The Felsenkeller shallow-underground laboratory achieves gamma-ray backgrounds low enough, and carbon beam currents high enough, to make a sensitive measurement of carbon-12(alpha,gamma)oxygen-16 appear feasible.
Underground nuclear astrophysics: why and how
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The goal of nuclear astrophysics is to measure cross sections of nuclear physics reactions of interest in astrophysics. At stars temperatures, these cross sections are very low due to the suppression of the Coulomb barrier. Cosmic ray induced background can seriously limit the determination of reaction cross sections at energies relevant to astrophysical processes and experimental setups should be arranged in order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Placing experiments in underground sites, however, reduces this background opening the way towards ultra low cross section determination. LUNA (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics) was pioneer in this sense. Two accelerators were mounted at the INFN National Laboratories of Gran Sasso (LNGS) allowing to study nuclear reactions close to stellar energies. A summary of the relevant technology used, including accelerators, target production and characterisation, and background treatment is given.
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Background in $\gamma$-ray detectors and carbon beam tests in the Felsenkeller shallow-underground accelerator laboratory
The Felsenkeller shallow-underground laboratory achieves gamma-ray backgrounds low enough, and carbon beam currents high enough, to make a sensitive measurement of carbon-12(alpha,gamma)oxygen-16 appear feasible.