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 language | English |
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Article number | 065802 |
Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 28 2010 |