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20102018
most citedLow energy neutron background in deep underground laboratories

79 citations · 294 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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nucl-ex2018

Determination of hexadecapole () deformation of the light-mass nucleus Mg using quasi-elastic measurement

Y. K. Gupta, B. K. Nayak, U. Garg +26

Quasi-elastic scattering measurements have been performed using O and Mg projectiles off Zr at energies around the Coulomb barrier. Experimental data have been…

physics.ins-det2016★ 17 cited

CAKE: The Coincidence Array for K600 Experiments

P. Adsley, R. Neveling, P. Papka +12

The combination of a magnetic spectrometer and ancillary detectors such as silicon detectors is a powerful tool for the study of nuclear reactions and nuclear structure. This paper…

physics.ins-det2015★ 79 cited

Low energy neutron background in deep underground laboratories

Andreas Best, Joachim Gorres, Matthias Junker +6

The natural neutron background influences the maximum achievable sensitivity in most deep underground nuclear, astroparticle and double-beta decay physics experiments. Reliable neu…

nucl-ex2015★ 48 cited

Probing astrophysically important states in Mg nucleus to study neutron sources for the -Process

R. Talwar, T. Adachi, G. P. A. Berg +20

The Ne(,n)Mg reaction is the dominant neutron source for the slow neutron capture process (-process) in massive stars and contributes, together with the …

nucl-ex2015★ 34 cited

The first direct measurement of 12C(12C,n)23Mg at stellar energies

B. Bucher, X. D. Tang, X. Fang +28

Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction 12C(12C,n)23Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. However, past studies have shown large discrepancies between exper…

nucl-ex2014★ 14 cited

Measurement of the Ni(,)Zn reaction and its astrophysical impact

S. J. Quinn, A. Spyrou, E. Bravo +23

Cross section measurements of the Ni(,)Zn reaction were performed in the energy range MeV at the Nuclear Science Laboratory of the University of N…

nucl-ex2013★ 22 cited

Measurement of the Zr(p,)Nb reactions for the nucleosynthesis of elements around A=90

A. Spyrou, S. J. Quinn, A. Simon +24

Cross section measurements of the reactions Zr(p,)Nb were performed using the NSCL SuN detector at the University of Notre Dame. These reactions are part of…

nucl-ex2013★ 43 cited

Testing the Mutually Enhanced Magicity Effect in Nuclear Incompressibility via the Giant Monopole Resonance in the Pb Isotopes

D. Patel, U. Garg, M. Fujiwara +14

Using inelastic -scattering at extremely forward angles, including , the strength distributions of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) have been measured in…

nucl-ex2013★ 16 cited

Systematic study of (p,γ) reactions on Ni isotopes

A. Simon, A. Spyrou, T. Rauscher +23

A systematic study of the radiative proton capture reaction for all stable nickel isotopes is presented. The results were obtained using 2.0 - 6.0 MeV protons from the 11 MV tandem…

nucl-ex2010★ 21 cited

Low-Background gamma counting at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility

P. Finnerty, S. MacMullin, H. O. Back +6

The next generation of low-background physics experiments will require the use of materials with unprecedented radio-purity. A gamma-counting facility at the Kimballton Underground…