Thick-target measurements and astrophysical thermonuclear reaction rates: Proton-induced reactions

doi:10.1016/0092-640X(79)90004-4

Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables

Volume 23, Issue 2, February 1979, Pages 177-194

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We have studied 72 proton-induced reactions on a variety of targets from ¹⁰B through ¹⁵²Sm. These include (p, α), (p, γ), and (p, ν) reactions leading to various β or β and γ unstable final state nuclei. By measurement of the activity of the product nucleus we extract a normalized thick-target yield as a function of the energy in the center-of-mass system. An appropriate integration in energy of the yield function then allows calculation of the thermonuclear reaction rate, N_A〈συ〉_T, as a function of temperature. Extensive tables of yields and rates are given primarily for use in astrophysical applications.

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