Development of the reaction facility at ISAC with a solid hydorgen target

我们宇宙的很大一部分是由核反应提供动力的，这是太阳发光和恒星闪烁背后的秘密。在我们的实验室里，核反应和散射是发现原子核心的方法。它们也可以是我们这个世界的重要能源，就像宇宙一样。为了研究这些核反应，我们需要两个原子核相撞，一个以高速运动被称为束流，另一个在实验室中静止被称为靶子。我们正在寻求支持，在位于不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华的加拿大亚原子物理国家实验室TRIUMF建立一个研究此类反应的设施。该设施的具体目标将是探索可能存在于极端恒星环境中的原子核。这些核物种极其罕见，很难在我们的实验室中作为光束生产出来。为了使这样的研究成为可能，我们将与日本合作开发一种新的固体氢靶。这种反应设施的建设将使加拿大在稀有同位素反应研究方面处于世界领先地位。利用这一设施进行的研究将大大提高我们对原子核的认识，这些原子核是创造我们周围所有物质的途径。

A large part of our universe is powered by nuclear reactions, that are the secret behind the glow of the sun and the twinkle of the stars. In our laboratories nuclear reactions and scattering are the ways to discover the heart of the atom. They can also be an important power source for our world too, like the universe. To study these nuclear reactions we need two nuclei to collide, one moving with a high speed that is referred to as the beam and the other that is stationary in the laboratory is referred to as the target. We are seeking support to develop a facility at Canada's National Laboratory for subatomic physics, TRIUMF in Vancouver, BC to study such reactions. The specific aim of the facility will be to explore nuclei that possibly exist in extreme stellar environments. These kinds of nuclear species are extremely rare and hard to produce as a beam in our laboratories. To make such a study possible, we will develop a novel solid hydrogen target in collaboration with Japan. The construction of such a reaction facility will place Canada in a world-leading position for reaction studies of rare isotopes. The research to be done with this facility will lead to significant advancement of our knowledge of nuclei that are the pathways to the creation of all the matter existing around us.