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Stellar reaction rate for {sup 22}Mg+p->{sup 23}Al from the asymptotic normalization coefficient in the mirror nuclear system {sup 22}Ne+n->{sup 23}Ne

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Cyclotron Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
  2. National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering 'Horia Hulubei', R-76900 Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
The production of {sup 22}Na in ONe novae can be influenced by the {sup 22}Mg(p,gamma){sup 23}Al reaction. To investigate this reaction rate at stellar energies, we have determined the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) for {sup 22}Mg+p->{sup 23}Al through measurements of the ANCs in the mirror nuclear system {sup 22}Ne+n->{sup 23}Ne. The peripheral neutron-transfer reactions {sup 13}C({sup 12}C,{sup 13}C){sup 12}C and {sup 13}C({sup 22}Ne,{sup 23}Ne){sup 12}C were studied. The identical entrance and exit channels of the first reaction make it possible to extract independently the ground-state ANC in {sup 13}C. Our experiment gives C{sub p{sub 1/2}}{sup 2}({sup 13}C)=2.24+-0.11 fm{sup -1}, which agrees with the value obtained from several previous measurements. The weighted average for all the obtained C{sub p{sub 1/2}}{sup 2} is 2.31+-0.08 fm{sup -1}. This value is adopted to be used in obtaining the ANCs in {sup 23}Ne. The differential cross sections for the reaction {sup 13}C({sup 22}Ne,{sup 23}Ne){sup 12}C leading to the J{sup {pi}}=5/2{sup +} and 1/2{sup +} states in {sup 23}Ne have been measured at 12 MeV/u. Optical model parameters for use in the DWBA calculations were obtained from measurements of the elastic scatterings {sup 22}Ne+{sup 13}C and {sup 22}Ne+{sup 12}C. The extracted ANC for the ground state in {sup 23}Ne, C{sub d{sub 5/2}}{sup 2}=0.86+-0.08+-0.12 fm{sup -1}, is converted to its corresponding value in {sup 23}Al using mirror symmetry to give C{sub d{sub 5/2}}{sup 2}({sup 23}Al)=(4.63+-0.77)x10{sup 3} fm{sup -1}. The astrophysical S factor S(0) for the {sup 22}Mg(p,gamma) reaction was determined to be 0.96+-0.11 keV b. The consequences for nuclear astrophysics are discussed.
OSTI ID:
21388893
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 81; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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