| dc.contributor.advisor | Tribble, Robert E. | |
| dc.creator | Hale, Stephen E., Jr. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-01T14:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-01T14:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/CAPSTONE-HaleS_1993 | |
| dc.description | Program year: 1992/1993 | en |
| dc.description | Digitized from print original stored in HDR | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The nucleus ⁵⁷Cu plays an important role in several areas of nuclear physics, including Coulomb displacement calculations and nuclear astrophysics. Recent work concerning ⁵⁷Cu has revealed details about this nucleus. The mass excess has been determined to within 15 keV. An excited state has been found at 1.04±O.04 MeV, although its spin and parity has not been determined. Rough measurements have been made of the half-life (⁵⁷Cu decays to ⁵⁷Ni by β -decay) and of the branching ratios to the ⁵⁷Ni ground and 1.113 MeV 2P₁/₂- states.
The objective of this project is to determine more about the exited states of ⁵⁷Cu using the Momentum Achromat Recoil spectrometer (MARS) located at the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute. Using γ -ray detectors at the target chamber with a coincidence circuit to identify ⁵⁷Cu at the focal-plane, we will attempt to locate the 2P₁/₂- state which plays a crucial role in determining the nuclear synthesis of proton-rich elements more massive than ⁵⁶Ni. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 35 pages | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.subject | ⁵⁷Cu | en |
| dc.subject | nuclear physics | en |
| dc.subject | excited state | en |
| dc.subject | nuclear synthesis | en |
| dc.title | A Search For The First Excited State Of ⁵⁷Cu | en |
| dc.title.alternative | A SEARCH FOR THE FIRST EXCITED STATE OF ⁵⁷CU | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Physics | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University Undergraduate Fellow | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
