Speaker
Mr
Sean Kuvin
(Florida State University)
Description
Studies of rp-process nucleosynthesis in stellar explosions show that establishing the lowest l=0 and l=1 resonances is the most important step to determine reaction rates in the astrophysical rp--process path. At the RESOLUT facility, we have used the (d,n) reaction to populate the lowest p-- resonances in 26Si, and demonstrated the usefulness of this approach to populate the resonances of astrophysical interest [1]. In order to establish the (d,n)reaction as a standard technique for the spectroscopy of astrophysical resonances, we have developed a compact setup of low-energy neutron-detectors, ResoNEUT and tested it with the stable beam reaction 12C(d,n)13N in inverse kinematics. Most recently, the detectors were included in a study of the radioactive beam reaction 17F(d,n)18Ne in inverse kinematics. Performance data from these experiments will be presented. \\[4pt]{[1]} P.N. Peplowski {\it et al.} Phys.Rev.{\bf C 79}, 032801 (2009)
Primary author
Mr
Sean Kuvin
(Florida State University)
Co-authors
Prof.
Dennis Gay
(University of North Florida)
Prof.
Ingo Wiedenhoever
(Florida State University)
Ms
Jessica Baker
(Florida State University)
Dr
Lagy Baby
(Florida State University)