Capture of α particles by isospin-symmetric nuclei

✍ Scribed by T. Rauscher; F.-K. Thielemann; J. Görres; M. Wiescher

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 675
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9474(00)00182-2

✦ Synopsis

The reaction rates for α capture processes on self-conjugate nuclei in the mass range A = 20-40 have been investigated. The rates were calculated using the statistical model code NON-SMOKER taking into account isospin suppression rules. These theoretical predictions are compared with rates derived from the available experimental data about the α capture reactions but taking also into account additional experimental information from different reaction channels populating the α unbound states of the self-conjugate compound nuclei.