Publisher's Note: Level structure ¹⁸Ne and its importance in the ¹⁴O(α,p)¹⁷F reaction rate [Phys. Rev. C 86, 025801(2012)]

Journal Article · Fri Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.029901· OSTI ID:1253951

Almaraz-Calderon, S. ^[1]; Tan, W. P. ^[1]; Aprahamian, A. ^[1]; Bucher, B. ^[1]; Roberts, A. ^[1]; Wiescher, M. ^[1]; Brune, C. R. ^[2]; Massey, T. N. ^[2]; Ozkan, N. ^[3]; Guray, R. T. ^[3]; Mach, H. ^[4]; Heinen, Z. ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
2. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
3. Kocaeli Univ., Kocaeli (Turkey)
4. Uppsala Univ., Uppsala (Sweden)

The level structure of ¹⁸Ne above the α-decay threshold has been studied using the ¹⁶O(³He,n) reaction. A coincidence measurement of neutrons and charged particles decaying from populated states in ¹⁸Ne has been made. Decay branching ratios were measured for six resonances and used to calculate the ¹⁴O(α,p)¹⁷F reaction rate which is a measure of one of two breakout paths from the Hot CNO cycle. As a result, the new experimental information combined with previous experimental and theoretical information, provides a more accurate calculation of the reaction rate.

• Research Organization: Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• Contributing Organization: Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States); Notre Dame Univ., South Bend, IN (United States)
• Grant/Contract Number: FG02-88ER40387
• OSTI ID: 1253951
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 86, Issue 2; ISSN 0556-2813
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
nuclear astrophysics
CNO cycle
neutron
coincidence