Inelastic 17F(p,p)17F scattering at Ec.m. = 3 MeV and the 14O( ,p)17F reaction rate

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.81.065802· OSTI ID:985784

Bardayan, Daniel W ^[1]; Blackmon, Jeff C ^[1]; Chae, K Y ^[2]; Howard, M E ^[3]; Matei, Catalin ^[4]; Martin, W ^[5]; Matos, M ^[6]; Moazen, Brian ^[2]; Nesaraja, Caroline D ^[1]; Peters, W A ^[3]; Pittman, S T ^[5]; Smith, Michael Scott ^[1]; Spassova, I ^[3]

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1. ORNL
2. University of Tennessee
3. Rutgers University
4. Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
5. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
6. Louisiana State University

The 14O( ,p)17F reaction is an important trigger reaction leading to the p process in x-ray bursts. The inclusion of reaction channels populating excited 17F levels may significantly increase the calculated 14O( ,p)17F reaction rate. A radioactive 17F beam was used at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility to search for a 18Ne resonance at Ec.m.(17F + p) 3.1MeV that had been previously suggested to decay strongly to the first excited level in 17F. No evidence, however, of inelastic 17F + p scattering was observed at this energy, and an upper limit of 10 mb has been set on the inelastic-scattering cross section.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 985784
• Journal Information: Physical Review C, Vol. 81, Issue 1; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CROSS SECTIONS
DECAY
INELASTIC SCATTERING
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
REACTION KINETICS
FLUORINE 17
OXYGEN 14
COSMIC X-RAY BURSTS
LIMITING VALUES