Measurement of 73 Ge(n,γ) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

C. Lederer-Woods, U. Battino, P. Ferreira, A. Gawlik, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, S. Heinitz, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Mengoni, R. Reifarth, A. Tattersall, S. Valenta, C. Weiss, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. BarbagalloS. Barros, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, L. A. Damone, K. Deo, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, P. Finocchiaro, R. J.W. Frost, V. Furman, K. Göbel, A. R. García, I. Gheorghe, T. Glodariu, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, A. Kimura, N. Kivel, I. Knapova, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, H. Leeb, M. Licata, S. Lo Meo, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, A. Musumarra, R. Nolte, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J. I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, A. Riego-Perez, M. Robles, C. Rubbia, J. A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A. G. Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, S. V. Suryanarayana, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, S. Warren, M. Weigand, T. Wright, P. Žugec

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Abstract

73 Ge(n,γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8 keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT=30 keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of 73 Ge produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of 73 Ge in the solar system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)458-465
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume790
Early online date30 Jan 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Germanium
  • Neutron capture
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • n_TOF
  • s process

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