Measurement of the inelastic branch of the stellar 14O(α,p)17F reaction occurring in the explosive burning in Novae and X-ray bursters
✍ Scribed by J.J. He; P.J. Woods; T. Davinson; M. Aliotta; J. Buescler; E. Clement; P. Delahaye; M. Hass; D.G. Jenkins; V. Kumar; A.St.J. Murphy; P. Neyskens; R. Raabe; A.P. Robinson; J. van der Walle; N. Warr; F. Wenander
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Volume
- 834
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0375-9474
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✦ Synopsis
The inelastic component of the key astrophysical resonance (1 -, E x =6.15 MeV) in the 14 O(α,p) 17 F reaction has been studied by using the resonant scattering of 17 F+p. The experiment was done at REX-ISOLDE CERN with the Miniball setup. The thick target method in inverse kinematics was utilized in the present experiment where a 44.2 MeV 17 F beam bombarded a ∼40 μm thick (CH 2 ) n target. The inelastic scattering protons in coincidence with the de-excited 495 keV γ rays have been clearly seen and they are from the inelastic branch to the first excited state in 17 F following decay of the 1 -resonance in 18 Ne. Some preliminary results are reported.