Measuring the 15O(α, γ)19Ne reaction in Type I X-ray bursts using the GADGET II TPC: Hardware

Tyler Wheeler; A. Adams; J. Allmond; H. Alvarez Pol; E. Argo; Y. Ayyad; D. Bardayan; D. Bazin; T. Budner; A. Chen; K. Chipps; B. Davids; J. Dopfer; M. Friedman; H. Fynbo; R. Grzywacz; J. Jose; J. Liang; R. Mahajan; S. Pain; D. Pérez-Loureiro; E. Pollacco; A. Psaltis; S. Ravishankar; A. Rogers; L. Schaedig; L. J. Sun; J. Surbrook; L. Weghorn; C. Wrede

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202226011046

Measuring the ¹⁵O(α, γ)¹⁹Ne reaction in Type I X-ray bursts using the GADGET II TPC: Hardware

Tyler Wheeler, A. Adams, J. Allmond, H. Alvarez Pol, E. Argo, Y. Ayyad, D. Bardayan, D. Bazin, T. Budner, A. Chen, K. Chipps, B. Davids, J. Dopfer, M. Friedman, H. Fynbo, R. Grzywacz, J. Jose, J. Liang, R. Mahajan, S. PainD. Pérez-Loureiro, E. Pollacco, A. Psaltis, S. Ravishankar, A. Rogers, L. Schaedig, L. J. Sun, J. Surbrook, L. Weghorn, C. Wrede

Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysi

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Abstract

Sensitivity studies have shown that the ¹⁵O(α, γ)¹⁹Ne reaction is the most important reaction rate uncertainty affecting the shape of light curves from Type I X-ray bursts. This reaction is dominated by the 4.03 MeV resonance in ¹⁹Ne. Previous measurements by our group have shown that this state is populated in the decay sequence of ²⁰Mg. A single ²⁰Mg(βpα)¹⁵O event through the key ¹⁵O(α, γ)¹⁹Ne resonance yields a characteristic signature: the emission of a proton and alpha particle. To achieve the granularity necessary for the identification of this signature, we have upgraded the Proton Detector of the Gaseous Detector with Germanium Tagging (GADGET) into a time projection chamber to form the GADGET II detection system. GADGET II has been fully constructed, and is entering the testing phase.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226011046
State	Published - Feb 24 2022
Event	16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021 - Chengdu, China Duration: Sep 21 2021 → Sep 25 2021

Conference

Conference	16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Chengdu
Period	09/21/21 → 09/25/21

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grants No. PHY-1102511, PHY-1565546, PHY-1913554, and PHY-1811855, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under award No. DE-SC0016052

Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation	PHY-1913554, PHY-1565546, PHY-1811855, PHY-1102511
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science	DE-SC0016052

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Wheeler, T., Adams, A., Allmond, J., Pol, H. A., Argo, E., Ayyad, Y., Bardayan, D., Bazin, D., Budner, T., Chen, A., Chipps, K., Davids, B., Dopfer, J., Friedman, M., Fynbo, H., Grzywacz, R., Jose, J., Liang, J., Mahajan, R., ... Wrede, C. (2022). Measuring the ¹⁵O(α, γ)¹⁹Ne reaction in Type I X-ray bursts using the GADGET II TPC: Hardware. Paper presented at 16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021, Chengdu, China. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226011046

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