In 2009, I applied to an international competition organized in Hungary, at international mobility HUMAN-MB08 B, with the "High precision measurement Astrophysical factor for the 3He +4 He reaction in our Sun Which Takes place on a large energy scale" project, and the project was accepted. Funding came from NKTH-OTKA-EU FP7 (Marie Curie Actions) which stands for Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH), now transformed in National Innovation Office , Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) and European Union EU’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The 82 409 OTKA project that I led as PI (project investigator), was entirely done at ATOMKI (Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Debrecen, Hungary, with the help of the ATOMKI Nuclear Astrophysics group, in the period 2010-2012.
2010-2012 As Project Investigator, in the Nuclear Astrophysics group from ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary, I could perform the experiment 3He+4He-> 7Be +γ in the energy range of ECM = 1.5MeV – 2.5MeV. The financial support of 24.000.000 HUF came from the NKTH-OTKA-EU FP7 (Marie Curie Actions).
I collaborated with dr. Fülöp Zsolt and dr. Gyürky György, carrying
- Complex simulation activities
- Equipment callibration
- Experimental activities
- Results dissemination
- Data analysis activities.
On 4th November 2010 I lead the international workshop-ul at ATOMKI, on the proposed experiment 3He(4He,γ)7Be (http://www.atomki.hu/workshop_20101104_announcement.html).
During the two years of activity at the ATOMKI, I
- held internal seminars at ATOMKI,
- wrote annual reports for ATOMKI
- wrote annual reports on the development stages of the project for OTKA
- presented the results of our research at international conferences
- presented the results of our research at invited seminars in other institutes
o ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) University, Budapest
o REA (Research Executive Agency), FP7 Marie Curie Actions, National Innovation Office, Budapest, Hungary.
The reaction chamber was built by Halász Zoltán, a team member, as well as many other devices. The activation method steps were followed, as steps already present in other research positions, before the text.
In addition, I performed characterization of the Ni foils (thickness, thickness uniformity, checking for pin-holes in the thin material) used in the reaction chamber as windows. For the first time, it could be measured the deformation for the Ni window, thickness of 1μm, under the 3He gas pressure around 230 torr, due to a home made device using a laser beam.
Results had been published.