Physics Letters B (Mar 2019)

Measurement of 73Ge(n,γ) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

  • C. Lederer-Woods,
  • U. Battino,
  • P. Ferreira,
  • A. Gawlik,
  • C. Guerrero,
  • F. Gunsing,
  • S. Heinitz,
  • J. Lerendegui-Marco,
  • A. Mengoni,
  • R. Reifarth,
  • A. Tattersall,
  • S. Valenta,
  • C. Weiss,
  • O. Aberle,
  • J. Andrzejewski,
  • L. Audouin,
  • V. Bécares,
  • M. Bacak,
  • J. Balibrea,
  • M. Barbagallo,
  • S. Barros,
  • F. Bečvář,
  • C. Beinrucker,
  • F. Belloni,
  • E. Berthoumieux,
  • J. Billowes,
  • D. Bosnar,
  • M. Brugger,
  • M. Caamaño,
  • F. Calviño,
  • M. Calviani,
  • D. Cano-Ott,
  • F. Cerutti,
  • E. Chiaveri,
  • N. Colonna,
  • G. Cortés,
  • M.A. Cortés-Giraldo,
  • L. Cosentino,
  • L.A. Damone,
  • K. Deo,
  • M. Diakaki,
  • M. Dietz,
  • C. Domingo-Pardo,
  • R. Dressler,
  • E. Dupont,
  • I. Durán,
  • B. Fernández-Domínguez,
  • A. Ferrari,
  • P. Finocchiaro,
  • R.J.W. Frost,
  • V. Furman,
  • K. Göbel,
  • A.R. García,
  • I. Gheorghe,
  • T. Glodariu,
  • I.F. Gonçalves,
  • E. González-Romero,
  • A. Goverdovski,
  • E. Griesmayer,
  • H. Harada,
  • T. Heftrich,
  • A. Hernández-Prieto,
  • J. Heyse,
  • D.G. Jenkins,
  • E. Jericha,
  • F. Käppeler,
  • Y. Kadi,
  • T. Katabuchi,
  • P. Kavrigin,
  • V. Ketlerov,
  • V. Khryachkov,
  • A. Kimura,
  • N. Kivel,
  • I. Knapova,
  • M. Kokkoris,
  • M. Krtička,
  • E. Leal-Cidoncha,
  • H. Leeb,
  • M. Licata,
  • S. Lo Meo,
  • R. Losito,
  • D. Macina,
  • J. Marganiec,
  • T. Martínez,
  • C. Massimi,
  • P. Mastinu,
  • M. Mastromarco,
  • F. Matteucci,
  • E. Mendoza,
  • P.M. Milazzo,
  • F. Mingrone,
  • M. Mirea,
  • S. Montesano,
  • A. Musumarra,
  • R. Nolte,
  • F.R. Palomo-Pinto,
  • C. Paradela,
  • N. Patronis,
  • A. Pavlik,
  • J. Perkowski,
  • J.I. Porras,
  • J. Praena,
  • J.M. Quesada,
  • T. Rauscher,
  • A. Riego-Perez,
  • M. Robles,
  • C. Rubbia,
  • J.A. Ryan,
  • M. Sabaté-Gilarte,
  • A. Saxena,
  • P. Schillebeeckx,
  • S. Schmidt,
  • D. Schumann,
  • P. Sedyshev,
  • A.G. Smith,
  • A. Stamatopoulos,
  • S.V. Suryanarayana,
  • G. Tagliente,
  • J.L. Tain,
  • A. Tarifeño-Saldivia,
  • L. Tassan-Got,
  • A. Tsinganis,
  • G. Vannini,
  • V. Variale,
  • P. Vaz,
  • A. Ventura,
  • V. Vlachoudis,
  • R. Vlastou,
  • A. Wallner,
  • S. Warren,
  • M. Weigand,
  • T. Wright,
  • P. Žugec

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 790
pp. 458 – 465

Abstract

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73Ge(n,γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8 keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT=30 keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of 73Ge produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of 73Ge in the solar system. Keywords: Nucleosynthesis, Neutron capture, s process, Germanium, n_TOF