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DOI: https://doi.org/10.53747/jnst.v9i3.42
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D., C., L., C., A.J., K., D.L., B., P., C., M., C., J., G., & A., O. (2019). High-resolution fission studies with the planned GBS facility at ELI-NP. Nuclear Science and Technology, 9(3), 30-37. https://doi.org/10.53747/jnst.v9i3.42

High-resolution fission studies with the planned GBS facility at ELI-NP

D. Choudhury1,2, L. Csige3, A.J. Krasznahorkay3, D.L. Balabanski2, P. Constantin2, M. Csatlós3, J. Gulyás3, A. Oberstedt2
1 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
2 Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Bucharest-Magurele 077125, Romania
3 Institute of Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen 4026, Hungary

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Abstract

The emerging photo-fission experimental campaigne with the gamma beam system at ELI-NP is presented along with the physics cases to be addressed, with emphasis on prepared day-one experiments. The design of the state-of-the-art detector arrays, which are under construction for such experiments, is reported. The results of the performance tests of the constructed prototypes are presented. Plans for further extension of the photo-fission experimental programme at ELI-NP are discussed.

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photo-fission, fission barrier, transmission resonance, GBS, ELI-NP, fission detectors

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