Magister Scientiae - MSc (Physics) / Electron-mediated nuclear plasma interactions (NPIs), such as Nuclear Excitation
by Electron Capture (NEEC) or Transition (NEET), can have a signi cant impact
on nuclear cross sections in High Energy Density Plasmas (HEDPs). HEDP
environments are found in nuclear weapons tests, National Ignition Facility (NIF)
shots and in the cosmos where nucleosynthesis takes place. This thesis explores
the impact of NPIs on highly excited nuclei. This impact is understood to be more
intense in highly-excited nuclei states in the quasi-contiuum which is populated
by nuclear reactions prior to their decay by spontaneous
-ray emission.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6440 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Nogwanya , Thembalethu |
| Contributors | Wiedeking, Mathis |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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