Inelastic F17(p,p)F17 scattering at Ec.m.=3 MeV and the O14(α,p)F17 reaction rate

D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, M. E. Howard, C. Matei, W. Martin, M. Matos, B. H. Moazen, C. D. Nesaraja, W. A. Peters, S. T. Pittman, M. S. Smith, I. Spassova

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    Abstract

    The O14(α,p)F17 reaction is an important trigger reaction leading to the αp process in x-ray bursts. The inclusion of reaction channels populating excited F17 levels may significantly increase the calculated O14(α,p)F17 reaction rate. A radioactive F17 beam was used at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility to search for a Ne18 resonance at Ec.m.(F17+p)3.1 MeV that had been previously suggested to decay strongly to the first excited level in F17. No evidence, however, of inelastic F17+p scattering was observed at this energy, and an upper limit of ∼10 mb has been set on the inelastic-scattering cross section.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number065802
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume81
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 28 2010

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