First results from HECTOR: High EffiCiency TOtal absorption spectrometeR for γ-process nucleosynthesis studies. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simon, A; Kelmar, R; Millican, P; Olivas-Gomez, O; Reingold, C S; Anderson, T; Churchman, E; Clark, A M; Cooper, N; Dombos, A C; Frentz, B; Henderson, S L; Kelly, S; Robertson, D; Skulski, M; Stech, E; Strauss, S Y; Tan, W P; Vande Kolk, B
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1668(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: The nucleosynthesis path of the γ -process is predominantly governed by the branching points at which the flow of the initial ( γ, n) is redirected by either ( γ, p) or ( γ, α ) reactions. In this work, the inverse reactions, proton and α capture on 108 Cd were studied in order to aid in verification of the 112 Sn isotope as a potential branching point in the γ -process. The results of the first measurement with a γ -summing detector, HECTOR, are compared with previous measurements found in the literature and with NON-SMOKER predictions. The results of this work will provide input for Hauser-Feshbach calculations to obtain the γ induced reaction rates.