Beta-decay experiments along the r-process path

Alfredo Estrade, Central Michigan University
Monday, Dec 12, 12:00 PM - JINA-CEE Pizza Lunch
1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building

Abstract:  Decay properties of neutron-rich isotopes are an important nuclear physics input in r-process models. In spite of this being a main area of research in low-energy nuclear physics, new experimental data for a large number of isotopes is still necessary to reduce the nuclear physics uncertainty in r-process calculations, and make meaningful comparisons between mode\'s results and new observational data. However, thanks to a new generation of radioactive ion beam facilities large regions of the nuclear chart near and at the r-process path are becoming accessible to experiments. I this talk I will review recent results of beta-decay experiments targeting r-process isotopes at the Radioactive Ion Beam Factory (RIBF) in RIKEN, as well as discussing upcoming experiments to measurement beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities with the new BRIKEN detector setup.