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Nuclear astrophysics at DRAGON

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874063· OSTI ID:22280454
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  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (United States)
The DRAGON recoil separator is located at the ISAC facility at TRIUMF, Vancouver. It is designed to measure radiative alpha and proton capture reactions of astrophysical importance. Over the last years, the DRAGON collaboration has measured several reactions using both radioactive and high-intensity stable beams. For example, the 160(a, g) cross section was recently measured. The reaction plays a role in steady-state helium burning in massive stars, where it follows the 12C(a, g) reaction. At astrophysically relevant energies, the reaction proceeds exclusively via direct capture, resulting in a low rate. In this measurement, the unique capabilities of DRAGON enabled determination not only of the total reaction rates, but also of decay branching ratios. In addition, results from other recent measurements will be presented.
OSTI ID:
22280454
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1594; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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