Isospin mixing reveals 30P(p, γ)31S resonance influencing nova nucleosynthesis
Abstract
Here, the thermonuclear 30P(p, γ)31S reaction rate is critical for modeling the final elemental and isotopic abundances of ONe nova nucleosynthesis, which affect the calibration of proposed nova thermometers and the identification of presolar nova grains, respectively. Unfortunately, the rate of this reaction is essentially unconstrained experimentally, because the strengths of key 31S proton capture resonance states are not known, largely due to uncertainties in their spins and parities. Using the β decay of 31Cl, we have observed the β-delayed γ decay of a 31S state at Ex = 6390.2(7) keV, with a 30P(p, γ)31S resonance energy of Er = 259.3(8) keV, in the middle of the 30P(p, γ)31S Gamow window for peak nova temperatures. This state exhibits isospin mixing with the nearby isobaric analog state at Ex = 6279.0(6) keV, giving it an unambiguous spin and parity of 3/2+ and making it an important l = 0 resonance for proton capture on 30P.
- Authors:
-
more »
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1261528
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1240763
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; NA0000979
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Bennett, M. B., Wrede, C., Brown, B. A., Liddick, S. N., Perez-Loureiro, D., Bardayan, D. W., Chen, A. A., Chipps, K. A., Fry, C., Glassman, B. E., Langer, C., Larson, N. R., McNeice, E. I., Meisel, Z., Ong, W., O'Malley, P. D., Pain, S. D., Prokop, C. J., Schatz, H., Schwartz, S. B., Suchyta, S., Thompson, P., Walters, M., and Xu, X. Isospin mixing reveals 30P(p, γ)31S resonance influencing nova nucleosynthesis. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.102502.
Bennett, M. B., Wrede, C., Brown, B. A., Liddick, S. N., Perez-Loureiro, D., Bardayan, D. W., Chen, A. A., Chipps, K. A., Fry, C., Glassman, B. E., Langer, C., Larson, N. R., McNeice, E. I., Meisel, Z., Ong, W., O'Malley, P. D., Pain, S. D., Prokop, C. J., Schatz, H., Schwartz, S. B., Suchyta, S., Thompson, P., Walters, M., & Xu, X. Isospin mixing reveals 30P(p, γ)31S resonance influencing nova nucleosynthesis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.102502
Bennett, M. B., Wrede, C., Brown, B. A., Liddick, S. N., Perez-Loureiro, D., Bardayan, D. W., Chen, A. A., Chipps, K. A., Fry, C., Glassman, B. E., Langer, C., Larson, N. R., McNeice, E. I., Meisel, Z., Ong, W., O'Malley, P. D., Pain, S. D., Prokop, C. J., Schatz, H., Schwartz, S. B., Suchyta, S., Thompson, P., Walters, M., and Xu, X. 2016.
"Isospin mixing reveals 30P(p, γ)31S resonance influencing nova nucleosynthesis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.102502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261528.
@article{osti_1261528,
title = {Isospin mixing reveals 30P(p, γ)31S resonance influencing nova nucleosynthesis},
author = {Bennett, M. B. and Wrede, C. and Brown, B. A. and Liddick, S. N. and Perez-Loureiro, D. and Bardayan, D. W. and Chen, A. A. and Chipps, K. A. and Fry, C. and Glassman, B. E. and Langer, C. and Larson, N. R. and McNeice, E. I. and Meisel, Z. and Ong, W. and O'Malley, P. D. and Pain, S. D. and Prokop, C. J. and Schatz, H. and Schwartz, S. B. and Suchyta, S. and Thompson, P. and Walters, M. and Xu, X.},
abstractNote = {Here, the thermonuclear 30P(p, γ)31S reaction rate is critical for modeling the final elemental and isotopic abundances of ONe nova nucleosynthesis, which affect the calibration of proposed nova thermometers and the identification of presolar nova grains, respectively. Unfortunately, the rate of this reaction is essentially unconstrained experimentally, because the strengths of key 31S proton capture resonance states are not known, largely due to uncertainties in their spins and parities. Using the β decay of 31Cl, we have observed the β-delayed γ decay of a 31S state at Ex = 6390.2(7) keV, with a 30P(p, γ)31S resonance energy of Er = 259.3(8) keV, in the middle of the 30P(p, γ)31S Gamow window for peak nova temperatures. This state exhibits isospin mixing with the nearby isobaric analog state at Ex = 6279.0(6) keV, giving it an unambiguous spin and parity of 3/2+ and making it an important l = 0 resonance for proton capture on 30P.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.102502},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1261528},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 10,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
Web of Science
Works referenced in this record:
The Imprint of Nova Nucleosynthesis in Presolar Grains
journal, September 2004
- Jose, Jordi; Hernanz, Margarita; Amari, Sachiko
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 612, Issue 1
Stellar Nucleosynthesis and the Isotopic Composition of Presolar Grains from Primitive Meteorites
journal, May 1998
- Zinner, Ernst
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 26, Issue 1
Stardust in meteorites
journal, November 2011
- Davis, A. M.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 108, Issue 48
Nucleosynthesis in classical novae
journal, October 2006
- José, Jordi; Hernanz, Margarita; Iliadis, Christian
- Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 777
Charged-particle thermonuclear reaction rates: II. Tables and graphs of reaction rates and probability density functions
journal, October 2010
- Iliadis, C.; Longland, R.; Champagne, A. E.
- Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 841, Issue 1-4
Feature Article: Nucleosynthesis in Classical Nova Explosions: Modeling and Nuclear Uncertainties
journal, October 2005
- José, Jordi; Coc, Alain
- Nuclear Physics News, Vol. 15, Issue 4
Astrophysical Reaction Rates From Statistical Model Calculations
journal, May 2000
- Rauscher, Thomas; Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl
- Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 75, Issue 1-2
High-precision mass measurement of with the double Penning trap JYFLTRAP improves the mass value for
journal, November 2010
- Kankainen, A.; Eronen, T.; Gorelov, D.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 82, Issue 5
The Ame2012 atomic mass evaluation
journal, December 2012
- Wang, M.; Audi, G.; Wapstra, A. H.
- Chinese Physics C, Vol. 36, Issue 12
Nuclear Thermometers for Classical Novae
journal, December 2012
- Downen, Lori N.; Iliadis, Christian; José, Jordi
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 762, Issue 2
Astrophysically important states studied with the ( ) reaction
journal, July 2007
- Ma, Z.; Bardayan, D. W.; Blackmon, J. C.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 76, Issue 1
New ( ) resonances and oxygen-neon nova nucleosynthesis
journal, November 2007
- Wrede, C.; Caggiano, J. A.; Clark, J. A.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 76, Issue 5
Evidence for the existence of the astrophysically important 6.40-MeV state of S
journal, November 2013
- Irvine, D.; Chen, A. A.; Parikh, A.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 88, Issue 5
One-nucleon pickup reactions on 32S: Experimental results and shell-model calculations
journal, August 1999
- Vernotte, J.; Berrier-Ronsin, G.; Fortier, S.
- Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 655, Issue 3-4
Mirror energy differences in the mirror nuclei, and , and their significance in electromagnetic spin-orbit splitting
journal, September 2005
- Jenkins, D. G.; Lister, C. J.; Carpenter, M. P.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 72, Issue 3
Reevaluation of the ( ,γ) astrophysical reaction rate from a study of the mirror nuclei, and
journal, June 2006
- Jenkins, D. G.; Meadowcroft, A.; Lister, C. J.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 73, Issue 6
Key Resonances in the Gateway Reaction for the Production of Heavy Elements in ONe Novae
journal, June 2012
- Doherty, D. T.; Lotay, G.; Woods, P. J.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 26
Level structure of : From low excitation energies to the region of interest for hydrogen burning in novae through the ( , ) reaction
journal, April 2014
- Doherty, D. T.; Woods, P. J.; Lotay, G.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 89, Issue 4
Isospin symmetry breaking at high spin in the mirror nuclei and
journal, March 2007
- Vedova, F. Della; Lenzi, S. M.; Ionescu-Bujor, M.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 75, Issue 3
Analog transitions and isospin mixing
journal, August 2008
- Pattabiraman, N. S.; Jenkins, D. G.; Bentley, M. A.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 78, Issue 2
Lifetime measurements in mirror nuclei 31 S and 31 P: A test for isospin mixing
journal, January 2011
- Tonev, D.; Angelis, G. de; Petkov, P.
- Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 267
Thermonuclear reaction in type I x-ray bursts
journal, April 2009
- Wrede, C.; Caggiano, J. A.; Clark, J. A.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 79, Issue 4
Improving the ( ,γ) rate in oxygen-neon novae: Constraints on values for proton-threshold states in
journal, April 2011
- Parikh, A.; Wimmer, K.; Faestermann, T.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 83, Issue 4
Excited states in 31S studied via beta decay of 31Cl
journal, January 2006
- Kankainen, A.; Eronen, T.; Fox, S. P.
- The European Physical Journal A, Vol. 27, Issue 1
The 30 P( p , γ) 31 S reaction in classical novae: progress and prospects
journal, April 2014
- Wrede, C.
- AIP Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 4
Shell-model studies of the astrophysical rapid-proton-capture reaction
journal, June 2014
- Brown, B. Alex; Richter, W. A.; Wrede, C.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 89, Issue 6
Nuclear Data Sheets for
journal, February 2013
- Ouellet, Christian; Singh, Balraj
- Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 114, Issue 2-3
Classical-Nova Contribution to the Milky Way’s Abundance: Exit Channel of the Key Resonance
journal, December 2013
- Bennett, M. B.; Wrede, C.; Chipps, K. A.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 23
Commissioning the A1900 projectile fragment separator
journal, May 2003
- Morrissey, D. J.; Sherrill, B. M.; Steiner, M.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 204
Radio Frequency Fragment Separator at NSCL
journal, July 2009
- Bazin, D.; Andreev, V.; Becerril, A.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 606, Issue 3
Digital data acquisition system implementation at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
journal, March 2014
- Prokop, C. J.; Liddick, S. N.; Abromeit, B. L.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 741
decay of Cl: Precision -ray spectroscopy and a measurement of isospin-symmetry breaking
journal, February 2012
- Melconian, D.; Triambak, S.; Bordeanu, C.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 85, Issue 2
Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 32
journal, September 2011
- Ouellet, Christian; Singh, Balraj
- Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 112, Issue 9
A peak-fitting and calibration program for Ge(Li) detectors
journal, December 1969
- Varnell, L.; Trischuk, J.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 76, Issue 1
Split Isobaric Analog State in : Case of Strong Isospin Mixing
journal, December 2013
- Tripathi, Vandana; Tabor, S. L.; Volya, A.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 26
β decay of proton-rich nucleus and astrophysical consequences
journal, October 2006
- Iacob, V. E.; Zhai, Y.; Al-Abdullah, T.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 74, Issue 4
Observation of strong isospin mixing in proton emission from the astrophysically interesting isobaric analog state in
journal, November 1995
- Tighe, R. J.; Batchelder, J. C.; Moltz, D. M.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 52, Issue 5
New “USD” Hamiltonians for the shell
journal, September 2006
- Brown, B. Alex; Richter, W. A.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 74, Issue 3
-shell observables for the USDA and USDB Hamiltonians
journal, December 2008
- Richter, W. A.; Mkhize, S.; Brown, B. Alex
- Physical Review C, Vol. 78, Issue 6