher that will be part of the future N = 126 factory at Argonne National Laboratory aimed at producing nuclei of interest for the astrophysical rapid-neutron capture process for the first time.
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Book Title: Precision Measurements to Test the Standard Model and for Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics
Authors: Adrian A. Valverde
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30778-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30777-6Published: 02 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30780-6Published: 04 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30778-3Published: 22 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 102
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Mass Spectrometry, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Nuclear Chemistry