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Title Stellar and thermal neutron capture cross section of $^9$Be
Author(s) Wallner, A (Vienna U. ; Australian Natl. U., Canberra (main)) ; Bichler, M (Vienna, Tech. U., Atominst.) ; Coquard, L (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Dillmann, I (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Forstner, O (U. Vienna (main)) ; Golser, R (U. Vienna (main)) ; Heil, M (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Käppeler, F (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Kutschera, W (U. Vienna (main)) ; Lederer-Woods, C (Edinburgh U.) ; Martschini, M (U. Vienna (main)) ; Mengoni, A (CERN) ; Merchel, S (HZDR, Dresden) ; Michlmayr, L (U. Vienna (main)) ; Priller, A (U. Vienna (main)) ; Steier, P (U. Vienna (main)) ; Wiescher, M (U. Notre Dame (main))
Publication 2019
Number of pages 11
In: Phys. Rev. C 99 (2019) 015804
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.015804
Subject category Nuclear Physics - Experiment ; Astrophysics and Astronomy
Abstract The neutron capture cross section of Be9 for stellar energies was measured via the activation technique using the Karlsruhe Van de Graaff accelerator in combination with accelerator mass spectrometry at the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator. To characterize the energy region of interest for astrophysical applications, activations were performed in a quasistellar neutron spectrum of kT=25 keV and for a spectrum at En=473±53 keV. Despite the very small cross section, the method used provided the required sensitivity for obtaining fairly accurate results of 10.4±0.6 and 8.4±1.0μb, respectively. With these data it was possible to constrain the cross section shape up to the first resonances at 622 and 812 keV, thus allowing for the determination of Maxwellian-averaged cross sections at thermal energies between kT=5 and 100 keV. In addition, we report a new experimental cross section value at thermal energy of σth=8.31±0.52 mb.
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