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arXiv · 1606.00201

Coulomb dissociation of $^{20,21}$N

Marko Röder·Tatsuya Adachi·Yulia Aksyutina·Juan Alcantara·Sebastian Altstadt·Hector Alvarez-Pol·Nicholas Ashwood·Leyla Atar·Thomas Aumann·Vladimir Avdeichikov·M. Barr·Saul Beceiro·Daniel Bemmerer·Jose Benlliure·Carlos Bertulani·Konstanze Boretzky·Maria J. G. Borge·G. Burgunder·Manuel Caamano·Christoph Caesar·Enrique Casarejos·Wilton Catford·Joakim Cederkall·S. Chakraborty·Marielle Chartier·Leonid Chulkov·Dolores Cortina-Gil·Raquel Crespo·Ushasi Datta Pramanik·Paloma Diaz-Fernandez·Iris Dillmann·Zoltan Elekes·Joachim Enders·Olga Ershova·A. Estrade·F. Farinon·Luis M. Fraile·Martin Freer·M. Freudenberger·Hans Fynbo·Daniel Galaviz·Hans Geissel·Roman Gernhäuser·Kathrin Göbel·Pavel Golubev·Diego Gonzalez Diaz·Julius Hagdahl·Tanja Heftrich·Michael Heil·Marcel Heine·Andreas Heinz·Ana Henriques·Matthias Holl·G. Ickert·Alexander Ignatov·Bo Jakobsson·Hakan Johansson·Björn Jonson·Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki·Rituparna Kanungo·Aleksandra Kelic-Heil·Ronja Knöbel·Thorsten Kröll·Reiner Krücken·J. Kurcewicz·Nikolaus Kurz·Marc Labiche·Christoph Langer·Tudi Le Bleis·Roy Lemmon·Olga Lepyoshkina·Simon Lindberg·Jorge Machado·Justyna Marganiec·Magdalena Mostazo Caro·Alina Movsesyan·Mohammad Ali Najafi·Thomas Nilsson·Chiara Nociforo·Valerii Panin·Stefanos Paschalis·Angel Perea·Marina Petri·S. Pietri·Ralf Plag·A. Prochazka·Md. Anisur Rahaman·Ganna Rastrepina·Rene Reifarth·Guillermo Ribeiro·M. Valentina Ricciardi·Catherine Rigollet·Karsten Riisager·Dominic Rossi·Jose Sanchez del Rio Saez·Deniz Savran·Heiko Scheit·Haik Simon·Olivier Sorlin·V. Stoica

Abstract

Neutron-rich light nuclei and their reactions play an important role for the creation of chemical elements. Here, data from a Coulomb dissociation experiment on $^{20,21}$N are reported. Relativistic $^{20,21}$N ions impinged on a lead target and the Coulomb dissociation cross section was determined in a kinematically complete experiment. Using the detailed balance theorem, the $^{19}\mathrm{N}(\mathrm{n},\gamma)^{20}\mathrm{N}$ and $^{20}\mathrm{N}(\mathrm{n},\gamma)^{21}\mathrm{N}$ excitation functions and thermonuclear reaction rates have been determined. The $^{19}\mathrm{N}(\mathrm{n},\gamma)^{20}\mathrm{N}$ rate is up to a factor of 5 higher at $T<1$\,GK with respect to previous theoretical calculations, leading to a 10\,\% decrease in the predicted fluorine abundance.

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Marko Röder, Tatsuya Adachi, Yulia Aksyutina, Juan Alcantara, Sebastian Altstadt, Hector Alvarez-Pol, Nicholas Ashwood, Leyla Atar, Thomas Aumann, Vladimir Avdeichikov, M. Barr, Saul Beceiro, Daniel Bemmerer, Jose Benlliure, Carlos Bertulani, Konstanze Boretzky, Maria J. G. Borge, G. Burgunder, Manuel Caamano, Christoph Caesar, Enrique Casarejos, Wilton Catford, Joakim Cederkall, S. Chakraborty, Marielle Chartier, Leonid Chulkov, Dolores Cortina-Gil, Raquel Crespo, Ushasi Datta Pramanik, Paloma Diaz-Fernandez, Iris Dillmann, Zoltan Elekes, Joachim Enders, Olga Ershova, A. Estrade, F. Farinon, Luis M. Fraile, Martin Freer, M. Freudenberger, Hans Fynbo, Daniel Galaviz, Hans Geissel, Roman Gernhäuser, Kathrin Göbel, Pavel Golubev, Diego Gonzalez Diaz, Julius Hagdahl, Tanja Heftrich, Michael Heil, Marcel Heine, Andreas Heinz, Ana Henriques, Matthias Holl, G. Ickert, Alexander Ignatov, Bo Jakobsson, Hakan Johansson, Björn Jonson, Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki, Rituparna Kanungo, Aleksandra Kelic-Heil, Ronja Knöbel, Thorsten Kröll, Reiner Krücken, J. Kurcewicz, Nikolaus Kurz, Marc Labiche, Christoph Langer, Tudi Le Bleis, Roy Lemmon, Olga Lepyoshkina, Simon Lindberg, Jorge Machado, Justyna Marganiec, Magdalena Mostazo Caro, Alina Movsesyan, Mohammad Ali Najafi, Thomas Nilsson, Chiara Nociforo, Valerii Panin, Stefanos Paschalis, Angel Perea, Marina Petri, S. Pietri, Ralf Plag, A. Prochazka, Md. Anisur Rahaman, Ganna Rastrepina, Rene Reifarth, Guillermo Ribeiro, M. Valentina Ricciardi, Catherine Rigollet, Karsten Riisager, Dominic Rossi, Jose Sanchez del Rio Saez, Deniz Savran, Heiko Scheit, Haik Simon, Olivier Sorlin, V. Stoica. 2016-06-01. Coulomb dissociation of $^{20,21}$N. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.93.065807

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