1. Single neutron transfer on 23Ne and its relevance forthepathway ofnucleosynthesis in astrophysical X-ray bursts
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Lotay, G., Henderson, J., Catford, W. N., Ali, F. A., Berean, J., Bernier, N., Bhattacharjee, S. S., Bowry, M., Caballero-Folch, R., Davids, B., Drake, T. E., Garnsworthy, A. B., GhaziMoradi, F., Gillespie, S. A., Greaves, B., Hackman, G., Hallam, S., Hymers, D., Kasanda, E., Levy, D., Luna, B. K., Mathews, A., Meisel, Z., Moukaddam, M., Muecher, D., Olaizola, B., Orr, N. A., Patel, H. P., Rajabali, M. M., Saito, Y., Smallcombe, J., Spencer, M., Svensson, C. E., Whitmore, K., and Williams, M.
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
We present new experimental measurements of resonance strengths in the astrophysical 23Al(p, {\gamma})24Si reaction, constraining the pathway of nucleosynthesis beyond 22Mg in X-ray burster scenarios. Specifically, we have performed the first measurement of the (d, p) reaction using a radioactive beam of 23Ne to explore levels in 24Ne, the mirror analog of 24Si. Four strong single-particle states were observed and corresponding neutron spectroscopic factors were extracted with a precision of {\sim}20{\%}. Using these spectroscopic factors, together with mirror state identifications, we have reduced uncertainties in the strength of the key {\ell} = 0 resonance at Er= 157 keV, in the astrophysical 23Al(p, {\gamma}) reaction, by a factor of 4. Our results show that the 22Mg(p, {\gamma})23Al(p, {\gamma}) pathway dominates over the competing 22Mg({\alpha}, p) reaction in all but the most energetic X-ray burster events (T>0.85GK), significantly affecting energy production and the preservation of hydrogen fuel., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures
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- 2022
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