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Stellar 78,80,84,86Kr(n,?) Reactions Studied by Activation at SARAF-LiLiT, Atom Trap Trace Analysis and Decay Counting

  • M. Tessler
  • , M. Paul
  • , L. Weissman
  • , J. Zappala
  • , D. Baggenstos
  • , S. Halfon
  • , T. Heftrich
  • , W. Jiang
  • , A. Kreisel
  • , Z. Lu
  • , P. Mueller
  • , R. Purtschert
  • , R. Reifarth
  • , A. Shor
  • , D. Veltum
  • , M. Weigand

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Abstract

We report on (n,?) neutron capture experiments performed with the Liquid-Lithium Target (LiLiT) and the mA-proton beam at 1.92 MeV (2-3 kW) from the Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF). The setup yields high-intensity 30-keV quasi-Maxwellian neutrons (3-5 × 1010 n/s) closely reproducing the conditions of s-process stellar nucleosynthesis. The 78,80,8486Kr(n,?) reactions at the border between weak-and strong-s-process were studied. A Ti sphere filled with 107.7 mg of natural Kr gas was placed in an irradiation chamber downstream of LiLiT with a gold foil used as a neutron fluence monitor during the activation. The activities of the short-lived Kr isotopes (7985m87Kr) were measured by ? decay counting with a HPGe detector. The long-lived Kr isotopes (81,85gKr) were measured by atom counting via Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) at Argonne and Low-Level Counting (LLC) at Bern.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012043
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1668
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2020
Event9th Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics, NPA 2019 - Frankfurt, Germany
Duration: 15 Sep 201920 Sep 2019

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