In this work, we report the measurement of elastic and Coulomb break-up channels in 6He+208Pb collisions at Elab = 19.3 MeV, close to the Coulomb barrier of this system ~ 19 MeV. In the context of the astrophysical r-process, the reaction 4He(2n,γ)6He has been proposed to be a key reaction in the path of synthesizing seed nuclei for the r-process, as 12C, in an environment composed mainly of alpha particles and neutrons. Based on a theoretical approach for treating three body reactions by means of which its reaction rate can be inferred, our experimental approach aims to obtain an indirect measurement of the reaction rate of 4He(2n,γ)6He by measuring the Coulomb breakup of 6He under the intense electric field produced by a 208Pb target nucleus. The experiment was carried out at the TriSol facility operated in the Nuclear Science Laboratory of the University of Notre Dame, USA, which delivered a 6He beam together with other contaminants. Particular care must be taken for the alpha particles produced in the production reaction.
Experimental study of 6He Coulomb breakup as an indirect measurement of 4He(2n,γ)6He reaction rate for the astrophysical r-process / Godos, D.; Acosta, L.; Fernández-García, J. P.; O'Malley, P.; Sánchez-Benítez, A. M.; Di Pietro, A.; Tumino, A.; Vicente, A.; Boomershine, C.; Dembski, C.; Fougères, C.; Jones, C.; Bardayan, D.; Galaviz, D.; Aguilera, E.; Afonso, F.; Barba, F. G.; Rivero, F.; Mulcahy, G.; Casal, J.; Morales Rivera, J. C.; Gómez-Camacho, J.; Arias, J. M.; Ruffino, J.; Lee, K.; Couder, M.; La Commara, M.; Mazzocco, M.; Rodríguez-Gallardo, M.; Figuera, P.; Teubig, P.; Pires, R.; Zite, R.; Coil, S.; Bailey, T.; Von Seeger, W.. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2100-014X. - 304:(2024). ( 7th International Workshop of the Hellenic Institute of Nuclear Physics on Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reaction Dynamics, HINPw 2024 Karolos Papou lias Conference Center of the University of Ioannina (UOI), grc 2024) [10.1051/epjconf/202430402003].
Experimental study of 6He Coulomb breakup as an indirect measurement of 4He(2n,γ)6He reaction rate for the astrophysical r-process
Di Pietro, A.;Tumino, A.;La Commara, M.;
2024
Abstract
In this work, we report the measurement of elastic and Coulomb break-up channels in 6He+208Pb collisions at Elab = 19.3 MeV, close to the Coulomb barrier of this system ~ 19 MeV. In the context of the astrophysical r-process, the reaction 4He(2n,γ)6He has been proposed to be a key reaction in the path of synthesizing seed nuclei for the r-process, as 12C, in an environment composed mainly of alpha particles and neutrons. Based on a theoretical approach for treating three body reactions by means of which its reaction rate can be inferred, our experimental approach aims to obtain an indirect measurement of the reaction rate of 4He(2n,γ)6He by measuring the Coulomb breakup of 6He under the intense electric field produced by a 208Pb target nucleus. The experiment was carried out at the TriSol facility operated in the Nuclear Science Laboratory of the University of Notre Dame, USA, which delivered a 6He beam together with other contaminants. Particular care must be taken for the alpha particles produced in the production reaction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
