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Published September 1, 1987 | public
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Search for nonresonant capture in the 16O(α,γ)20Ne reaction at low energies

Abstract

20Ne recoils produced from the 16O(α,γ) 20Ne reaction were detected in coincidence with capture γ rays using a recoil separator, NaI(Tl) γ-ray detectors, and a helium gas target. Total cross sections for cascade and ground state capture were measured in the range Ec.m.=1.7–2.35 MeV. Improved measurements of the total width and resonance strength of the Ec.m.=1.99 MeV (Jπ=0+) resonance and the resonance strength of the Ec.m.=1.054 MeV (Jπ=1-) resonance are reported. The astrophysical S factor for nonresonant capture into the 20Ne ground state was measured to be 0.26±0.07 MeV b, assuming an energy-independent S factor between Ec.m.=1.7 and 2.35 MeV. Using theoretical estimates for the energy dependence and branching ratios for the nonresonant capture, a best estimate for the total S factor at 300 keV of 0.7±0.3 MeV b is determined.

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©1987 The American Physical Society Received 25 March 1987 The authors would like to thank C. A. Barnes, W. A. Fowler, R. M. Kremer, and K. Langanke for many helpful discussions, and S.-C. Wu for assistance during part of the data acquisition. This work was supported in part by a gift to the California Institute of Technology by the W. M. Keck Foundation and by National Science Foundation Grant PHY 85-05682.

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