Phys.Rev. C 86, 025801 (2012); Pub.Note. Phys.Rev. C 86, 029901 (2012)

S.Almaraz-Calderon, W.P.Tan, A.Aprahamian, B.Bucher, A.Roberts, M.Wiescher, C.R.Brune, T.N.Massey, N.Ozkan, R.T.Guray, H.Mach

Level structure of ¹⁸Ne and its importance in the ¹⁴O(α, p)¹⁷F reaction rate

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁶O(³He, n), E=15 MeV; measured neutron and charged particle spectra, (particle)n-coin, neutron time-of-flight spectrum, p(θ), branching ratios for proton, 2p and α decays of excited states. ¹⁸Ne; deduced levels, resonances, J, π, decay modes, widths. ^14,16O, ¹⁷F; populated g.s. from p, 2p and α decays of ¹⁸Ne resonances, and first excited state in ¹⁷F from p decay of ¹⁸Ne resonances. ¹⁴O(α, p)¹⁷F, T=0.1-5 GK; calculated reaction rates of astrophysical interest for Hot CNO cycles and their breakout paths towards the rp process. Comparison with previous studies.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.86.025801