Re-examining the ${}^{26}$Mg($\alpha ,{\alpha }^{\prime }$)${}^{26}$Mg reaction - probing astrophysically important states in ${}^{26}$Mg

P. Adsley, J. W. Brümmer, K. C. W. Li +10

Background: The ${}^{22}$Ne($\alpha ,n$)${}^{25}$Mg reaction is one of the neutron sources for the $s$-process in massive stars. The properties of levels in ${}^{26}$Mg above the $\alpha$-particle…