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Title: New energy for the 133-keV resonance in the 23Na(p,γ) 24Mg reaction and its impact on nucleosynthesis in globular clusters

Abstract

Globular cluster stars exhibit star-to-star anticorrelations between oxygen and sodium in their atmospheres. An improved description of the sodium-destroying 23Na +p reaction rates is essential to understanding these observations. We present an energy analysis of 24Mg states based on a new measurement of the 23Na(3He, d) 24Mg reaction. A key resonance in 23Na(p, γ) 24Mg is found to be at $$E$$ $$^{c.m.}_{r}$$ = 133(3) keV, 5 keV lower than previously adopted. This finding has a dramatic effect on the 23Na(p, γ) 24Mg reaction rate, increasing it by a factor of 2 for the recommended rate. Furthermore, the nucleosynthesis impact of this change is investigated.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Triangles Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
  2. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Triangles Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); European X-ray Free Electron Laser GmbH, Schenefeld (Germany)
  3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Triangles Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1821590
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0017799; FG02-97ER41042
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Direct reactions; Hydrostatic stellar nucleosynthesis; Nuclear astrophysics; Nuclear structure & decays; Nucleon induced nuclear reactions; Radiative capture

Citation Formats

Marshall, C., Setoodehnia, K., Portillo, F., Kelley, J. H., and Longland, R. New energy for the 133-keV resonance in the 23Na(p,γ) 24Mg reaction and its impact on nucleosynthesis in globular clusters. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.104.l032801.
Marshall, C., Setoodehnia, K., Portillo, F., Kelley, J. H., & Longland, R. New energy for the 133-keV resonance in the 23Na(p,γ) 24Mg reaction and its impact on nucleosynthesis in globular clusters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.104.l032801
Marshall, C., Setoodehnia, K., Portillo, F., Kelley, J. H., and Longland, R. Wed . "New energy for the 133-keV resonance in the 23Na(p,γ) 24Mg reaction and its impact on nucleosynthesis in globular clusters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.104.l032801. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1821590.
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title = {New energy for the 133-keV resonance in the 23Na(p,γ) 24Mg reaction and its impact on nucleosynthesis in globular clusters},
author = {Marshall, C. and Setoodehnia, K. and Portillo, F. and Kelley, J. H. and Longland, R.},
abstractNote = {Globular cluster stars exhibit star-to-star anticorrelations between oxygen and sodium in their atmospheres. An improved description of the sodium-destroying 23Na +p reaction rates is essential to understanding these observations. We present an energy analysis of 24Mg states based on a new measurement of the 23Na(3He, d) 24Mg reaction. A key resonance in 23Na(p, γ) 24Mg is found to be at $E$ $^{c.m.}_{r}$ = 133(3) keV, 5 keV lower than previously adopted. This finding has a dramatic effect on the 23Na(p, γ) 24Mg reaction rate, increasing it by a factor of 2 for the recommended rate. Furthermore, the nucleosynthesis impact of this change is investigated.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.104.l032801},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 3,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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