Speaker
Description
The Germanium Neutron Energy Spectrometer for Inelastic Scattering (GENESIS), developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s 88-Inch Cyclotron, enables the concurrent detection of neutrons and gamma rays from (n,x) reactions. The experimental setup utilizes broad-spectrum, energy-tunable neutron beams generated via thick-target deuteron breakup. To achieve simultaneous observation of reaction products, the GENESIS array couples high-purity germanium detectors with organic liquid scintillators. In concert, we are developing analysis methodologies that tightly integrate theoretical reaction modeling with experimental results. This involves a forward-model approach using a modular simulation of the array to precisely calculate its response, which is then coupled to TALYS to optimize reaction model parameters against experimental observations. This talk will detail the current state of the GENESIS array, present recent experimental results, and discuss expected near-term outcomes.
| Contribution category | Experiment |
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| Presenter status | Faculty/Staff |