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Impact of the Li asymptotic normalization constant onto -induced reactions of astrophysical interest
Chloë Hebborn, Melina L. Avila, Konstantinos Kravvaris +2
Indirect methods have become the predominant approach in experimental nuclear astrophysics for studying several low-energy nuclear reactions occurring in stars, as direct measureme…
Probing the quadrupole transition strength of 15C via deuteron inelastic scattering
J. Chen, B. P. Kay, T. L. Tang +22
Deuteron elastic scattering from 15C and inelastic scattering reactions to the first excited state of 15C were studied using a radioactive beam of 15C in inverse kinematics. The sc…
Classification of events from -induced reactions in the MUSIC detector via statistical and ML methods
Krishnan Raghavan, Melina L. Avila, Prasanna Balaprakash +2
The Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber (MUSIC) detector is typically used to measure nuclear reaction cross sections relevant for nuclear astrophysics, fusion studies, and other app…
In-flight production of an isomeric beam of N
C. R. Hoffman, T. L. Tang, M. Avila +10
An in-flight beam of N was produced via the single-neutron adding (,) reaction in inverse kinematics at the recently upgraded Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System…
First direct measurement of the N(,)O reaction relevant for core-collapse supernovae nucleosynthesis
H. Jayatissa, M. L. Avila, K. E. Rehm +10
Understanding the explosion mechanism of a core-collapse supernova (CCSN) is important to accurately model CCSN scenarios for different progenitor stars using model-observation com…
Study of the Isomeric State in N Using the N(,He) Reaction
T. L. Tang, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay +19
The isomeric state of N was studied using the N(,He)~proton-removal reactions at \mbox{11.8~MeV/} in inverse kinematics. The N beam, of which…
Observation of T=3/2 Isobaric Analog States in 9Be using p+8Li resonance scattering
C. Hunt, G. V. Rogachev, S. Almaraz-Calderon +10
Background: Resonance scattering has been extensively used to study the structure of exotic, neutron-deficient nuclei. Extension of the resonance scattering technique to neutron-ri…
Catching Element Formation In The Act
Chris L. Fryer, Frank Timmes, Aimee L. Hungerford +216
Gamma-ray astronomy explores the most energetic photons in nature to address some of the most pressing puzzles in contemporary astrophysics. It encompasses a wide range of objects…
Stellar ArAr reactions and their effect on light neutron-rich nuclide synthesis
M. Tessler, M. Paul, S. Halfon +22
The ArAr ( = 35 d) and ArAr (269 y) reactions were studied for the first time with a quasi-Maxwellian ( keV) neutron flux…
Probing the single-particle character of rotational states in F using a short-lived isomeric beam
D. Santiago-Gonzalez, K. Auranen, M. L. Avila +19
A beam containing a substantial component of both the , ns isomeric state of F and its , 109.77-min ground state has been utilized to study membe…
Study of the astrophysically important and reactions
M. L. Avila, K. E. Rehm, S. Almaraz-Calderon +11
The NaMg and NaAl reactions are important for our understanding of the Al abundance in massive stars. The aim of this work is to report…
Independent measurement of the Hoyle state feeding from 12B using Gammasphere
M. Munch, M. Alcorta, H. O. U. Fynbo +28
Using an array of high-purity Compton-suppressed germanium detectors, we performed an independent measurement of the -decay branching ratio from to the second-…
New ANC measurement of the 1/2 state in O at 6.356 MeV, that dominates the C(,n)O reaction rate at temperatures relevant for the s-process
M. L. Avila, G. V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy +5
Background: Accurate knowledge of the C(,)O reaction cross section is important for the understanding of the s-process in AGB stars, since it is considered to b…
Constraining the 6.05 MeV 0 and 6.13 MeV 3 cascade transitions in the C(,)O reaction using the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients
M. L. Avila, G. V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy +7
Background. The CO reaction plays a fundamental role in astrophysics and needs to be known with accuracy better than 10%. Cascade transitions through the exc…
-cluster ANCs for nuclear astrophysics
M. L Avila, G. V. Roachev, E. Koshchiy +5
Background. Many important -particle induced reactions for nuclear astrophysics may only be measured using indirect techniques due to small cross sections at the energy of inter…