Determination of angular distributions from the high efficiency solenoidal separator SOLITAIRE

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method to determine the angular distribution of evaporation residues in fusion reactions using a high-efficiency superconducting solenoidal separator, enabling more precise cross section measurements.

Contribution

A novel method to deduce angular distributions from velocity data, improving the accuracy of fusion cross section measurements with the SOLITAIRE separator.

Findings

Method successfully applied to $^{34}$S+$^{89}$Y reaction

Angular distributions can be reliably extracted from velocity data

Enables precise fusion cross section measurements

Abstract

A novel fusion product separator, based on a gas-filled 8 T superconducting solenoid has been developed at the Australian National University. Though the transmission efficiency of the solenoid is very high, precision cross section measurements require knowledge of the angular distribution of the evaporation residues. A method has been developed to deduce the angular distribution of the evaporation residues from the laboratory-frame velocity distribution of the evaporation residues measured at the exit of the separator. The features of this method are presented, focusing on the example of $^{34}$S+$^{89}$Y which is compared to an independent measurement of the angular distribution. The establishment of this method now allows the novel solenoidal separator to be used to obtain reliable, precision fusion cross-sections.