The 12C(12C,α)20Ne and 12C(12C,p)23Na reactions at the Gamow peak via the Trojan Horse Method

A. Tumino; C. Spitaleri; S. Cherubini; L. Guardo; M. Gulino; I. Indelicato; M. La Cognata; L. Lamia; R.G. Pizzone; S.M.R. Puglia; G.G. Rapisarda; S. Romano; M.L. Sergi; R. Spartá

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611709004

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EPJ Web of Conferences 117, 09004 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611709004

The ¹²C(¹²C,α)²⁰Ne and ¹²C(¹²C,p)²³Na reactions at the Gamow peak via the Trojan Horse Method

A. Tumino¹^,2, C. Spitaleri²^,3, S. Cherubini²^,3, L. Guardo²^,3, M. Gulino²^,3, I. Indelicato²^,3, M. La Cognata², L. Lamia³, R.G. Pizzone², S.M.R. Puglia²^,3, G.G. Rapisarda²^,3, S. Romano²^,3, M.L. Sergi²^,3 and R. Spartá²^,3

¹ Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”, Enna, Italy
² INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

Published online: 11 May 2016

Abstract

A measurement of the ¹²C(¹⁴N,α²⁰Ne)²H and ¹²C(¹⁴N,p²³Na)²Hreactions has been performed at a ¹⁴N beam energy of 30.0 MeV. The experiment aims to explore the extent to which contributing ²⁴Mg excited states can be populated in the quasi-free reaction off the deuteron in ¹⁴N. In particular, the ²⁴Mg excitation region explored in the measurement plays a key role in stellar carbon burning whose cross section is commonly determined by extrapolating high-energy fusion data. From preliminary results, α and proton channels are clearly identified. In particular, ground and first excited states of ²⁰Ne and ²³Na play a major role.

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