https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716501015
Cross section measurements in the 12C+12C system
1 IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
2 CNRS, UMR7178, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
3 USIAS, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
4 Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
5 Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
6 Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
7 Department of Physics, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH Guildford, United Kingdom
8 AIR Division, National Physical Laboratory, TW11 0LW Teddington, United Kingdom
9 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark
10 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
11 Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14076 Caen, France
12 CSNSM IN2P3-CNRS and University of Paris Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France
13 Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
14 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
15 Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou, China
16 TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
16 Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
Published online: 30 December 2017
The 12C+12C fusion reaction is one of the most important for nuclear astrophysics since it determines the carbon ignition in stellar environments. Two experiments which make use of the gamma-particle coincidence technique to measure the 12C+12C S-factors at deep sub barrier energies are discussed. Results are presented showing a decrease of the S-factor below Ec.m. = 3 MeV.
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