MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE
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Nguyen Ngoc Duy
STUDY OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS
FOR ASTROPHYSICS
Thesis Submitted for
the Doctoral Degree of Science
Hanoi – 2013
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE
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Nguyen Ngoc Duy
STUDY OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS
FOR ASTROPHYSICS
Subject: Atomic and Nuclear Physics.
Code number: 62 44 05 01
Thesis Submitted for
the Doctoral Degree of Science
Thesis Supervisors
1. Ass.Prof. Le Hong Khiem
2. Ass.Prof. Vuong Huu Tan
Hanoi - 2013
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I hereby certify that the present dissertation is my own research
work under guidance of my supervisors. All the data and results
presented in this dissertation are true and correct. They are based on
the results and conclusions of eleven papers written in co-
authorship with my collaborators. All of them have been published
in peer-review journals and science reports. These results have also
been reported at European Nuclear Physics Conference 2012 and
seminars in Romania, Japan and Vietnam. This approbation process
guarantees that these results have never been published by anyone
else in any other works or articles. Some results from other studies
used to compare and discuss with our new data are noted clearly as
references.
Nguyen Ngoc Duy
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First, I would like to thank my supervisors in Vietnam, Ass.Prof. Le Hong
Khiem and Ass.Prof. Vuong Huu Tan. They are my good supervisors since they
are always able to give me kind suggestions and talk with me like a friend. As
the supervisors, they are very kind to give me scientific knowledge. They give
me a chance to go abroad to study at many classes and attend many wonderful
conferences. They teach and direct me carefully to complete this thesis.
Second, I would like to give my deeply thank to my supervisor in Japan,
Prof. Dr. Shigeru Kubono at the University of Tokyo. He is not only a famous
scientist but also a very kind supervisor. He always very nicely gives me clear
and patient guidance that helps me to conduct my research. He supports me in
science as well as finance to study and perform the experiment of this work
during I stay in Japan.
I also owe my thanks to Dr. Pham Dinh Khang, Ass.Prof. Nguyen Nhi
Dien and Dr. Phu Chi Hoa who give me many meaningful advices and help me
to finish the PhD course. Thanks to their kind encouragement and organization
for the thesis committee.
It would be inappropriate not to mention Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hai, Dr. Dam
Nguyen Binh and Mr. Nguyen Duy Ly for their kind discussion. I must
emphasize their readiness to share their knowledge and experience.
I would also like to thank all of our collaborators at the CRIB facility for
their help to perform my experiment successfully. I especially thank Dr.
Hidetoshi Yamaguchi and David Miles Kahl at CNS who helped me with their
best efforts during the beam time.
Last but not least, I thank my family and my friends for supporting me all
the time. This thesis is as a present sent to my lovely departed father. Although
he was very sore because of cancer, during his hospital time, he encouraged me
a lot.
Symbols and abbreviation
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ADC : Analoge – Digital Converter.
CAMAC : Computer Automated Measurement and Control.
cm : centimeter.
enA : electron-nanoAmpere.
eA : electron-microAmpere.
FADC : Flash ADC.
Fm : Fermi (10
-15
m).
g : gram.
GK : Giga Kelvin (10
9
K)
GSI : The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.
GEM : Gas-Electron Multiplier.
HDD : Hard disk.
JINA : Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Michigan State University
K : temperature scale Kelvin.
k : Boltzman constant.
keV : kilo-electron-Volt.
kHz : kilo Hertz.
kV : kilo-Volt.
M
: Solar mass.
MeV : Mega-electronVolt.
MeV/u : Mega-electronVolt per nucleon.
