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Neutron dynamics in the fusion of neutron-rich O ions with C
A. Leon, H. Desilets, Rohit Kumar +18
The fusion excitation function for O + C was measured for the first time and compared to the fusion of less neutron-rich isotopes. The impact of valence neutrons in t…
-delayed proton pandemonium: A first detailed Cl()P decay scheme
Tamas Budner, Moshe Friedman, Lijie Sun +20
Positron decays of proton-rich nuclides exhibit large values, producing complex cascades which frequently involve various radiations, including protons and rays. Often, onl…
Structure Studies of from the Be(d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics on a solid deuteron target
J. Kovoor, K. L. Jones, J. Hooker +42
The low-lying structure of Be has remained an enigma for decades. Despite numerous experimental and theoretical studies, large inconsistencies remain. Being both unbound, an…
First direct measurement constraining the Ar(,p)K reaction cross section for mixed hydrogen and helium burning in accreting neutron stars
J. Browne, K. A. Chipps, K. Schmidt +25
The rate of the final step in the astrophysical p-process, the Ar(,\textit{p})K reaction, suffers from large uncertainties due to lack of experimental data, des…
Constraining the P(S reaction rate in ONe novae via the weak, low-energy, -delayed proton decay of Cl
T. Budner, M. Friedman, C. Wrede +20
The PS reaction plays an important role in understanding nucleosynthesis of nuclides in oxygen-neon novae. The Gaseous Detector with Germanium Tagging…
Neutron transfer reactions on the ground state and isomeric state of a 130Sn beam
K. L. Jones, A. Bey, S. Burcher +23
The structure of nuclei around the neutron-rich nucleus 132Sn is of particular interest due to the vicinity of the Z = 50 and N = 82 shell closures and the r-process nucleosyntheti…
First Measurement of the Transition Strength in Be: Testing Ab Initio Predictions for Nuclei
S. L. Henderson, T. Ahn, M. A. Caprio +15
Electromagnetic observables are able to give insight into collective and emergent features in nuclei, including nuclear clustering. These observables also provide strong constraint…
Remeasuring the anomalously enhanced in
S. L. Henderson, T. Ahn, P. J. Fasano +14
The large reported strength between the ground state and first excited state of $\isotope[8]{Li}$, $B(E2; 2^+ \rightarrow 1^+)= 55(15)\,e^2\fm^4$, presents a puzzl…
New -ray Transitions Observed in Ne with Implications for the O(,)Ne Reaction Rate
M. R. Hall, D. W. Bardayan, T. Baugher +34
The O(,)Ne reaction is responsible for breakout from the hot CNO cycle in Type I x-ray bursts. Understanding the properties of resonances between and…
Key Ne states identified affecting -ray emission from F in novae
M. R. Hall, D. W. Barbadian, T. Baugher +34
Detection of nuclear-decay rays provides a sensitive thermometer of nova nucleosynthesis. The most intense -ray flux is thought to be annihilation radiation from the d…
Doppler Broadening in Mg()Ne Decay
Brent E. Glassman, David Pérez-Loureiro, Chris Wrede +18
Background: The O()Ne bottleneck reaction in Type I x-ray bursts is the most important thermonuclear reaction rate to constrain experimentally, in order to impro…
Determination of hexadecapole () deformation of the light-mass nucleus Mg using quasi-elastic measurement
Y. K. Gupta, B. K. Nayak, U. Garg +26
Quasi-elastic scattering measurements have been performed using O and Mg projectiles off Zr at energies around the Coulomb barrier. Experimental data have been…
Development of the (d,n) proton-transfer reaction in inverse kinematics for structure studies
K. L. Jones, C. Thornsberry, J. Allen +27
Transfer reactions have provided exciting opportunities to study the structure of exotic nuclei and are often used to inform studies relating to nucleosynthesis and applications. I…
Isobaric multiplet mass equation in the quartets
M. B. Bennett, C. Wrede, B. A. Brown +20
The observed mass excesses of analog nuclear states with the same mass number and isospin can be used to test the isobaric multiplet mass equation (IMME), which has, in mos…
Isospin Mixing Reveals P()S Resonance Influencing Nova Nucleosynthesis
M. B. Bennett, C. Wrede, B. A. Brown +21
The thermonuclear P()S reaction rate is critical for modeling the final elemental and isotopic abundances of ONe nova nucleosynthesis, which affect the calibrati…
Recent direct reaction experimental studies with radioactive tin beams
K. L. Jones, S. Ahn, J. M. Allmond +40
Direct reaction techniques are powerful tools to study the single-particle nature of nuclei. Performing direct reactions on short-lived nuclei requires radioactive ion beams produc…
Mg(, )Na reaction study for spectroscopy of Na
S. M. Cha, K. Y. Chae, A. Kim +16
The Mg(, )Na reaction was measured at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in order to better constrain spins and pariti…
Reactions of a Be-10 beam on proton and deuteron targets
K. T. Schmitt, K. L. Jones, S. Ahn +30
The extraction of detailed nuclear structure information from transfer reactions requires reliable, well-normalized data as well as optical potentials and a theoretical framework d…
Halo nucleus Be-11: A spectroscopic study via neutron transfer
K. T. Schmitt, K. L. Jones, A. Bey +29
The best examples of halo nuclei, exotic systems with a diffuse nuclear cloud surrounding a tightly-bound core, are found in the light, neutron-rich region, where the halo neutrons…
Neutron-proton asymmetry dependence of spectroscopic factors in Ar isotopes
Jenny Lee, M. B. Tsang, D. Bazin +20
Spectroscopic factors have been extracted for proton rich 34Ar and neutron rich 46Ar using the (p,d) neutron transfer reaction. The experimental results show little reduction of th…