https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716501006
23Na(p,γ)24Mg Cross Section Measurements
1 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)
2 Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy
3 Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” and INFN Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
4 INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
* e-mail: axel.boeltzig@nd.edu
Published online: 30 December 2017
As a link between the NeNa and MgAl cycles in stellar burning, the reaction 23Na(p,γ)24Mg is of interest for various astrophysical scenarios, such as AGB stars. A combined effort at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) and the Nuclear Science Laboratory (NSL) at the University of Notre Dame aims at a cross section determination for the this reaction, to constrain the astrophysical reaction rate by improving the knowledge of the resonance strengths and the non-resonant component. Experiments at LUNA benefit from the underground location at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory which allows for the measurement of resonances at low energies with high sensitivity in a low background environment. Measurements at the University of Notre Dame pursue a determination of the non-resonant cross section at higher energies. We present the two experiments and the status of the data analysis.
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