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Improvements to the Study of <sup>20</sup>Ne(α,γ)<sup>24</sup>Mg at Astrophysical Energies Using St. George

ORAL

Abstract

Recoils from the 20Ne(α,γ)24 reaction have been successfully measured in inverse kinematics on the St. George recoil mass separator system at astrophysically relevant energies.

However, the first of these measurements suffered from significant background, setting an upper limit on the strength of resonances that could be studied.

Recently, a Wien Filter was added to the beam line in order to enhance the purity of the beam being sent to the HIPPO helium gas-jet target.

I will discuss the improvements to the 20Ne(α,γ)24 reaction study as a result of this addition.

Presenters

  • Shane Moylan

    University of Notre Dame

Authors

  • Shane Moylan

    University of Notre Dame

  • Ruoyu Fang

    University of Notre Dame

  • Adam Sanchez

    University of Notre Dame

  • Manoel Couder

    University of Notre Dame

  • Alexander C Dombos

    University of Notre Dame

  • Luis A Morales

    University of Notre Dame

  • Jerry D Hinnefeld

    Indiana University South Bend

  • Daniel Robertson

    University of Notre Dame

  • Edward Stech

    University of Notre Dame

  • Jaspreet Randhawa

    University of Notre Dame

  • Orlando J Gomez

    University of Notre Dame, University of Notr Dame

  • Rebeka Kelmar

    University of Notre Dame

  • Kevin Lee

    University of Notre Dame

  • August Gula

    University of Notre Dame

  • Georg P Berg

    University of Notre Dame

  • Michael C F Wiescher

    University of Notre Dame