Published April 6, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Indirect Study of 13C(α,n)16O

  • 1. IPN-Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS, Universite Paris XI, Orsay, 91406 (France)
  • 2. CSNSM, IN2P3-CNRS, Universite Paris XI, Orsay, 91405 (France)
  • 3. Physique Nucleaire Theorique et Physique Mathematique, ULB CP229, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 4. GANIL, IN2P3-CNRS, Caen (France)
  • 5. GSI, Postfach 110552, D-64220, Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

The reaction 13C(α,n)16O is considered as the main neutron source for s-process in low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars. At low energies of astrophysical interest, the contribution of the subthreshold state 6.356 MeV of 17O to the 13C(α,n)16O cross section should be taken into account. However, the results of previous studies of this contribution lead to different conclusions.Hence, we investigated the effect of this resonance on the astrophysical S-factor through a new precise measurement of the alpha spectroscopic factor, Sα, of the 6.356 MeV state using the transfer reaction 13C(7Li,t)17O at two different incident energies. The measured angular distributions and the obtained spectroscopic factors will be presented as well as their impact on C(α,n)16O cross section and reaction rate

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1001
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 98-104
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
9. Torino workshop on evolution and nucleosynthesis in AGB stars; 2. Perugia workshop on nuclear astrophysics
Dates
21-27 Oct 2007
Place
Perugia (Italy)

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics