Published May 2, 2014 | Version v1
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Study of the 17O(n,α)14C reaction: Extension of the Trojan Horse Method to neutron induced reactions

  • 1. INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania (Italy)
  • 2. INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy and University of Enna (Italy)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)

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The experimental study of the 17O(n,α)14C reaction has been performed in the energy range 0-350 keV. This reaction could play an important role in explaining heavy elements (s-process) nucleosynthesis in various astrophysical scenario. To overcome the practical problems arising from the neutrons production, a new application of the Trojan Horse Method has been recently suggested. In more details, the 17O(n,α)14C reaction has been studied using the quasi-free 2H(17O,α14C)1H reaction, induced at an energy of 43.5 MeV. The measurement allows one to investigate the ℓ=3, 75 keV resonance (E*=8.125 MeV, Jπ=5−), absent in the available direct measurements because of centrifugal suppression effects

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1594
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 215-219
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
12. international symposium on origin of matter and evolution of galaxies
Acronym
OMEG12
Dates
18-21 Nov 2013
Place
Tsukuba (Japan)

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