Published March 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Cross sections and thermonuclear reaction rates for 181Ta(α,n)184Re, 169Tm(α,n)172Lu, 191Ir(α,n)194Au and 197Au(α,n)200Tl

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil).
  • 2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
  • 3. IEN-CNEN, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Description

Cross sections for the 181Ta(α,n)184Re reaction, populating the 3- ground state, were measured for energies ranging from 13 to 28 MeV by measuring the radioactive products. These and previous results, for mass numbers ranging from 160 to 200, are compared with theoretical cross sections using transmission coefficients obtained from new prescriptions of optical model parameters for this mass region. Calculations were performed with the 'STAPRE' code using a statistical model including pre-equilibrium emission. Thermonuclear reaction rates for explosive stellar nucleosynthesis temperatures were calculated from our experimental values as well as from other experimental data for 169Tm(α,n)172Lu, 191Ir(α,n)194Au and 197Au(α,n)200Tl reactions. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 301-308
ISSN
1361-6471