New measurements of the F19(n,γ)F20 cross section and their implications for the stellar reaction rate

Details New measurements of the F19(n,γ)F20 cross section and their implications for the stellar reaction rate New measurements of the F19(n,γ)F20 cross section and their implications for the stellar reaction rate

Mar 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007phrvc..75c5801u&link_type=abstract

Physical Review C, vol. 75, Issue 3, id. 035801

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Hydrostatic Stellar Nucleosynthesis, Radiative Capture, 20<=A<=38

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The puzzle concerning the nucleosynthetic origin of F19 has been a topic of much interest in astrophysics. After the observation of an overabundance of F19 in thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, attention has been drawn to the He shell flash, characteristic of these stars, as a possible site of fluorine synthesis. As the He intershell of AGBs is also known to undergo periods of high neutron exposure, F19 synthesized in this zone would be in danger of destruction by F19(n,γ)F20. The current recommended value of the Maxwellian averaged cross section (MACS) is uncertain by 20% in a temperature region corresponding to the He flash, which is insufficient for accurate stellar modeling. A measurement of the cross section has been performed at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator by cyclic activation of fluorine samples in a quasistellar neutron spectrum with a mean thermal energy of kT=25 keV. The new MACS at kT=25 keV is 44% lower and six times more accurate than reported previously.

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