Measurement of 25Mg (p, γ) 26Al resonance strengths via gamma spectrometry

A Formicola, A Best, G Imbriani, M Junker… - Journal of Physics G …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A Formicola, A Best, G Imbriani, M Junker, D Bemmerer, R Bonetti, C Broggini, A Caciolli
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2007iopscience.iop.org
The COMPTEL instrument performed the first mapping of the 1.809 MeV photons in the
Galaxy, triggering considerable interest in determining the sources of interstellar 26 Al. The
predicted 26 Al is too low compared to the observation; for a better understanding more
accurate rates for the 25 Mg (p, γ) 26 Al reaction are required. The 25 Mg (p, γ) 26 Al
reaction has been investigated at the resonances atAs a general notation in this work, E r is
the resonance energy in the center-of-mass system. E r= 745, 418, 374, and 304 keV at …
Abstract
The COMPTEL instrument performed the first mapping of the 1.809 MeV photons in the Galaxy, triggering considerable interest in determining the sources of interstellar 26 Al. The predicted 26 Al is too low compared to the observation; for a better understanding more accurate rates for the 25 Mg (p, γ) 26 Al reaction are required. The 25 Mg (p, γ) 26 Al reaction has been investigated at the resonances atAs a general notation in this work, E r is the resonance energy in the center-of-mass system. E r= 745, 418, 374, and 304 keV at Ruhr-Universität-Bochum using a Tandem accelerator and a 4π NaI detector. In addition, the resonance at E r= 189 keV has been measured deep underground at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, exploiting the strong suppression of a cosmic background. This low resonance has been studied with the 400 kV LUNA accelerator and an HPGe detector. The preliminary results of the resonance strengths will be reported.
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