Beta-decay of proton-rich nucleus ^23Al and astrophysical consequences

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Apr 2006

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American Physical Society, APS April Meeting, April 22-26, 2006, abstract #L8.003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We will present the results of a β-decay study that was motivated by a nuclear astrophysics problem. For the first time γ-rays have been observed following the β decay of pure samples of ^23Al. We used the ^1H(^24Mg,2n)^23Al reaction and the MARS recoil separator of Texas A&M University. β and β-γ coincidence measurements were made with a fast tape-transport system and β and γ-ray detectors. The experiment allowed us to measure β branching ratios and deduce logft values for transitions to 14 final states in ^23Mg, including the isobaric analog state, and from them to determine unambigously the spin and parity of ^23Al ground state to be J^π=5/2^+. We will discuss how this excludes the large increase in the radiative proton-capture cross section for the reaction ^22Mg(p,γ)^23Al at astrophysical energies which was implied by claims that the spin and parity is J^π=1/2^+ [1,2], claims that motivated this study in the first place. The reaction is possible candidate to explain why space-based gamma-ray telescopes do not observe γ-rays from the decay of long-lived ^22Na formed in ONe novae explosions [3]: a larger cross section would be required to divert significant flux from the A=22 into the A=23 mass chain. [1] X. Z. Cai et al, Phys. Rev. C 65, 024610 (2002). [2] H.-Y. Zhang et al., Chin. Phys. Lett. 19, 1599 (2002). [3] M. Wiescher et al., Astrophys. J. 343, 352 (1989).

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