First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies

Tang, X.D.; Bucher, B.; Fang, X.; Heger, A.; Almaraz-Calderon, S.; Alongi, A.; Ayangeakaa, A.D.; Beard, M.; Best, A.; Browne, J.; Cahillane, C.; Couder, M.; DeBoer, R.J.; Kontos, A.; Lamm, L.; Li, Y.J.; Long, A.; Lu, W.; Lyons, S.; Notani, M.; Patel, D.; Paul, N.; Pignatari, M.; Roberts, A.; Robertson, D.; Smith, K.; Stech, E.; Talwar, R.; Tan, W.P.; Wiescher, M.; Woosley, S.E.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201610904009

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Probing astrophysically important states in the ²⁶Mg nucleus to study neutron sources for the s process (2016)
Journal Article
Talwar, R., Adachi, T., Berg, G. P. A., Bin, L., Bisterzo, S., Couder, M., deBoer, R. J., Fang, X., Fujita, H., Fujita, Y., Görres, J., Hatanaka, K., Itoh, T., Kadoya, T., Long, A., Miki, K., Patel, D., Pignatari, M., Shimbara, Y., Tamii, A., …Yosoi, M. (2016). Probing astrophysically important states in the ²⁶Mg nucleus to study neutron sources for the s process. Physical Review C, 93(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.93.055803

Background: The ²²Ne(α,n) ²⁵Mg reaction is the dominant neutron source for the slow neutron capture process (s process) in massive stars, and contributes, together with C¹³(α,n)O¹⁶, to the production of neutrons for the s process in asymptotic giant... Read More about Probing astrophysically important states in the ²⁶Mg nucleus to study neutron sources for the s process.

First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies (2016)
Journal Article
Tang, X., Bucher, B., Fang, X., Heger, A., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., Ayangeakaa, A., Beard, M., Best, A., Browne, J., Cahillane, C., Couder, M., DeBoer, R., Kontos, A., Lamm, L., Li, Y., Long, A., Lu, W., Lyons, S., Notani, M., …Woosley, S. (2016). First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies. EPJ Web of Conferences, 109, 04009. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610904009

© 2016 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences. Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction12C(12C,n)23Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. Past studies have shown large discrepancies between experimental data and theory,... Read More about First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies.