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Experimental study of 6He Coulomb breakup as an indirect measurement of 4He(2n,γ)6He reaction rate for the astrophysical r-process
- Godos D.,
- Acosta L.,
- Fernández-García J. P.,
- O’Malley P.,
- Sánchez-Benítez A. M.,
- Di Pietro A.,
- Tumino A.,
- Vicente A.,
- Boomershine C.,
- Dembski C.,
- Fougères C.,
- Jones C.,
- Bardayan D.,
- Galaviz D.,
- Aguilera E.,
- Afonso F.,
- Barba F. G.,
- Rivero F.,
- Mulcahy G.,
- Casal J.,
- Morales Rivera J. C.,
- Gómez-Camacho J.,
- Arias J. M.,
- Ruffino J.,
- Lee K.,
- Couder M.,
- La Commara M.,
- Mazzocco M.,
- Rodríguez-Gallardo M.,
- Figuera P.,
- Teubig P.,
- Pires R.,
- Zite R.,
- Coil S.,
- Bailey T.,
- von Seeger W.
Affiliations
- Godos D.
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 20-364
- Acosta L.
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 20-364
- Fernández-García J. P.
- Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla
- O’Malley P.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Sánchez-Benítez A. M.
- Departamento de Ciencias Integradas y Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Fisica,Matemáticas y Computación, Universidad de Huelva
- Di Pietro A.
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and Sezione di Catania
- Tumino A.
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and Sezione di Catania
- Vicente A.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Boomershine C.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Dembski C.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Fougères C.
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Jones C.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Bardayan D.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Galaviz D.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Aguilera E.
- Departamento de Aceleradores y Estudio de Materiales, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares
- Afonso F.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Barba F. G.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Rivero F.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Mulcahy G.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Casal J.
- Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla
- Morales Rivera J. C.
- Departamento de Aceleradores y Estudio de Materiales, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares
- Gómez-Camacho J.
- Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (U. Sevilla, J. Andalucía, CSIC)
- Arias J. M.
- Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla
- Ruffino J.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Lee K.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Couder M.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- La Commara M.
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli “Federico II”
- Mazzocco M.
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia ‘Galileo Galilei’, Universitá di Padova
- Rodríguez-Gallardo M.
- Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla
- Figuera P.
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and Sezione di Catania
- Teubig P.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Pires R.
- LIP, and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
- Zite R.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Coil S.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- Bailey T.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- von Seeger W.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430402003
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 304
p. 02003
Abstract
In this work, we report the measurement of elastic and Coulomb break-up channels in 6He+208Pb collisions at Elab = 19.3 MeV, close to the Coulomb barrier of this system ∼ 19 MeV. In the context of the astrophysical r-process, the reaction 4He(2n,γ)6He has been proposed to be a key reaction in the path of synthesizing seed nuclei for the r-process, as 12C, in an environment composed mainly of alpha particles and neutrons. Based on a theoretical approach for treating three body reactions by means of which its reaction rate can be inferred, our experimental approach aims to obtain an indirect measurement of the reaction rate of 4He(2n,γ)6He by measuring the Coulomb breakup of 6He under the intense electric field produced by a 208Pb target nucleus. The experiment was carried out at the TriSol facility operated in the Nuclear Science Laboratory of the University of Notre Dame, USA, which delivered a 6He beam together with other contaminants. Particular care must be taken for the alpha particles produced in the production reaction.
