2018/12/22 by M. Gai, D. Schweitzer, Gai, M. +69
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1812.09536
openalex publication_date 2018/12/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Gamma-Beams at the HIgS facility in the USA and anticipated at the ELI-NP facility, now constructed in Romania, present unique new opportunities to advance research in nuclear astrophysics; not the least of which is resolving open questions in oxygen formation during stellar helium burning via a precise measurement of the 12C(a,g) reaction. Time projection chamber (TPC) detectors operating with low pressure gas (as an active target) are ideally suited for such studies. We review the progress of the current research program and plans for the future at the HIγS facility with the optical readout TPC (O-TPC) and the development of an electronic readout TPC for the ELI-NP facility (ELITPC).