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:
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- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics
- Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States). Edwards Accelerator Lab.
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- 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}
}
Web of Science
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