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Title: New measurements of low-energy resonances in the Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 reaction

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

The Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 reaction is one of the most uncertain reactions in the NeNa cycle and plays a crucial role in the creation of Na 23 , the only stable Na isotope. Uncertainties in the low-energy rates of this and other reactions in the NeNa cycle lead to ambiguities in the nucleosynthesis predicted from models of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. This in turn complicates the interpretation of anomalous Na-O trends in globular cluster evolutionary scenarios. Prior studies of the Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 , Ne 22 ( He 3 , d ) Na 23 , and C 12 ( C 12 , p ) Na 23 reactions disagree on the strengths, spins, and parities of low-energy resonances in Na 23 and the direct-capture Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 reaction rate contains large uncertainties as well. Here, we present new measurements of resonances at E r c.m. = 417 , 178, and 151 keV and of the direct-capture process in the Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 reaction. The resulting total Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 rate is approximately a factor of 20 higher than the rate listed in a recent compilation at temperatures relevant to hot-bottom burning in AGB stars. Although our rate is close to that derived from a recent Ne 22 ( p , γ ) Na 23 measurement by Cavanna et al. in 2015, we find that this large rate increase results in only a modest 18% increase in the Na 23 abundance predicted from a 5 M thermally pulsing AGB star model from Ventura and D'Antona (2005). The estimated astrophysical impact of this rate increase is in marked contrast to the factor of ~ 3 increase in Na 23 abundance predicted by Cavanna et al. and is attributed to the interplay between the Na 23 ( p , α ) Ne 20 and Ne 20 ( p , γ ) Na 21 reactions, both of which remain fairly uncertain at the relevant temperature range.

Research Organization:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-97ER41041
OSTI ID:
1600490
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1341296
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 95, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
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