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Title: α -unbound levels in Ar 34 from Ar 36 ( p , t ) Ar 34 reaction measurements and implications for the astrophysical S 30 ( α , p ) Cl 33 reaction rate

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  3. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
  4. Kyushu Univ. (Japan)
  5. Osaka Univ. (Japan)
  6. Niigata Univ. (Japan)
  7. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  8. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

The S 30 ( α , p ) Cl 33 reaction has been identified in several type-1 x-ray burst (XRB) sensitivity studies as a significant reaction within the α , p process, potentially influencing not only the abundances of burst ashes but also the bolometric shape of double-peaked light curves coming from certain XRB systems. Given the dearth of experimental data on the S 30 ( α , p ) Cl 33 reaction at burst temperatures, we have performed high energy-resolution forward-angle Ar 36 ( p , t ) Ar 34 measurements in order to identify levels in 34Ar that could appear as resonances in the S 30 ( α , p ) Cl 33 reaction Energies of levels identified in this research, along with model-based assumptions for spin assignments and spectroscopic factors, were then used to determine a rate for the S 30 ( α , p ) Cl 33 reaction based on a narrow-resonance formalism. The rates determined in this work are then compared with two standard Hauser-Feshbach model predictions over a range of XRB temperatures.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; PHY-1068192; SC0009883
OSTI ID:
1524392
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1438271
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-31506; PRVCAN
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 97, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 11 works
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