Non-resonant triple alpha reaction rate at low temperature

Journal Article · Fri May 02 04:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874073· OSTI ID:22280464

Itoh, T.; Tamii, A.; Aoi, N.; Fujita, H.; Hashimoto, T.; Miki, K.; Ogata, K. ^[1]; Carter, J.; Donaldson, L.; Sideras-Haddad, E. ^[2]; Furuno, T.; Kawabata, T. ^[3]; Kamimura, M. ^[4]; Nemulodi, F.; Neveling, R.; Smit, F. D.; Swarts, C. ^[5]

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1. Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
2. Schools of Physics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050 (South Africa)
3. Departments of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8502 (Japan)
4. RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 (Japan)
5. iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences Somerset, West, 7129 (South Africa)

Our experimental goal is to study the non-resonant triple alpha reaction rate at low temperture (T < 10{sup 8} K). The {sup 13}C(p,d) reaction at 66 MeV has been used to probe the alpha-unbound continuum state in {sup 12}C just below the 2{sup nd} 0{sup +} state at 7.65 MeV. The transition strength to the continuum state is predicted to be sensitive to the non-resonant triple alpha reaction rate. The experiment has been performed at iThemba LABS. We report the present status of the experiment.

• OSTI ID: 22280464
• 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

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALPHA REACTIONS
CARBON 12
CARBON 13
CARBON 13 TARGET
DEUTERONS
ENERGY LEVELS
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
NUCLEAR TEMPERATURE
PROTON REACTIONS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE