The 44Ti(α, p) reaction and its implication on the 44Ti yield in supernovae

  • A. A. Sonzogni
  • , K. E. Rehm
  • , I. Ahmad
  • , F. Borasi
  • , D. L. Bowers
  • , F. Brumwell
  • , J. Caggiano
  • , C. N. Davids
  • , J. P. Greene
  • , B. Harss
  • , A. Heinz
  • , D. Henderson
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , C. L. Jiang
  • , G. McMichael
  • , J. Nolen
  • , R. C. Pardo
  • , M. Paul
  • , J. P. Schiffer
  • , R. E. Segel
  • D. Seweryniak, R. H. Siemssen, J. W. Truran, J. Uusitalo, I. Wiedenhöver

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Abstract

Cross sections for the 44Ti(α, p)47V reaction which significantly affects the yield of 44Ti in supernovae were measured in the energy range 5.7MeV ≤ Ec.m. ≤ 9 MeV, using a beam of radioactive 44Ti. The cross sections and the deduced astrophysical reaction rates are larger than the results from theoretical calculations by about a factor of 2. The implications of this increase in the reaction rate for the search of supernovae using space-based gamma detectors are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1651-1654
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume84
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

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