${}^{12}$C+${}^{16}$O sub-barrier radiative capture cross-section measurements

Abstract

We have performed a heavy ion radiative capture reaction between two light heavy ions, ${}^{12}$C and ${}^{16}$O, leading to ${}^{28}$Si. The present experiment has been performed below Coulomb barrier energies in order to reduce the phase space and to try to shed light on structural effects. Obtained ${\hat{I}}^3$-spectra display a previously unobserved strong feeding of intermediate states around 11 MeV at these energies. This new decay branch is not fully reproduced by statistical nor semi-statistical decay scenarii and may imply structural effects. Radiative capture cross-sections are extracted from the data.

4 pages, 7 figures, to appear as proceedings of FUSION 2011 conference at St-Malo, France