Fusion of 12C+24Mg far below the barrier: Evidence for the hindrance effect

Montagnoli, G.; Stefanini, A. M.; Jiang, C. L.; Colucci, G.; Bottoni, S.; Brugnara, D.; Čolović, P.; Corradi, L.; Fioretto, E.; Galtarossa, F.; Goasduff, A.; Khwairakpam, O. S.; Heine, M.; Jaworski, G.; Mazzocco, M.; Mijatović, T.; Siciliano, M.; Scarlassara, F.; Szilner, S.; Van Patten, T.; Zanon, I.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.101.044608

Title: Fusion of ¹²C+²⁴Mg far below the barrier: Evidence for the hindrance effect

Journal Article · Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.101.044608· OSTI ID:1638706

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Univ. di Padova (Italy)
National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Legnaro (Italy). National Lab. of Legnaro (INFN-LNL)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. di Padova (Italy)
Univ. di Milano (Italy)
Univ. di Padova (Italy); National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Legnaro (Italy). National Lab. of Legnaro (INFN-LNL)
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb (Croatia)
Univ. of Strasbourg (France)
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Krakow (Poland)
National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Legnaro (Italy). National Lab. of Legnaro (INFN-LNL); Univ. of Ferrara (Italy)

Background: The phenomenon of fusion hindrance may have important consequences on the nuclear processes occurring in astrophysical scenarios, if it is a general behavior of heavy-ion fusion at extreme subbarrier energies, including reactions involving lighter systems, e.g., reactions in the carbon and oxygen burning stages of heavy stars. The hindrance is generally identified by the observation of a maximum of the S-factor vs energy. Whether there is an S-factor maximum at very low energies for systems with a positive fusion Q value is an experimentally challenging question. Purpose: Our aim has been to search for evidence of fusion hindrance in ¹²C+²⁴Mg which is a medium-light m system with positive Q value for fusion, besides the heavier cases where hindrance is recognized to be a general phenomenon. ¹²C+²⁴Mg is very close to the ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O and ¹²C + ¹²C systems that are important for the late evolution of heavy stars. Methods: The experiment has been performed in inverse kinematics using the ²⁴Mg beam from the XTU Tandem accelerator of LNL in the energy range 26-52 MeV with an intensity of 4-8 pnA. The targets were ¹²C evaporations 50 mu g/cm² thick, isotopically enriched to 99.9%. The fusion-evaporation residues were detected at small angles by a E-Delta E-ToF detector telescope following an electrostatic beam deflector. Results: Previous measurements of fusion cross section for ¹²C+²⁴Mg were limited to above-barrier energies. In the present experiment the excitation function has been extended down to similar or equal to 15 mu b and it appears that the S factor develops a clear maximum vs energy, indicating the presence of hindrance. This is the first convincing evidence of an S factor maximum in a medium-light system with a positive fusion Q value. These results have been fitted following a recently suggested method and a detailed analysis within the coupled-channels model that has been performed using a Woods-Saxon potential and including the ground state rotational band of ²⁴Mg. The coupled-channels calculations give a good account of the data near and above the barrier but overpredict the cross sections at very low energies. Conclusions: The hindrance phenomenon is clearly observed in ¹²C+²⁴Mg, and its energy threshold is in reasonable agreement with the systematics observed for several medium-light systems. The fusion cross sections at the hindrance threshold show that the highest value (sigma(s) = 1.6 mb) is indeed found for this system. Therefore it may even be possible to extend the measurements further down in energy to better establish the position of the S-factor maximum.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: European Commission - Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) - Seventh Framework Programme (FP7); Croatian Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1638706

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1615107

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 101, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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