ANASEN: The array for nuclear astrophysics and structure with exotic nuclei

Measurement of d+Be7 Cross Sections for Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis

“…The beam of 7 Be was delivered to the anasen activetarget detector [22], entering through a 8.9-µm thick Kapton window into a volume of pure deuterium gas at a pressure of 400 Torr, continuously losing energy in the gas until being stopped about 5 cm before the end of the detector. In this way, the excitation function of d+ 7 Be reactions was simultaneously measured in one setting with a single incident beam energy and with a common beam normalization.…”

Gaseous and dual-phase time projection chambers for imaging rare processes

“…There is a surge of general-purpose TPCs aimed at low energy nuclear physics experiments, with easily some 20 different configurations existing or planned [296,297]. A selection of some of the most established ones includes AC-TAR [16], ANASEN [298], CAT [299], MAIKO [300], Maya [301], MINOS [302], MSTPC [303] and TACTIC [304]. One of the defining characteristics of this category of TPCs is that the emphasis is generally put on the accurate 3Dreconstruction of the event, that implies for instance in the case of ACTAR the use of pixels at a pitch as small as ∆x(y) = 2 mm (16384 electronic channels for a 25 cm × 25 cm readout plane).…”

Measurement of the $^{18}$Ne($α,p$)$^{21}$Na reaction with ANASEN at $E_{c.m.} = $ 2.5-4 MeV

“…The 18 Ne(α, p) 21 Na reaction plays a significant role in Type-I X-ray bursts. It is a major path in the breakout from the hot-CNO cycles to the synthesis of heavier elements in the αp-and rp-processes.…”