Measurement of the 17 O(p,γ)18F reaction rate at astrophysically relevant energies
Abstract
The 17O(p,γ)18F reaction plays an important role in hydrogen-burning nucleosynthesis. Conflicting values for the low-energy behavior of its cross section exist in the literature. We present direct measurements of the astrophysical S factor of the 17O(p,γ)18F reaction at center-of-mass energies between 250 and 500 keV. These measurements were conducted in inverse kinematics at the DRAGON recoil separator.
- Publication:
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Physical Review C
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.035803
- Bibcode:
- 2012PhRvC..85c5803H
- Keywords:
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- 26.30.-k;
- 26.50.+x;
- 98.80.Ft;
- 24.50.+g;
- Nucleosynthesis in novae supernovae and other explosive environments;
- Nuclear physics aspects of novae supernovae and other explosive environments;
- Origin formation and abundances of the elements;
- Direct reactions