Published 2015
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Publication
Three New Low-Energy Resonances in the 22Ne(p;γ)23Na Reaction
Creators
- CAVANNA, FRANCESCA
- CORVISIERO, PIETRO
- FERRARO, FEDERICO
- PRATI, PAOLO
- Depalo, R.
- Aliotta, M.
- Anders, M.
- Bemmerer, D.
- Best, A.
- Boeltzig, A.
- Broggini, C.
- Bruno, C. G.
- Caciolli, A.
- Davinson, T.
- di Leva, A.
- Elekes, Z.
- Formicola, A.
- Fulop, Z.
- Gervino, G.
- Guglielmetti, A.
- Gustavino, C.
- Gyurky, G.
- Imbriani, G.
- Junker, M.
- Menegazzo, R.
- Mossa, V.
- Pantaleo, F. R.
- Scott, D. A.
- Somorjai, E.
- Straniero, O.
- Strieder, F.
- Szucs, T.
- Takács, M. P.
- Trezzi, D.
Contributors
Others:
- Cavanna, Francesca
- Depalo, R.
- Aliotta, M.
- Anders, M.
- Bemmerer, D.
- Best, A.
- Boeltzig, A.
- Broggini, C.
- Bruno, C. G.
- Caciolli, A.
- Corvisiero, Pietro
- Davinson, T.
- di Leva, A.
- Elekes, Z.
- Ferraro, Federico
- Formicola, A.
- Fulop, Z.
- Gervino, G.
- Guglielmetti, A.
- Gustavino, C.
- Gyurky, G.
- Imbriani, G.
- Junker, M.
- Menegazzo, R.
- Mossa, V.
- Pantaleo, F. R.
- Prati, Paolo
- Scott, D. A.
- Somorjai, E.
- Straniero, O.
- Strieder, F.
- Szucs, T.
- Takács, M. P.
- Trezzi, D.
Description
The 22Ne(p; γ23Na reaction takes part in the neon-sodium cycle of hydrogen burning. This cycle affects
the synthesis of the elements between 20Ne and 27Al in asymptotic giant branch stars and novae. The
22Ne(p; γ)23Na reaction rate is very uncertain because of a large number of unobserved resonances lying in
the Gamow window. At proton energies below 400 keV, only upper limits exist in the literature for the
resonance strengths. Previous reaction rate evaluations differ by large factors. In the present work, the first
direct observations of the 22Ne(p; γ)23Na resonances at 156.2, 189.5, and 259.7 keV are reported. Their
resonance strengths are derived with 2%–7% uncertainty. In addition, upper limits for three other
resonances are greatly reduced. Data are taken using a windowless 22Ne gas target and high-purity
germanium detectors at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics in the Gran Sasso laboratory
of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Italy, taking advantage of the ultralow background observed
deep underground. The new reaction rate is a factor of 20 higher than the recent evaluation at a temperature
of 0.1 GK, relevant to nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars.
Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/11567/821109
- URN
- urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/821109
Origin repository
- Origin repository
- UNIGE