Perspectives for photonuclear research at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility

• Published in: The European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei Vol. 51; no. 12
• Main Authors: Filipescu, D., Anzalone, A., Balabanski, D. L., Belyshev, S. S., Camera, F., La Cognata, M., Constantin, P., Csige, L., Cuong, P. V., Cwiok, M., Derya, V., Dominik, W., Gai, M., Gales, S., Gheorghe, I., Ishkhanov, B. S., Krasznahorkay, A., Kuznetsov, A. A., Mazzocchi, C., Orlin, V. N., Pietralla, N., Sin, M., Spitaleri, C., Stopani, K. A., Tesileanu, O., Ur, C. A., Ursu, I., Utsunomiya, H., Varlamov, V. V., Weller, H. R., Zamfir, N. V., Zilges, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Nuclear Fusion; Nuclear Physics; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Perspectives on Nuclear Data for the Next Decade; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Review; Pygmy Dipole Resonance; Gamma Beam; Photonuclear Reaction; Hoyle State; Photoneutron Reaction
• ISSN: 1434-6001; 1434-601X
• DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2015-15185-9

. The perspectives for photonuclear experiments at the new Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility are discussed in view of the need to accumulate novel and more precise nuclear data. The parameters of the ELI-NP gamma beam system are presented. The emerging experimental program, which will be realized at ELI-NP, is presented. Examples of day-one experiments with the nuclear resonance fluorescence technique, photonuclear reaction measurements, photofission experiments and studies of nuclear collective excitation modes and competition between various decay channels are discussed. The advantages which ELI-NP provides for all these experiments compared to the existing facilities are discussed.