Investigation of alpha-induced reactions on 127I for the astrophysical gamma process

Abstract

(Shorten version of the PRC abstract) Alpha-induced reactions on 127I have been studied using the activation technique in order to provide cross section data for the modeling of the astrophysical gamma process. The relative intensity of the 536.1 keV gamma transition was measured precisely, its uncertainty was reduced from 13% to 4%. By measuring the yield of the characteristic X-rays, the cross sections of the 127I(alpha,gamma)131Cs reaction have been determined for the first time close to the astrophysically relevant energy region, at energies 9.50 < Ec.m. < 15.15$MeV.The127I(alpha,n)130Csreactionwasstudiedintherange9.62<Ec.m.<15.15MeVbymeasuringtheyieldofthe536.1keVgamma-rayandatthelowerpartofthisenergyrangebycountingthecharacteristicX-rays.Acomparisonoftheresultingcrosssectionstopredictionsofstatisticalmodelcalculationsconfirmedthepredictionsoftheastrophysicallyrelevantaveragedalphawidth.Nevertheless,thenewlyderivedstellarreactionratesatgammaprocesstemperaturesfor127I(alpha,gamma)131$Cs and its reverse reaction are factors 4-10 faster than previous calculations, due to improvements in the reaction model.

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