First experimental constraint on the Fe 59 (n,γ) Fe 60 reaction cross section at astrophysical energies via the coulomb dissociation of Fe 60

E. Uberseder, T. Adachi, T. Aumann, S. Beceiro-Novo, K. Boretzky, C. Caesar, I. Dillmann, O. Ershova, A. Estrade, F. Farinon, J. Hagdahl, T. Heftrich, M. Heil, M. Heine, M. Holl, A. Ignatov, H. T. Johansson, N. Kalantar, C. Langer, T. Le BleisYu A. Litvinov, J. Marganiec, A. Movsesyan, M. A. Najafi, T. Nilsson, C. Nociforo, V. Panin, S. Pietri, R. Plag, A. Prochazka, G. Rastrepina, R. Reifarth, V. Ricciardi, C. Rigollet, D. M. Rossi, D. Savran, H. Simon, K. Sonnabend, B. Streicher, S. Terashima, R. Thies, Y. Togano, V. Volkov, F. Wamers, H. Weick, M. Weigand, M. Wiescher, C. Wimmer, N. Winckler, P. J. Woods

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Abstract

The radionuclide Fe60 has been of great interest to the nuclear astrophysics community for over a decade. An initial discrepancy between the observed and modeled Galactic Fe60/Al26 ratio motivated numerous studies focused on the nucleosynthesis of these two isotopes, though the cross section of the primary astrophysical production reaction, Fe59(n,γ)Fe60, has remained purely theoretical. The present work offers a first experimental constraint on the Fe59(n,γ)Fe60 cross section at astrophysical energies, obtained indirectly via Coulomb dissociation, and demonstrates that the theoretical reaction rates used in present stellar models are not highly erroneous.

Original languageEnglish
Article number211101
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume112
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 May 28
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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