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Structure of 24Al for the stellar reaction rate of 23Mg(p,γ)24Al

  • S. Kubono*
  • , T. Kajino
  • , S. Kato
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • The University of Tokyo
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • Yamagata University

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Abstract

The nuclear levels of 24Al were studied by the 24Mg(3He,t)24Al reaction at 60 MeV. Several new states were identified including a level at 2.787 MeV just above the proton threshold in 24Al, and considerable level shifts were observed for most levels around the threshold. The spin-parity assignments were also made for many states including the threshold states by the angular distribution measurement. This clarifies the spin-parity and the excitation energy of the critical levels assumed before for the stellar reaction rate calculation of 23Mg(p,γ)24Al. A large increase of the reaction rate is predicted, based on the present experimental result, at the temperature region of T9 = 0.2-0.8 which would be crucial for the break-out process of the NeNa cycle to the MgAl cycle. This result suggests that the onset temperature of 23Mg(p,γ)24Al should be lowered roughly by 10%. Application of the (3He,t) reaction at 60 MeV for spin assignment is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)521-536
Number of pages16
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume588
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jun 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Al deduced levels, J, π. Deduced the onset temperature, stellar reaction rate of Mg(p,γ)Al
  • NUCLEAR REACTION Mg(He,t), E = 59.57 MeV
  • measured σ(θ)

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