Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2011-03-28
Phys.Rev.C83:045804,2011
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Submitted to Phys. Rev. C
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.83.045804
The rate of the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle of hydrogen burning is controlled by the 14N(p,gamma)15O reaction. The reaction proceeds by capture to the ground states and several excited states in O-15. In order to obtain a reliable extrapolation of the excitation curve to astrophysical energy, fits in the R-matrix framework are needed. In an energy range that sensitively tests such fits, new cross section data are reported here for the four major transitions in the 14N(p,gamma)15O reaction. The experiment has been performed at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) 400 kV accelerator placed deep underground in the Gran Sasso facility in Italy. Using a composite germanium detector, summing corrections have been considerably reduced with respect to previous studies. The cross sections for capture to the ground state and to the 5181, 6172, and 6792 keV excited states in O-15 have been determined at 359, 380, and 399 keV beam energy. In addition, the branching ratios for the decay of the 278 keV resonance have been remeasured.
Alvarez Rossi C.
Bemmerer Daniel
Broggini Carlo
Caciolli Antonio
Corvisiero P.
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