Publications

The 40Ca(α, γ)44Ti reaction at DRAGON

Author(s)
Christof Vockenhuber, C O Ouellet, L. R. Buchmann, Jac A. Caggiano, A A Chen, John M. D'Auria, D Frekers, A Hussein, D A Hutcheon, Walter Kutschera, K Jayamanna, D Ottewell, Michael Paul, J Pearson, C Ruiz, G Ruprecht, M Trinczek, Anton Wallner
Abstract

Nuclear reactions play a key role in understanding nucleosynthesis in stars. Recoil mass spectrometers such as DRAGON are well suited to study reactions with respect to astrophysical production because of direct detection of reaction products. Here we present the first stage of an experiment running at the recoil mass spectrometer DRAGON at the ISAC/TRIUMF facility in Vancouver, Canada, to study the reaction 40Ca(?, ?)44Ti at astrophysically relevant energies. This reaction is one of the key reactions for production of 44Ti, which has been identified in young supernova remnants by space based ?-ray telescopes onboard COMPTEL and INTEGRAL. In this paper we focus on technical upgrade of DRAGON for 40Ca(?, ?)44Ti and preliminary results at resonances at Ex ? 9.2 MeV. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Organisation(s)
Isotope Physics
External organisation(s)
McMaster University, TRIUMF, Simon Fraser University, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Hebrew University Jerusalem
Journal
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume
259
Pages
688-693
No. of pages
6
ISSN
0168-583X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.222
Publication date
2007
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103005 Atomic physics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/the-40ca-44ti-reaction-at-dragon(81ba6c87-001e-426f-9608-91ddb5a6ffdc).html