Published January 24, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The SE1 factor of the 12C(α,γ)16O Reaction and the 16N β-delayed α Decay

  • 1. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46530 (United States)
  • 2. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 3. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 (United States)
  • 4. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (United States)
  • 5. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)

Description

The 12C(α,γ)16O reaction is of great importance for the understanding the nuclear synthesis and explosion mechanism of the supernova. The cross section at the relevant stellar burning energies, around 300 keV, is dominated by the sub-threshold resonances. The 16N β-delayed α decay data provide the most sensitive constrain on this sub-threshold resonance. Using twin-ionization chambers, we have measured the α particles and 12C recoil nuclei in coincidence. The spectrum has been fitted together with the published 12C(α,γ)16O data and the elastic scattering phase shift data using R-matrix. The SE1 factor at 300 keV has been determined as 73±21 keVb

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
972
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 261-269
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Carpathian summer school of physics 2007 on exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (II)
Dates
21-31 Aug 2007
Place
Sinaia (Romania)

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics