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Com a instalação do sistema RIBRAS no Laboratório Pelletron, abriu-se a oportunidade para a realização de experiências com núcleos radioativos, como por exemplo o8Li. Experiências com feixe de 8Li tem sido alvo de interesse, por parte da comunidade ciência, pois reações com esse núcleo permitem a sínteses de elementos mais pesados do que o 7Li, na nucleossíntese primordial. Através, por exemplo, da reação 8Li(4He,n)11B. Neste trabalho utilizou-se o feixe de 8Li, que possui uma meia-vida de 839.9 ms, na medida da reação 8Li(p,4He)5He. Para essas medidas utilizou-se um alvo de polietileno, CH2, com uma espessura de 6.8 mg cm2 . Essa reação e uma das reações que pode diminuir a quantidade de 8Li disponível para que ocorra a reação 8Li(4He,n)11B. Assim uma medida da secção de choque da reação 8Li(p,4He)5He e importante para o calculo de taxa de reações. O feixe de 8Li era produzido no alvo primário, através da interação do feixe primário de 7Li com uma folha de 16¹m de Berílio. Assim nessa folha, entre outras reações, acontecia a reação 9Be(7Li,8Li)8Be cujo Q e 0.36740 MeV. O feixe de 8Li produzido era então focalizado por um solenóide no alvo secundário CH2. Como o alvo secundário era espesso tornou-se possível medir uma função de excitação. Isso acontece pois a medida que o feixe de 8Li vai avançado no alvo, ele vai perdendo energia e tendo acesso ressonâncias do núcleo composto formado, que nesse caso era o 9Be. Mediu-se funções de excitação em quatro energias, para o feixe de 8Li incidente. Sendo elas 19.0, 17.0, 14.5 e 13.2 MeV. Os dados obtidos foram analisados através do formalismo de matriz-R utilizando larguras, spins, isospins e energia da ressonância(Er) encontrados na literatura. / With the installation of the RIBRAS system at the Pelletron Laboratory, the oppor- tunity to accomplish experiments with radioactive nuclei, such as 8Li for example, has become possible. Experiments using 8Li beam has been subject of interest for the sci- enti¯c community, because reactions with this nucleus allows the synthesis of elements heavier than 7Li at the primordial nucleossynthesis. For exemple, through the reaction 8Li(4He,n)11B. On this work, the 8Li beam, with a half-life of 839.9 ms, has been used for the measurement of the reaction 8Li(p,4He)5He. For these measurements a polyethilene target, CH2 of 6.8 mg cm2 of width, has been used. This reaction is one of those that can reduce the quantity of 8Li available for the occurrence of the reaction 8Li(4He,n)11B. Then, for reac- tion rates calculations a measurement of the cross section of the reaction 8Li(p,4He)5He is important. The 8Li beam has been produced at the primary target, through the interaction of the 7Li primary beam with a 16¹m berilium foil. On this foil, among others, occured the reaction 9Be(7Li,8Li)8Be, which Q is 0.36740 MeV. The 8Li beam produced was focalized by a solenoid at the CH2 secondary target. As the secondary target was thick it was possible to measure the excitation function. This happens because as the 8Li beam penetrates the target it looses energy and accesses resonances on the compound nucleus formed, which on this case was the 9Be. The excitation functions have been measured in four energies for the 8Li incident beam, namely 19.0, 17.0, 14.5 and 13.2 MeV. The obtained data were analysed through the R-matrix formalism using width, spin, isospin and resonance energy (Er) found on the literature.

Foram realizadas medidas das distribuições angulares de espalhamento elástico para os sistemas 12C+28Si e 6He+27Al, em energias próximas da barreira Coulombiana. Para o sistema 12C+28Si as energias de trabalho estão no intervalo Ec.m. = 12.4 - 25.2MeV e para o 6He+27Al foram medidas três energias, Ec.m. = 9.54, 11 e 12MeV. As análises foram realizadas dentro do contexto do Modelo Óptico, onde tanto a parte real quanto a imaginária foram descritas por um Modelo de Interação Não-local, chamado de Potencial de São Paulo. Para as energias acima de Ec.m. = 16.1MeV, para o sistema 12C+28Si, as distribuições angulares são fortemente oscilantes e foram ajustadas introduzindo-se polos de Regge na expressão da matriz-S. As distribuições angulares foram reproduzidas com polos de: l=8, entre 16.1 e 19.6MeV; l=10, entre 16.8 e 22.4MeV; e l=13, entre 20.3 e 23.8MeV; sendo que para algumas energias houve a necessidade da introdução de dois polos. Interpretamos a presença dos polos de Regge, numa região de energia, como estados quasimoleculares com spin J=l, no sistema composto 40Ca. Desta forma, foi previsto a existência de estados com estrutura de cluster 12C+28Si, com J=8+, 10+ e 13-, nas energias 32.4, 33.4 e 35.2MeV no 40Ca. Estes estados concordam bem com previsões teóricas para a banda hiperdeformada no 40Ca. Os resultados para o 6He+27Al foram comparados com os sistemas: 6,7Li, 9Be e 16O, sobre alvo de 27Al, e foi observado que a seção de choque de reação é maior para os sistemas fracamente ligados, particularmente para o núcleo halo 6He, o que nos mostra a evidência da importância da quebra nuclear para estes sistemas leves. / The angular distributions of the elastic scattering for the 12C+28Si and 6He+27Al systems have been measured, in energies close to the Coulomb barrier. For the 12C+28Si system the data were obtained at energies Ec.m. = 12.4 - 25.2MeV and to 6He+27Al system were measured four energies Elab = 9.5, 11, 12 and 13.4MeV. The analysis of the angular distributions was performed using an Optical Potential, where the real and imaginary parts of the potential are described through the Non-local Interaction Model called São Paulo Potential. At energies above Ec.m. = 16.1MeV the strongly oscillatory angular distributions of the 12C+28Si system were fitted introducing Regge poles in the S-matrix. The angular distributions had been reproduced with poles for: l=8, between 16.1 and 19.6MeV; l=10, between 16.8 and 22.4MeV and l=13, between 20.3 and 23.8MeV. For some energies two poles had been introduced in the S-matrix. We interpreted the presence of the Regge poles, in an energy region, as quasimolecular states with spin J=l, in the compound system 40Ca. We determined the existence of states with structure of cluster 12C+28Si, with J=8+, 10+ and 13-, at energies 32.4, 33.4 and 35.2MeV in 40Ca. These states are in good agreement with theoretical calculations for the hyperdeformed band in 40Ca. The results for the 6He+27Al system were compared with the 6,7Li, 9Be and 16O projectiles on 27Al target. The largest reaction cross section for the weakly bound systems, particularly for the halo 6He, shows evidence of the importance of the nuclear break-up for these light systems.

Foram medidas distribuições angulares completas do espalhamento elástico do sistema \'ANTPOT. 12 C\' + \'ANTPOT. 24 MG\' nas energias \'E IND. CM\' = 10.67 e 11.33 MeV e entre \'E IND. CM\' = 12.0 e 16.0 MeV, usando feixe de \'ANTPOT. 12 C\' produzido no acelerador Pelletron. Esta faixa de energia se localiza parcialmente abaixo e em torno da barreira coulombiana, estando a barreira em 12.53 MeV. Surpreendentemente todas as distribuições angulares apresentam fortes oscilações mesmo aquelas em energias abaixo da barreira coulombiana. As distribuições angulares foram ajustadas com cálculos de modelo óptico, sendo possível determinar o potencial mais raso, sem ambigüidades contínuas. As principais características deste potencial são: potencial extremamente transparente inclusive no interior nuclear e forte dependência com a energia nas profundidades real e imaginária \'V IND. 0\' e \'W IND. 0\'. Em cinco energias também foram analisadas distribuições angulares do espalhamento inelástico e ajustadas por cálculos de canais acoplados. Os potenciais ópticos usados para diferentes canais apresentam a anomalia do limiar e cálculos de relação de dispersão conectando as integrais de volume dos potenciais ópticos reproduzem bem esta anomalia. / Complete angular distributions of the elastic scattering \'ANTPOT. 12 C\' + \'ANTPOT. 24 MG\' were measured at \'E IND. CM\' = 10.67 and 11.33 MeV and from \'E IND. CM\' = 12.0 to 16.0 MeV, using a \'ANTPOT. 12 C\' beam produced at Pelletron Accelerator. This range of energy is close to the Coulomb barrier of the system, which is 12.53 MeV. Surprisingly all the angular distributions show strong oscillations even at energies bellow the Coulomb barrier. The angular distributions were fitted by optical model calculations and we determined the shallowest real potential, without continuos ambiguity. The main features of this potential are: very transparent even at the nuclear interior and strong dependence with energy of the real and imaginary depths \'V IND. 0\' and \'W IND. 0\'. At five energies the inelastic scattering data were also analysed and well fitted by coupled-channels calculations. The optical potentials of all channels present the threshold anomaly and are well reproduced by dispersion relation calculations applied to the volume integrals of the optical potentials.

Medidas em coincidência gamma-partícula da reação 7Li+120Sn foram realizadas na faixa de energia de 2.6 a 3.9 MeV por nucleon. Além do canal inelástico, foram observados os canais de pick-up de próton e stripping de um e dois nêutrons, sendo que, para o último caso, cálculos teóricos de DWBA e CRC comparados com o canal elástico demonstram que esta transferência ocorre de maneira sequencial (two-step) e não direta. Este trabalho consolida a existência de canais já anteriormente observados (pick-up de próton e stripping de um nêutron) além de observar pela primeira vez a existência do canal de strippinp de dois nêutrons, no entanto, ele tem um caráter pioneiro pois é o primeiro a medir distribuições angulares de todos esses canais. Tanto o pick-up de próton quanto o stripping de dois nêutrons tiveram de levar em conta na análise cálculos de Monte Carlo que simulassem o efeito da quebra dos projéteis 8Be e 5Li, respectivamente. Fatores espectroscópicos para alguns estados desses canais foram obtidos e são condizentes com os valores esperados considerando o modelo de single particle e a indistinguibilidade de partículas nos casos dos núcleos 119In e 122Sn. Por outro lado, são muito pequenos (ordem de 10e-2) para estados do 121Sn, fato esse gerado pela provável falta de acoplamento de mais canais de reação que reduzem o fluxo da transferência de nêutron. Foram observados também núcleos gerados a partir da transferência seguida de emissão de partículas. / $\\gamma$-particle coincidence measurements of the $^7$Li$+^{120}$Sn reaction were made in the $2.6$ to $3.9$ MeV/nucleon energy range. Besides the inelastic channel, the proton {\\it pick-up} and one/two neutron {\\it stripping} were observed, whereas, for the last case, DWBA and CRC calculations were compared to experimental elastic scattering data and demonstrated that this transfer occurs in a sequential ({\\it two-step}) rather than a direct way. This work consolidates the existence of some channels that have already been observed (proton {\\it pick-up} and neutron {\\it stripping}) and also observes for the first time the existence of the two neutron {\\it stripping} channel, however, it still retains its pioneering as it is the first one to measure the angular distributions for all these channels. The proton {\\it pick-up} and the two neutron {\\it stripping} channels had to take into account in their analysis Monte Carlo calculations to simulate the projectile breaking effect ($^8$Be and $^5$Li, respectively). Spectroscopic factors for some states of these channels were found and are consistent with the expected values considering the {\\it single particle} model and the particle indistinguishability for the $^{119}$In and $^{122}$Sn cases, however, these factors are too small (magnitude order of $10^{-2}$) for the $^{121}$Sn case. This was generated most likely by the lack of coupling of some of the reaction channels that would reduce the one neutron transfer flux. Nuclei generated by the transfer followed by particle emission were also observed.

Dans ce travail nous étudions les collisions 40,48 Ca + 40,48 Ca à E = 35 AMeV , mesurées au GANIL avec le couplage unique du spectromètre VAMOS et du multi-détecteur INDRA. Lors de telles collisions les modèles dynamiques prédisent la formation d’un col à basse densité entre deux fragments chauds cinématiquement proches du projectile et de la cible. L’identification isotopique du projectile désexcité (PLF) apportée par VAMOS, et la topologie des espèces détectées en coïncidence dans INDRA, montrent que l’ évolution du rapport N/Z des produits est influencée par le N/Z du système (projectile et cible). Les multiplicités moyennes des particules légères chargées (LCP, Z ≤ 2) suivent en particulier une hiérarchie selon le N/Z du système, et celles des deutons et particules alphas semblent refléter une production dynamique. Une étude des rapports isotopiques a ensuite mis en exergue les mécanismes de transport de l’isospin : la migration et la diffusion de l’isospin, tous deux liés au terme d’ énergie de symétrie de l’ équation d’ état nucléaire. Un objectif de ce travail a été notamment de contraindre les modèles théoriques grâce à l’expérience. Nous avons ainsi appliqué une étude comparative entre les données, le modèle géométrique ELIE et le modèle de transport AMD, désexcités par le code GEMINI++ et filtrés. Cette étude a mis en exergue que le modèle AMD avec un potentiel effectif Gogny asysoft reproduit mieux l’ évolution expérimentale du N/Z du PLF et la hiérarchie des multiplicités des LCP. Enfin nous avons observé que les rapports isotopiques issus des modèles ne reproduisent pas d’enrichissement en neutrons à la mi-rapidité contrairement à l’expérience. / In this work we study the 40,48 Ca+ 40,48 Ca collisions at E = 35 AM eV , measured at GANIL with the coupling of the large acceptance spectrometer VAMOS and the multi-detector array INDRA. During such collisions transport models predict the formation of a low-density neckbetween two hot fragments kinematicaly close to the projectile and the target. The isotopic identification of the projectile-like fragment (PLF) provided by VAMOS, coupled to the topology of the light-charged particles (LCP) detected in coincidence with INDRA, show that the N/Z ratio of the products is influenced by the N/Z of the system (projectile and target). The mean multiplicities associated to the LCP follow a hierarchy according to the system, and the one associated to deuterons and α particles may well reflect a dynamical production. A studyof the isotopic ratios have highlighted isospin transport mechanisms : the isospin drift and the isospin diffusion, both linked to the symmetry energy term of the nuclear equation of state. A goal of this work was also to constrain theoretical models using experiment. We have thenapplied a systematic study to compare data with the geometrical model elie and the transport model amd, both filtered, and using gemini++ as after-burner. This study have highlighted that the amd model with an asysoft equation of state better fits the experimental evolutionof the N/Z of the PLF and also the LCP mean multiplicites shapes. Finally we have observed that the isotopic ratios don’t reproduce the neutron-enrichment of the mid-rapidity observed in the data.

The environment inside the atomic nucleus is one of the most fascinating arenas for the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The strongly-interacting nature of the nuclear medium affects the nature of both QCD processes and the quark-gluon structure of hadrons, allowing several unique aspects of the strong nuclear force to be investigated in reactions involving nuclear targets. The research presented in this dissertation explores two aspects of nuclear QCD: firstly, the partonic structure of the nucleus itself; and secondly, the use of the nucleus as a micro-laboratory in which QCD processes can be studied. The partonic structure of the nucleus is calculated in this work by deriving and utilizing a convolution formula. The hadronic structure of the nucleus and the quark-gluon structure of its constituent nucleons are taken together to determine the nuclear partonic structure. Light cone descriptions of short range correlations, in terms of both hadronic and partonic structure, are derived and taken into account. Medium modifications of the bound nucleons are accounted for using the color screening model, and QCD evolution is used to connect nuclear partonic structure at vastly different energy scales. The formalism developed for calculating nuclear partonic structure is applied to inclusive dijet production from proton-nucleus collisions at LHC kinematics, and novel predictions are calculated and presented for the dijet cross section. The nucleus is investigated as a micro-laboratory in vector meson photoproduction reactions. In particular, the deuteron is studied in the break-up reaction γd → Vpn, for both the ϕ(1020) and J/ψ vector mesons. The generalized eikonal approximation is utilized, allowing unambiguous separation of the impulse approximation and final state interactions (FSIs). Two peaks or valleys are seen in the angular distribution of the reaction cross section, each of which is due to an FSI between either the proton and neutron, or the produced vector meson and the spectator nucleon. The presence and size of the latter FSI valley/peak contains information about the meson-nucleon interaction, and it is shown that several models of this interaction can be distinguished by measuring the angular distribution for the deuteron breakup reaction.

In the mid-eighties, the development of radioactive-ion beams enabled the exploration ofregions of the nuclear landscape away from the valley of stability. Close to the neutrondripline, in the light neutron-rich region, halo nuclei were observed. These nuclei exhibit asurprisingly large matter radius and a strongly clusterized structure. These two featurescan be explained by the weak binding of one or two neutrons which allows them to tunnelfar from the rest of the nucleons, surrounding the nucleus by a diffuse halo. These nuclearstructures have challenged the usual description of the nucleus, described as a compactmany-body object with nucleons piling up into well defined orbitals. Because they areshort-lived, these nuclei are often studied through reaction processes, such as elasticscattering, breakup and knockout. To infer precise information from the experimentaldata, an accurate reaction model coupled with a realistic description of the nucleus isneeded.Compared to other state-of-the-art methods, the eikonal approximation is very cheapfrom a computational viewpoint. This model assumes that the projectile-target relativemotion does not differ much from the initial plane wave. It also makes the adiabaticapproximation, which sees the internal coordinates of the projectile as frozen during thecollision. These two assumptions hold for reactions occurring at high energy, i.e. above60 MeV/nucleon, in which the deflection of the projectile by the target is small and thecollision time is brief.In this thesis, I focus on improvements of the eikonal approximation. First, I studythe extension of the validity of the eikonal model down to 10 MeV/nucleon, in the energyrange of the facilities HIE-ISOLDE at CERN and ReA12 at the upcoming FRIB. To thisend, I analyse different corrections to the eikonal approximation, which account for thedeflection of the projectile by the target. I assess their accuracy for the elastic-scatteringand breakup observables of one-neutron halo nuclei at 10 MeV/nucleon. Next, I developa dynamical correction to the eikonal approximation, which applies to both nuclear andCoulomb interactions while conserving the eikonal numerical cost. I study this correctionin the cases of breakup reactions of one-neutron halo nuclei on light and heavy targets.Then, I investigate which nuclear-structure information can be inferred from knockoutreactions of one-neutron halo nuclei. To do so, I conduct a sensitivity analysis of theirobservables to the nuclear structure of the projectile, described within a halo effectivefield theory. In particular, I study the influence onto the cross sections of the ground-statewave function, the presence of subthreshold bound states and resonances. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

<p>The expanded production of shale gas has increased the desire for developing methods for converting light alkanes, especially propane and ethane, into aromatic species (i.e., benzene, toluene, and xylene). A multi-step process for conversion of light alkanes to aromatics may be developed, where the first stage converts light alkanes into olefins and hydrogen, and the second stage converts olefins to aromatics. However, to determine the viability of this process, better understanding of the performance of olefin aromatization in the presence of equimolar hydrogen is necessary. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Previous studies on the conversion of olefins to aromatics with bifunctional ZSM-5 catalysts have concluded that benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) yields are significantly higher than for ZSM-5 alone. These results were attributed to the presence of a dehydrogenation function of Ga or Zn leading to higher rates of aromatics formation. In this study, a highly active, bifunctional PtZn/SiO2 (1.3 wt% Pt, 2.6 wt% Zn) with H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al = 40) catalyst is investigated for propene aromatization at 723 K and 823 K. At low to moderate propene conversions, in addition to BTX, light alkanes and olefins are produced. Many of these may also be converted to aromatics at higher propene conversion while others are not, for example, light alkanes. When compared at equivalent space velocity and propylene conversion, the bifunctional catalyst has a much higher selectivity to aromatics than ZSM-5; however, when compared at equivalent conversion of all reactive intermediates, the bifunctional catalyst exhibits very similar BTX selectivity. At 723 K, for both ZSM-5 and the bifunctional catalyst, the primary non-reactive by-products are propane and butane. At 823 K, both ZSM-5 and the bifunctional catalyst convert propane and butane to aromatics increasing the aromatic yields, and the by-products are methane and ethane.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Additionally, previous studies have investigated the H-ZSM-5 and Ga/H-ZSM-5 in the absence of H2, which is necessary to understand in order to develop a process for the conversion of light alkanes to aromatics. Herein, proton-form ZSM-5 and Ga modified H-ZSM-5 are compared for propylene aromatization in the presence and absence of equimolar hydrogen at 1.9 kPa and 50 kPa partial pressures. At 1.9 kPa, the presence of H2 is shown to have no impact on the product distribution on H-ZSM-5 or Ga/H-ZSM-5. At 50 kPa, H2 is shown to have no significant impact on H-ZSM-5 and has no impact on Ga/H-ZSM-5 at conversions <80%. Additionally, the addition of Ga to H-ZSM-5 is shown to have no impact on the product distribution in the presence or absence of H2, contrary to previous reports. The disagreement with previous literature stems from previous literature comparing H-ZSM-5 and Ga/H-ZSM-5 at equivalent space velocity rather than equivalent propylene conversion despite previous studies showing that the presence of Ga increases the conversion at equivalent space velocity for olefin aromatization. </p>

A scheme, analogous to the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO), is used to calculate rates of reactions for the fusion of nuclei con¯ned in molecules. As an example, the possibility of nuclear fusion in rotationally excited H2O molecules of angular momentum 1¡ is estimated for the p + p + 16O ! 18Ne¤(4:522; 1¡) nuclear transition. Due to a practically exact agreement of the energy of the Ne resonance and of the p + p + 16O threshold, the possibility of an enhanced transition probability is investigated. / Physics / M.Sc.