New measurements of the astrophysical S factor for {sup 12}C(p,{gamma}){sup 13}N reaction at low energies and the asymptotic normalization coefficient (nuclear vertex constant) for the p+{sup 12}C{yields}{sup 13}N reaction
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 100214 Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0390 (United States)
New measurements of differential and total cross sections for the {sup 12}C(p,{gamma}){sup 13}N reaction have been made at beam energies of E{sub p}=354,390,460,463,565,750, and 1061 keV. Analysis of the astrophysical S factor S(E) for the {sup 12}C(p,{gamma}){sup 13}N reaction at low energies and of the reaction rates has been carried out within the R-matrix approach by using the previously measured nuclear vertex constant (or the respective asymptotic normalization coefficient) for the virtual decay {sup 13}N{yields}p+{sup 12}C to fix the direct capture part of the amplitude in S(E). It is demonstrated that the R-matrix approach, using the measured asymptotic normalization coefficient, can be employed as an ideal tool, minimizing the uncertainties associated with a calculation of the direct capture cross section of the {sup 12}C(p,{gamma}){sup 13}N reaction at extremely low energies. New information on the proton and {gamma} width for the first excited state of {sup 13}N is obtained.
- OSTI ID:
- 21192247
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 78, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.78.035802; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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