Experimental simulation of a stellar photon bath by bremsstrahlung: the astrophysical $\gamma$-process

Abstract

The nucleosynthesis of heavy proton-rich nuclei in a stellar photon bath at temperatures of the astrophysical $\gamma$-process was investigated where the photon bath was simulated by the superposition of bremsstrahlung spectra with different endpoint energies. The method was applied to derive ($\gamma$,n) cross sections and reaction rates for several platinum isotopes.

3 pages, 3 figures, Phys. Lett. B, in print

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