https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327903002
Low-energy Cross Section Measurements of 12C(p, γ) Deep Underground at LUNA
1 Università degli Studi di Padova and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
2 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
* e-mail: a.boeltzig@hzdr.de
Published online: 22 March 2023
The 12C(p, γ)13N reaction cross section is currently under investigation in the low-background environment of the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA). It is being studied using different types of solid targets, and employing two complementary detection techniques: HPGe spectroscopy and activation counting. To reduce systematic uncertainties, targets have been accurately characterized and their degradation under the intense beam of the LUNA-400 accelerator monitored. We present the experimental techniques and the corresponding analyses used to extract the reaction cross section.
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