Developing the S 32 ( p , d ) S * 31 ( p ) ( γ ) reaction to probe the P 30 ( p , γ ) S 31 reaction rate in classical novae
Abstract
Background: The 30P(p,γ)31S reaction rate is one of the largest remaining sources of uncertainty in the final abundances of nuclei created in a classical nova involving a ONe white dwarf. The reaction rate directly influences silicon isotopic ratios, which are used as identifiers of presolar grains with nova origins. Additionally, the uncertainty in the 30P(p,γ)31S reaction rate has been found to limit the use of nova nuclear thermometers based on observations of elemental ratios in nova ejecta. Purpose: Reduce uncertainties in the nuclear data for proton-unbound states in 31S, which act as resonances for the 30P(p,γ)31S reaction at classical nova temperatures, and develop a technique for high efficiency, high-resolution reaction-decay coincidence measurements. Methods: Here, the 32S(p,d)31S reaction was used to populate the states of interest in 31S. The experiment was performed at the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute using the LLNL Hyperion array for the detection of charged particles and γ rays. A downstream silicon telescope was used to select reaction deuterons, and a single upstream silicon detector was used to measure protons emitted in the decay of unbound 31S levels. Results: Several states in 31S above the proton separation energy were observed to have been populated. Decay protons from themore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), East Lansing, MI (United States); Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1866696
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1871854; OSTI ID: 1872298
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-836142
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; TRN: US2306090
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; FG02-96ER40983; NA0003780; NA0002132; NA0003841; FG03-93ER40773; AC52-07NA27344; PHY-1430152; PHY-1812316; FG02-96ER40983 (UTK); AC05-00OR22725 (ORNL); NA-0003780 (Notre Dame); NA0002132 (Rutgers); FG03-93ER40773 (TAMU); NA-0003841 (CENTAUR)
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; explosive burning; transient and explosive astronomical phenomena; nucleosynthesis in explosive environments; nuclear astrophysics; nucleon induced nuclear reactions; nuclear reactions; proton emission; nuclear structure and decays; radiative capture; nuclear mass ranges
Citation Formats
Burcher, Sean, Chipps, Kelly A., Hughes, R. O., Reingold, C. S., Saastamoinen, A., Harke, Jason T., Cooper, N., Ahn, S., Allmond, James Mitchell, Clark, H., Cizewski, Jolie A., Hall, Matt R., Hooker, J., Jayatissa, Heshani, Jones, Kate L., Ota, Shuya, Pain, Steven D., Schmidt, K., Simon, Anna, and Upadhyayula, Sriteja. Developing the S32(p,d)S*31(p)(γ) reaction to probe the P30(p,γ)S31 reaction rate in classical novae. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.105.045805.
Burcher, Sean, Chipps, Kelly A., Hughes, R. O., Reingold, C. S., Saastamoinen, A., Harke, Jason T., Cooper, N., Ahn, S., Allmond, James Mitchell, Clark, H., Cizewski, Jolie A., Hall, Matt R., Hooker, J., Jayatissa, Heshani, Jones, Kate L., Ota, Shuya, Pain, Steven D., Schmidt, K., Simon, Anna, & Upadhyayula, Sriteja. Developing the S32(p,d)S*31(p)(γ) reaction to probe the P30(p,γ)S31 reaction rate in classical novae. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.105.045805
Burcher, Sean, Chipps, Kelly A., Hughes, R. O., Reingold, C. S., Saastamoinen, A., Harke, Jason T., Cooper, N., Ahn, S., Allmond, James Mitchell, Clark, H., Cizewski, Jolie A., Hall, Matt R., Hooker, J., Jayatissa, Heshani, Jones, Kate L., Ota, Shuya, Pain, Steven D., Schmidt, K., Simon, Anna, and Upadhyayula, Sriteja. Fri .
"Developing the S32(p,d)S*31(p)(γ) reaction to probe the P30(p,γ)S31 reaction rate in classical novae". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.105.045805. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1866696.
@article{osti_1866696,
title = {Developing the S32(p,d)S*31(p)(γ) reaction to probe the P30(p,γ)S31 reaction rate in classical novae},
author = {Burcher, Sean and Chipps, Kelly A. and Hughes, R. O. and Reingold, C. S. and Saastamoinen, A. and Harke, Jason T. and Cooper, N. and Ahn, S. and Allmond, James Mitchell and Clark, H. and Cizewski, Jolie A. and Hall, Matt R. and Hooker, J. and Jayatissa, Heshani and Jones, Kate L. and Ota, Shuya and Pain, Steven D. and Schmidt, K. and Simon, Anna and Upadhyayula, Sriteja},
abstractNote = {Background: The 30P(p,γ)31S reaction rate is one of the largest remaining sources of uncertainty in the final abundances of nuclei created in a classical nova involving a ONe white dwarf. The reaction rate directly influences silicon isotopic ratios, which are used as identifiers of presolar grains with nova origins. Additionally, the uncertainty in the 30P(p,γ)31S reaction rate has been found to limit the use of nova nuclear thermometers based on observations of elemental ratios in nova ejecta. Purpose: Reduce uncertainties in the nuclear data for proton-unbound states in 31S, which act as resonances for the 30P(p,γ)31S reaction at classical nova temperatures, and develop a technique for high efficiency, high-resolution reaction-decay coincidence measurements. Methods: Here, the 32S(p,d)31S reaction was used to populate the states of interest in 31S. The experiment was performed at the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute using the LLNL Hyperion array for the detection of charged particles and γ rays. A downstream silicon telescope was used to select reaction deuterons, and a single upstream silicon detector was used to measure protons emitted in the decay of unbound 31S levels. Results: Several states in 31S above the proton separation energy were observed to have been populated. Decay protons from the resonant states in 31S were identified as events in the upstream silicon detectors that came in coincidence with deuterons in the downstream telescope. Protons emitted from these states were measured and branching ratios extracted. Conclusions: While no new reaction rate is derived, spin-parity assignments for several higher-lying proton unbound states have been confirmed. Measured p0 branching ratios for these levels have been compared to previous measurements with good agreement, and in some cases provided a reduction in uncertainty. The previously identified T = 3/2 state may have been incorrectly assigned a large p0 branching ratio in a previous measurement. The technique of measuring reaction-decay coincidences with a particle-gamma setup appears promising.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.105.045805},
journal = {Physical Review. C},
number = 4,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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