https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16006-5
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Angle-integrated measurements of the 26Al (d, n)27Si reaction cross section: a probe of spectroscopic factors and astrophysical resonance strengths
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University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh, UK
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National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA
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JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Central Michigan University, 48859, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, USA
Received:
12
October
2015
Accepted:
3
December
2015
Published online:
14
January
2016
Measurements of angle-integrated cross sections to discrete states in 27Si have been performed studying the 26Al (d, n) reaction in inverse kinematics by tagging states by their characteristic -decays using the GRETINA array. Transfer reaction theory has been applied to derive spectroscopic factors for strong single-particle states below the proton threshold, and astrophysical resonances in the 26Al (p,
) 27Si reaction. Comparisons are made between predictions of the shell model and known characteristics of the resonances. Overall very good agreement is obtained, indicating this method can be used to make estimates of resonance strengths for key reactions currently largely unconstrained by experiment.
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