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New measurement of neutron capture resonances in ²⁰⁹Bi

Domingo-Pardo, C. and Abbondanno, U. and Aerts, G. and Alvarez-Pol, H. and Alvarez-Velarde, F. and Andriamonje, S. and Andrzejewski, J. and Assimakopoulos, P. and Audouin, L. and Badurek, G. and Baumann, P. and Becvar, F. and Berthoumieux, E. and Calvino, F. and Cano-Ott, D. and Capote, R. and de Albornoz, A. Carrillo and Cennini, P. and Chepel, V. and Chiaveri, E. and Colonna, N. and Cortes, G. and Couture, A. and Cox, J. and Dahlfors, M. and David, S. and Dillman, I. and Dolfini, R. and Dridi, W. and Duran, I. and Eleftheriadis, C. and Embid-Segura, M. and Ferrant, L. and Ferrari, A. and Ferreira-Marques, R. and Fitzpatrick, L. and Frais-Koelbl, H. and Fujii, K. and Furman, W. and Gallino, R. and Goncalves, I. and Gonzalez-Romero, E. and Goverdovski, A. and Gramegna, F. and Griesmayer, E. and Guerrero, C. and Gunsing, F. and Haas, B. and Haight, R. and Heil, M. and Herrera-Martinez, A. and Igashira, M. and Isaev, S. and Jericha, E. and Kadi, Y. and Kappeler, F. and Karamanis, D. and Karadimos, D. and Kerveno, M. and Ketlerov, V. and Koehler, P. and Konovalov, V. and Kossionides, E. and Krticka, M. and Lamboudis, C. and Leeb, H. and Lindote, A. and Lopes, I. and Lozano, M. and Lukic, S. and Marganiec, J. and Marques, L. and Marrone, S. and Mastinu, P. and Mengoni, A. and Milazzo, P. M. and Moreau, C. and Mosconi, M. and Neves, F. and Oberhummer, H. and Oshima, M. and O`Brien, S. and Pancin, J. and Papachristodoulou, C. and Papadopoulos, C. and Paradela, C. and Patronis, N. and Pavlik, A. and Pavlopoulos, P. and Perrot, L. and Plag, R. and Plompen, A. and Plukis, A. and Poch, A. and Pretel, C. and Quesada, J. and Rauscher, T. and Reifarth, R. and Rosetti, M. and Rubbia, C. and Rudolf, G. and Rullhusen, P. and Salgado, J. and Sarchiapone, L. and Savvidis, I. and Stephan, C. and Tagliente, G. and Tain, J. L. and Tassan-Got, L. and Tavora, L. and Terlizzi, R. and Vannini, G. and Vaz, P. and Ventura, A. and Villamarin, D. and Vincente, M. C. and Vlachoudis, V. and Vlastou, R. and Voss, F. and Walter, S. and Wendler, H. and Wiescher, M. and Wisshak, K.. (2006) New measurement of neutron capture resonances in ²⁰⁹Bi. Physical review. C, Nuclear physics, Vol. 74, H. 2 , 025807, 10 S..

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Abstract

The neutron capture cross section of Bi-209 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility by employing the pulse-height-weighting technique. Improvements over previous measurements are mainly because of an optimized detection system, which led to a practically negligible neutron sensitivity. Additional experimental sources of systematic error, such as the electronic threshold in the detectors, summing of gamma-rays, internal electron conversion, and the isomeric state in bismuth, have been taken into account. gamma-Ray absorption effects inside the sample have been corrected by employing a nonpolynomial weighting function. Because Bi-209 is the last stable isotope in the reaction path of the stellar s-process, the Maxwellian averaged capture cross section is important for the recycling of the reaction flow by alpha decays. In the relevant stellar range of thermal energies between kT=5 and 8 keV our new capture rate is about 16 presently accepted value used for nucleosynthesis calculations. At this low temperature an important part of the heavy Pb-Bi isotopes are supposed to be synthesized by the s-process in the He shells of low mass, thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars. With the improved set of cross sections we obtain an s-process fraction of 19 +/- 3 residual of 81 +/- 3 is also of relevance for the design of accelerator driven systems based on a liquid metal Pb/Bi spallation target.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Former Organization Units Physics > Theoretische Physik Astrophysik (Thielemann)
UniBasel Contributors:Rauscher, Thomas
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Institute of Physics
ISSN:0556-2813
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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