Photoneutron reaction cross section measurements on and relevant to the -process nucleosynthesis
Abstract
The photodisintegration cross sections for the 94Mo(gamma,n) and 90Zr(gamma,n) reactions have been experimentally investigated with quasi-monochromatic photon beams at the High Intensity gamma-ray Source (HIgammaS) facility of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL). The energy dependence of the photoneutron reaction cross sections was measured with high precision from the respective neutron emission thresholds up to 13.5 MeV. These measurements contribute to a broader investigation of nuclear reactions relevant to the understanding of the p-process nucleosynthesis. The results are compared with the predictions of Hauser-Feshbach statistical model calculations using two different models for the dipole gamma-ray strength function. The resulting 94Mo(gamma,n) and 90Zr(gamma,n) photoneutron stellar reaction rates as a function of temperature in the typical range of interest for the p-process nucleosynthesis show how sensitive the photoneutron stellar reaction rate can be to the experimental data in the vicinity of the neutron threshold.
- Authors:
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- James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA (United States)
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC (United States); Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1658816
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1494222; OSTI ID: 1497975; OSTI ID: 1658959
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-752885
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; arXiv: 1808.04937; TRN: US2203359
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-97ER41033; AC52-07NA27344; FG02-97ER41041
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; photodisintegration; lepton induced nuclear reactions; nuclear astrophysics; nuclear physics of explosive environments; nuclear reactions; nucleosynthesis in explosive environments; thermal & statistical models
Citation Formats
Banu, A., Meekins, E. G., Silano, J. A., Karwowski, H. J., and Goriely, S. Photoneutron reaction cross section measurements on Mo94 and Zr90 relevant to the p -process nucleosynthesis. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.99.025802.
Banu, A., Meekins, E. G., Silano, J. A., Karwowski, H. J., & Goriely, S. Photoneutron reaction cross section measurements on Mo94 and Zr90 relevant to the p -process nucleosynthesis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.025802
Banu, A., Meekins, E. G., Silano, J. A., Karwowski, H. J., and Goriely, S. Mon .
"Photoneutron reaction cross section measurements on Mo94 and Zr90 relevant to the p -process nucleosynthesis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.025802. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1658816.
@article{osti_1658816,
title = {Photoneutron reaction cross section measurements on Mo94 and Zr90 relevant to the p -process nucleosynthesis},
author = {Banu, A. and Meekins, E. G. and Silano, J. A. and Karwowski, H. J. and Goriely, S.},
abstractNote = {The photodisintegration cross sections for the 94Mo(gamma,n) and 90Zr(gamma,n) reactions have been experimentally investigated with quasi-monochromatic photon beams at the High Intensity gamma-ray Source (HIgammaS) facility of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL). The energy dependence of the photoneutron reaction cross sections was measured with high precision from the respective neutron emission thresholds up to 13.5 MeV. These measurements contribute to a broader investigation of nuclear reactions relevant to the understanding of the p-process nucleosynthesis. The results are compared with the predictions of Hauser-Feshbach statistical model calculations using two different models for the dipole gamma-ray strength function. The resulting 94Mo(gamma,n) and 90Zr(gamma,n) photoneutron stellar reaction rates as a function of temperature in the typical range of interest for the p-process nucleosynthesis show how sensitive the photoneutron stellar reaction rate can be to the experimental data in the vicinity of the neutron threshold.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.99.025802},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 2,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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