https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01682-7
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
(
) cross section measurements in 
Pd, 
Pd and 
Cd relevant to p process
1
Tandem Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR “Demokritos”, 153.10 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
2
RUBION, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
3
Ruđjer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
4
Nuclear Data Section, NAPC, IAEA, Wagramer Straße 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria
5
Physics Department, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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Received:
18
May
2025
Accepted:
31
August
2025
Published online:
28
September
2025
Cross-section measurements of (
) reactions on Cd, Pd, and Pd have been performed at center-of-mass energies between 
7.9 and 11 MeV, which lie within the Gamow energy window relevant to the p-process. The determined total cross sections range between 1.4 and 257 
b. Astrophysical S factors were also derived from the experimental cross sections. Statistical model calculations were performed using version 2.0 of the TALYS code and compared with the new data. An overall very good agreement between theory and experiment was found. In addition, the effect of different combinations of nuclear input parameters entering the stellar reaction-rate calculations was investigated.
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