EPJ Web of Conferences (Mar 2014)

Statistical gamma-ray emission of gold and its astrophysical implications

  • Giacoppo F.,
  • Bello F.,
  • Bernstein L.A.,
  • Bleuel D.,
  • Firestone R.B.,
  • Görgen A.,
  • Guttormsen M.,
  • Hagen T. W.,
  • Klintefjord M.,
  • Koehler P.E.,
  • Larsen A.C.,
  • Nyhus H. T.,
  • Renstrøm T.,
  • Sahin E.,
  • Siem S.,
  • Tornyi and T.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146602041
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66
p. 02041

Abstract

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The properties of the excited states of gold isotopes were investigated at the Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory. This study is important for the understanding of neutron capture rates in astrophysical plasmas relevant for heavy element nucleosynthesys.