Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346077

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346077

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Alpha-particle cluster structure in light nuclei: helping and hindering fusion? A new, efficient detector system will be designed and built to answer a question never before asked - can the special structures of carbon, resembling three alpha-particles, assist rather than hinder the process of fusion with heavy nuclei? This question has arisen through my recent work published in Nature, which showed that in reactions with heavy nuclei, paradoxically both fusion and break-up into alpha-particles are more likely for carbon than for neighbouring nuclei. These results defy interpretation within the standard theory of nuclear fusion. The project will help to maintain Australia's world-leading position in the study of nuclear fusion.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $288,035.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Nuclear And Particle Physics | Instruments And Techniques |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

Other Keywords

Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Instruments And Techniques | Nuclear And Particle Physics | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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