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Title: Sensitivity of the 13C(α,n)16O S factor to the uncertainty in the level parameters of the near-threshold state

Abstract

The 13C(α,n)16O reaction is the main source of neutrons for the s and i processes in asymptotic giant branch stars and carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars, respectively. The reaction rate over the relevant temperature range from 0.1 to 0.3 GK translates into a center-of-mass energy range of 150 to 540 keV. Current measurements extend down to 300 keV, still requiring an extrapolation of the cross section. At these low energies, the high-energy tail of a 1/2+ state near the reaction threshold makes a significant contribution to the cross section, but its amplitude is still highly uncertain. In this work the uncertainties associated with the low-energy cross-section extrapolation are investigated, in particular the sensitivity to the energy, width, and Coulomb renormalized asymptotic normalization coefficient of the near-threshold resonance. Furthermore, recently it has been suggested that the energy of the near-threshold level may have a large impact on the extrapolation, but this is not found to be the case compared with the other sources of uncertainty.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [4];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics
  2. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States). Edwards Accelerator Lab.
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1642483
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1615532
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-801997
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; 1005865; TRN: US2201910
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; PHYS-0822648; PHY-1430152; FG02-88ER40387; NA0003883; PHYS-1713857
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 101; 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; H & He induced nuclear reactions; nuclear astrophysics; s process

Citation Formats

deBoer, R. J., Brune, C. R., Febrarro, M., Görres, J., Thompson, I. J., and Wiescher, M. Sensitivity of the 13C(α,n)16O S factor to the uncertainty in the level parameters of the near-threshold state. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.101.045802.
deBoer, R. J., Brune, C. R., Febrarro, M., Görres, J., Thompson, I. J., & Wiescher, M. Sensitivity of the 13C(α,n)16O S factor to the uncertainty in the level parameters of the near-threshold state. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.101.045802
deBoer, R. J., Brune, C. R., Febrarro, M., Görres, J., Thompson, I. J., and Wiescher, M. Mon . "Sensitivity of the 13C(α,n)16O S factor to the uncertainty in the level parameters of the near-threshold state". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.101.045802. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1642483.
@article{osti_1642483,
title = {Sensitivity of the 13C(α,n)16O S factor to the uncertainty in the level parameters of the near-threshold state},
author = {deBoer, R. J. and Brune, C. R. and Febrarro, M. and Görres, J. and Thompson, I. J. and Wiescher, M.},
abstractNote = {The 13C(α,n)16O reaction is the main source of neutrons for the s and i processes in asymptotic giant branch stars and carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars, respectively. The reaction rate over the relevant temperature range from 0.1 to 0.3 GK translates into a center-of-mass energy range of 150 to 540 keV. Current measurements extend down to 300 keV, still requiring an extrapolation of the cross section. At these low energies, the high-energy tail of a 1/2+ state near the reaction threshold makes a significant contribution to the cross section, but its amplitude is still highly uncertain. In this work the uncertainties associated with the low-energy cross-section extrapolation are investigated, in particular the sensitivity to the energy, width, and Coulomb renormalized asymptotic normalization coefficient of the near-threshold resonance. Furthermore, recently it has been suggested that the energy of the near-threshold level may have a large impact on the extrapolation, but this is not found to be the case compared with the other sources of uncertainty.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.101.045802},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 4,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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