Abstract
We have measured the neutron capture cross sections of the stable magnesium isotopes Mg-24,Mg-25,Mg-26 in the energy range of interest to the s process using the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture events from a natural metal sample and from samples enriched in Mg-25 and Mg-26 were recorded using the total energy method based on (C6H6)-H-2 detectors. Neutron resonance parameters were extracted by a simultaneous resonance shape analysis of the present capture data and existing transmission data on a natural isotopic sample. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections for the three isotopes were calculated up to thermal energies of 100 keV and their impact on s-process analyses was investigated. At 30 keV the new values of the stellar cross section for Mg-24, Mg-25, and Mg-26 are 3.8 +/- 0.2 mb, 4.1 +/- 0.6 mb, and 0.14 +/- 0.01 mb, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 044615 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Physical Review C (nuclear physics) |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2012 |
Keywords
- NUCLEAR
- WAVE
- RADIATIVE-CAPTURE
- DIPOLE TRANSITIONS
- GIANT BRANCH STARS
- MASSIVE STARS
- OF-FLIGHT FACILITY
- S-PROCESS NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
- REACTION-RATES
- EVOLUTION