30S Beam Development and X-ray Bursts

Authors :: Kahl, D.
Chen, A. A.
Kubono, S.
Binh, D. N.
Chen, J.
Hashimoto, T.
Hayakawa, S.
Kaji, D.
Kim, A.
Kurihara, Y.
Lee, N. H.
Nishimura, S.
Ohshiro, Y.
nia, K. Setoodeh
Wakabayashi, Y.
Yamaguchi, H.
Source :: AIP Conf.Proc.1213:208,2010
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: Over the past three years, we have worked on developing a well-characterized 30S radioactive beam to be used in a future experiment aiming to directly measure the 30S(alpha,p) stellar reaction rate within the Gamow window of Type I X-ray bursts. The importance of the 30S(alpha,p) reaction to X-ray bursts is discussed. Given the astrophysical motivation, the successful results of and challenges involved in the production of a low-energy 30S beam are detailed. Finally, an overview of our future plans regarding this on-going project are presented.<br />Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, 5th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Santa Tecla, Sicily, September 2009

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