Measurement of the $^{154}$Gd(n,$\gamma$) cross section and its astrophysical implications

The neutron capture cross section of 154 Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n_TOF neutron spallation source, using a metallic sample of gadolinium, enriched to 67% in 154 Gd. The capture measurement, performed with four C 6 D 6 scintillation det...

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Autores principales: Mazzone, A., Cristallo, S., Massimi, C., Aberle, O., Alaerts, G., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A.S., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Caballero, L., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortés, G.P., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domíngez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferro-Gonçalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Göbel, K., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Kopecky, S., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.-J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mucciola, R., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Piersanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Ramos Doval, D., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Talip, Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.E., Tassan-Got, L., Torres-Sánchez, P., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P.J., Wynants, R., Wright, T.J., Žugec, P.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2020
Materias:
nucl-ex
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135405
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2709469
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Sumario:The neutron capture cross section of 154 Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n_TOF neutron spallation source, using a metallic sample of gadolinium, enriched to 67% in 154 Gd. The capture measurement, performed with four C 6 D 6 scintillation detectors, has been complemented by a transmission measurement performed at the GELINA time-of-flight facility (JRC-Geel), thus minimising the uncertainty related to sample composition. An accurate Maxwellian averaged capture cross section (MACS) was deduced over the temperature range of interest for s process nucleosynthesis modelling. We report a value of 880(50) mb for the MACS at kT=30 keV, significantly lower compared to values available in literature. The new adopted 154 Gd(n, γ ) cross section reduces the discrepancy between observed and calculated solar s-only isotopic abundances predicted by s-process nucleosynthesis models.

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