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Astrophysically Relevant Neutron Capture near the Border of Stability

Nuclear Experiment 2007-05-23 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The neutron capture cross section on 26^{26}Mg was measured in the astrophysically relevant energy region from 25 keV to 220 keV. The experimental results agree well with a calculation using the Direct Capture (DC) model together with systematic folding potentials. This experiment confirms for the 26^{26}Mg(n,γ\gamma)27^{27}Mg reaction that the DC process is at least comparable to the Compound--Nucleus (CN) process. The reliability of DC calculations is discussed, and we present some ideas for future experiments which could reduce the theoretical uncertainties of DC calculations.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/9611005,
  title  = {Astrophysically Relevant Neutron Capture near the Border of Stability},
  author = {P. Mohr and H. Oberhummer and H. Beer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/9611005},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages (uses sprocl.sty and psfig.sty), 4 figures, Proc. "International Workshop on Research with Fission Fragments", Benediktbeuern, October 28-30, 1996, World Scientific, in press, uuencoded tex-files and postscript-files available at ftp://is1.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/ohu/Mg.uu