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The astrophysical $S-$factor and reaction rate for $^{15}$N($p,\gamma$)$^{16}$O within the modified potential cluster model

Nuclear Theory 2025-07-15 v3 Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We study a radiative p15p^{15}N capture on the ground state of 16^{16}O at stellar energies within the framework of a modified potential cluster model (MPCM) with forbidden states, including low-lying resonances. The investigation of the 15^{15}N(p,γ0p,\gamma _{0})16^{16}O reaction includes the consideration of 3S1^{3}S_{1} resonances due to E1E1 transitions and the contribution of 3P1^{3}P_{1} scattering wave in pp + 15^{15}N channel due to 3P1^{3}P_{1}\longrightarrow 3P0^{3}P_{0} M1M1 transition. We calculated the astrophysical low-energy SS-factor, and extrapolated S(0)S(0) turned out to be within 34.740.434.7-40.4 keV\cdot b. The important role of the asymptotic constant (AC) for the 15^{15}N(p,γ0p,\gamma _{0})16^{16}O process with interfering 3S1^{3}S_{1}(312) and 3S1^{3}S_{1}(962) resonances is elucidated. A comparison of our calculation for SS-factor with existing experimental and theoretical data is addressed, and a reasonable agreement is found. The reaction rate is calculated and compared with the existing rates. It has negligible dependence on the variation of AC, but shows a strong impact of the interference of 3S1^{3}S_{1}(312) and 3S1^{3}S_{1}(962) resonances, especially at temperatures, referring to the CNO Gamow windows. We estimate the contribution of cascade transitions to the reaction rate based on the exclusive experimental data by \textit{Imbriani, et al. 2012}. The reaction rate enhancement due to the cascade transitions is observed from T9>0.3T_{9} > 0.3 and reaches the maximum factor \sim \ 1.3 at T9=1.3T_{9}=1.3. We present the Gamow energy window and a comparison of rates for radiative proton capture reactions 12^{12}N(p,γp,\gamma )13^{13}O, 13^{13}N(p,γp,\gamma ) 14^{14}O, 14^{14}N(p,γp,\gamma )15^{15}O, and 15^{15}N(p,γp,\gamma )16^{16}O obtained in the framework of the MPCM and give temperature windows, prevalence, and significance of each process.

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@article{arxiv.2303.14680,
  title  = {The astrophysical $S-$factor and reaction rate for $^{15}$N($p,\gamma$)$^{16}$O within the modified potential cluster model},
  author = {S. B. Dubovichenko and A. S. Tkachenko and R. Ya. Kezerashvili and N. A. Burkova and B. M. Yeleusheva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.14680},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages, 9 figures