Measurement of the 17O(p,γ)18F reaction rate at astrophysically relevant energies.

Authors :: Hager, U.
Buchmann, L.
Davids, B.
Fallis, J.
Fulton, B. R.
Galinski, N.
Greife, U.
Hutcheon, D. A.
Ottewell, D.
Rojas, A.
Ruiz, C.
Setoodehnia, K.
Source :: Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics. Mar2012, Vol. 85 Issue 3, p1-7. 7p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The 17O(p,γ)18F reaction plays an important role in hydrogen-burning nucleosynthesis. Conflicting values for the low-energy behavior of its cross section exist in the literature. We present direct measurements of the astrophysical S factor of the 17O(p,γ)18F reaction at center-of-mass energies between 250 and 500 keV. These measurements were conducted in inverse kinematics at the DRAGON recoil separator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *PHYSICAL measurements
*NUCLEAR reactions
*ASTROPHYSICS
*NUCLEAR energy
*NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
*NUCLEAR cross sections
*KINEMATICS
*CENTER of mass

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