First Accurate Normalization of the β-delayed α Decay of 16N and Implications for the 12C(α,γ)16O Astrophysical Reaction Rate

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作者
Kirsebom, O. S. [1 ]
Tengblad, O. [2 ]
Lica, R. [3 ,4 ]
Munch, M. [1 ]
Riisager, K. [1 ]
Fynbo, H. O. U. [1 ]
Borge, M. J. G. [2 ,3 ]
Madurga, M. [3 ]
Marroquin, I. [2 ]
Andreyev, A. N. [5 ,18 ]
Berry, T. A. [6 ]
Christensen, E. R. [1 ]
Fernandez, P. Diaz [7 ]
Doherty, D. T. [5 ]
Van Duppen, P. [8 ]
Fraile, L. M. [9 ]
Gallardo, M. C. [9 ]
Greenlees, P. T. [10 ,11 ]
Harkness-Brennan, L. J. [12 ]
Hubbard, N. [1 ,5 ]
Huyse, M. [8 ]
Jensen, J. H. [1 ]
Johansson, H. [7 ]
Jonson, B. [7 ]
Judson, D. S. [12 ]
Konki, J. [3 ,10 ,11 ]
Lazarus, I. [13 ]
Lund, M. V. [1 ]
Marginean, N. [4 ]
Marginean, R. [4 ]
Perea, A. [2 ]
Mihai, C. [4 ]
Negret, A. [4 ]
Page, R. D. [12 ]
Pucknell, V. [13 ]
Rahkila, P. [10 ,11 ]
Sorlin, O. [3 ,14 ]
Sotty, C. [4 ]
Swartz, J. A. [1 ]
Sorensen, H. B. [1 ]
Toernqvist, H. [15 ,16 ]
Vedia, V. [9 ]
Warr, N. [17 ]
De Witte, H. [8 ]
机构
[1] Aarhus Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
[2] CSIC, Inst Estruct Mat, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
[3] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[4] Horia Hulubei Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn IFIN HH, RO-077125 Bucharest, Romania
[5] Univ York, Dept Phys, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
[6] Univ Surrey, Dept Phys, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England
[7] Chalmers Univ Technol, Dept Phys, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
[8] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Kern Stralingsfys, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
[9] Univ Complutense Madrid, Grp Fis Nucl, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
[10] Univ Jyvaskyla, Dept Phys, POB 35, FI-40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
[11] Univ Helsinki, Helsinki Inst Phys, POB 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
[12] Univ Liverpool, Oliver Lodge Lab, Liverpool L69 7ZE, Merseyside, England
[13] STFC Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire, England
[14] CNRS, IN2P3, CEA, DSM,GANIL, F-14076 Caen, France
[15] Tech Univ Darmstadt, Inst Kernphys, Darmstadt, Germany
[16] GSI Helmholtzzentrum Schwerionenforsch, Darmstadt, Germany
[17] Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
[18] JAEA, ASRC, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会; 欧盟地平线“2020”; 欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
CROSS-SECTION; ENERGY-LEVELS; LIGHT-NUCLEI; MATRIX; LEVEL; STATE;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.142701
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The C-12(alpha,gamma)O-16 reaction plays a central role in astrophysics, but its cross section at energies relevant for astrophysical applications is only poorly constrained by laboratory data. The reduced a width, gamma(11), of the bound 1(-) level in O-16 is particularly important to determine the cross section. The magnitude of gamma(11) is determined via sub-Coulomb a-transfer reactions or the beta-delayed a decay of N-16, but the latter approach is presently hampered by the lack of sufficiently precise data on the beta-decay branching ratios. Here we report improved branching ratios for the bound 1(-) level [b(beta,11) = (5.02 +/- 0.10) x 10(-2)] and for beta-delayed alpha emission [b(beta alpha) = (1.59 +/- 0.06) x 10(-5)]. Our value for b(beta alpha) is 33% larger than previously held, leading to a substantial increase in gamma(11). Our revised value for gamma(11) is in good agreement with the value obtained in a-transfer studies and the weighted average of the two gives a robust and precise determination of gamma(11), which provides significantly improved constraints on the C-12(alpha,gamma) cross section in the energy range relevant to hydrostatic He burning.
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