Investigating the astrophysical 22Ne(p, γ)23Na and 22Mg(p, γ)23Al reactions with a multi-channel scattering formalism

P. R. Fraser, L. Canton, K. Amos, S. Karataglidis, J. P. Svenne, D. Van Der Kniff

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Abstract

The reaction 22Ne(p, γ)23Na is key to the NeNa cycle of stellar nucleogenesis, and better understanding of the 22Mg(p, γ)23Al reaction is needed to understand the 22Na puzzle in ONe white dwarf novae. We aim to study these reactions using a multi-channel algebraic scattering (MCAS) formalism for low-energy nucleon-nucleus scattering, recently expanded to investigate radiative capture. As a first step towards this goal, we here calculate the energy levels of the mass-23 (Ne, Mg, Na, Al) nuclei. This is not only because the resonant structure of these nuclei are related to the astrophysical -rates of interest, but also because the interaction parameters determined for describing the energy levels are an integral part of the future calculation of the astrophysical reactions when using the MCAS scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Article number03030
JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume66
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2013 International Nuclear Physics Conference, INPC 2013 - Firenze, Italy
Duration: 2 Jun 20137 Jun 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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