Comment on "Structure effects in the ${}^{15}$N(n,$\gamma$)${}^{16}$N radiative capture reaction from the Coulomb dissociation of ${}^{16}$N"

Abstract

In their recent study Neelam, Shubhchintak, and Chatterjee have claimed that "it would certainly be useful to perform a Coulomb dissociation experiment to find the low energy capture cross section for the reaction" ${}^{15}$N(n,$\gamma$)${}^{16}$N. However, it is obvious that a Coulomb dissociation experiment cannot constrain this capture cross section because the dominating branchings of the capture reaction lead to excited states in ${}^{16}$N which do not contribute in a Coulomb dissociation experiment. An estimate of the total ${}^{15}$N(n,$\gamma$)${}^{16}$N cross section from Coulomb dissociation of ${}^{16}$N requires a precise knowledge of the $\gamma$-ray branchings in the capture reaction. Surprisingly, the calculation of Neelam, Shubhchintak, and Chatterjee predicts a strongly energy-dependent ground state branching of the order of 0.05\% to 0.6\% at energies between 100 and 500 keV which is almost 2 orders of magnitude below calculations in the direct capture model. Additionally, this calculation of Neelam, Shubhchintak, and Chatterjee deviates significantly from the expected energy dependence for $p$-wave capture.

2 pages, 1 figure; Phys. Rev. C, Comment, accepted for publication

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