Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications

Massimi, Cristian; Koehler, P.; Bisterzo, S.; Colonna, N.; Gallino, R.; Gunsing, F.; Käppeler, F.; Lorusso, G.; Mengoni, A.; Pignatari, M.; Vannini, Gianni; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Assimakopoulos, P.; Audouin, L.; Badurek, G.; Barbagallo, M.; Baumann, P.; Bečvář, F.; Belloni, F.; Bennett, M.; Berthoumieux, E.; Calviani, M.; Calviño, F.; Cano Ott, D.; Capote, R.; Carrapiço, C.; Carrillo de Albornoz, A.; Cennini, P.; Chepel, V.; Chiaveri, E.; Cortes, G.; Couture, A.; Cox, J.; Dahlfors, M.; David, S.; Dillmann, I.; Dolfini, R.; Domingo Pardo, C.; Dridi, W.; Duran, I.; Eleftheriadis, C.; Embid Segura, M.; Ferrant, L.; Ferrari, A.; Ferreira Marques, R.; Fitzpatrick, L.; Frais Koelbl, H.; Fujii, K.; Furman, W.; Goncalves, I.; González Romero, E.; Goverdovski, A.; Gramegna, F.; Griesmayer, E.; Guerrero, C.; Haas, B.; Haight, R.; Heil, M.; Herrera Martinez, A.; Herwig, F.; Hirschi, R.; Igashira, M.; Isaev, S.; Jericha, E.; Kadi, Y.; Karadimos, D.; Karamanis, D.; Kerveno, M.; Ketlerov, V.; Konovalov, V.; Kopecky, S.; Kossionides, E.; Krtička, M.; Lampoudis, C.; Leeb, H.; Lederer, C.; Lindote, A.; Lopes, I.; Losito, R.; Lozano, M.; Lukic, S.; Marganiec, J.; Marques, L.; Marrone, S.; Martínez, T.; Mastinu, P.; Mendoza, E.; Milazzo, P. M.; Moreau, C.; Mosconi, M.; Neves, F.; Oberhummer, H.; O’Brien, S.; Oshima, M.; Pancin, J.; Papachristodoulou, C.; Papadopoulos, C.; Paradela, C.; Patronis, N.; Pavlik, A.; Pavlopoulos, P.; Perrot, L.; Pigni, M. T.; Plag, R.; Plompen, A.; Plukis, A.; Poch, A.; Praena, J.; Pretel, C.; Quesada, J.; Rauscher, T.; Reifarth, R.; Rockefeller, G.; Rosetti, M.; Rubbia, C.; Rudolf, G.; Salgado, J.; Santos, C.; Sarchiapone, L.; Sarmento, R.; Savvidis, I.; Stephan, C.; Tagliente, G.; Tain, J. L.; Tarrío, D.; Tassan Got, L.; Tavora, L.; Terlizzi, R.; Vannini, G.; Vaz, P.; Ventura, A.; Villamarin, D.; Vlachoudis, V.; Vlastou, R.; Voss, F.; Walter, S.; Wendler, H.; Wiescher, M.; Wisshak, K.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.85.044615

We have measured the neutron capture cross sections of the stable magnesium isotopes 24,25,26Mg in the energy range of interest to the s process using the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture events from a natural metal sample and from samples enriched in 25Mg and 26Mg were recorded using the total energy method based on C62H6 detectors. Neutron resonance parameters were extracted by a simultaneous resonance shape analysis of the present capture data and existing transmission data on a natural isotopic sample. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections for the three isotopes were calculated up to thermal energies of 100 keV and their impact on s-process analyses was investigated. At 30 keV the new values of the stellar cross section for 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg are 3.8±0.2 mb, 4.1±0.6 mb, and 0.14±0.01 mb, respectively.

C. Massimi, P. Koehler, S. Bisterzo, N. Colonna, R. Gallino, F. Gunsing, et al. (2012). Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, 85, 044615-1-044615-15 [10.1103/PhysRevC.85.044615].