https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-08-022-9
Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics II
Photodissociation of neutron deficient nuclei
Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 9, D-64289, Darmstadt, Germany
* e-mail: kerstin@ikp.tu-darmstadt.de
Received:
20
June
2005
Accepted:
20
December
2005
Published online:
7
March
2006
The knowledge of the cross sections for photodissociation reactions like e.g. (γ, n) of neutron deficient nuclei is of crucial interest for network calculations predicting the abundances of the so-called p nuclei. However, only single cross sections have been measured up to now, i.e., one has to rely nearly fully on theoretical predictions. While the cross sections of stable isotopes are accessible by experiments using real photons, the bulk of the involved reactions starts from unstable nuclei. Coulomb dissociation (CD) experiments in inverse kinematics might be a key to expand the experimental database for p-process network calculations. The approach to test the accuracy of the CD method is explained.
PACS: 25.20.-x Photonuclear reactions – / 26.30.+k Nucleosynthesis in novae, supernovae and other explosive environments –
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