Properties of states near $E_x$ = 6 MeV in ${}^{18}$Ne through ${}^{17}$F+p scattering

Sudarsan Balakrishnan, Laura E. Linhardt, Jeffery C. Blackmon +11

Background: The rate of energy production in the hot-CNO cycle and breakout to the rapid-proton capture process in Type I X-ray bursts is strongly related to the ${}^{14}$O($\hat{I}\pm ,p$)$^…