Phys.Rev. C 90, 025803 (2014)

J.Hu, J.J.He, A.Parikh, S.W.Xu, H.Yamaguchi, D.Kahl, P.Ma, J.Su, H.W.Wang, T.Nakao, Y.Wakabayashi, T.Teranishi, K.I.Hahn, J.Y.Moon, H.S.Jung, T.Hashimoto, A.A.Chen, D.Irvine, C.S.Lee, S.Kubono

Examination of the role of the ¹⁴O(α, p)¹⁷F reaction rate in type-I x-ray bursts

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹H(¹⁷F, p), E=3.6 MeV/nucleon, [¹⁷F secondary beam from ²H(¹⁶O, n), E=6.6 MeV/nucleon primary reaction]; measured Ep, Ip, angular distribution using radioactive ion beam separator (CRIB) at CNS-RIKEN facility. ¹⁸Ne; deduced levels, resonances, J, π, L-transfers, widths, proton partial widths, resonance strengths. R-matrix analysis of experimental data. Comparison with previous experimental results. ¹⁴O(α, p)¹⁷F, at T₉=0.25-3.0; deduced reaction rates and compared with other studies. Relevance to hot-CNO cycle of the rp-process in type-I x-ray bursts (XRBs).

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.90.025803