Nassar H, Paul M, Ahmad I, Ben-Dov Y, Caggiano J, Ghelberg S, Goriely S, Greene JP, Hass M, Heger A, Heinz A, Henderson DJ, Janssens RVF, Jiang CL, Kashiv Y, Nara Singh BS, Ofan A, Pardo RC, Pennington T, Rehm KE, Savard G, Scott R, Vondrasek R. 40Ca(alpha, gamma)44Ti reaction in the energy regime of supernova nucleosynthesis.
Phys Rev Lett 2006;
96:041102. [PMID:
16486801 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.96.041102]
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Abstract
The 44Ti(t1/2=59 yr) nuclide, an important signature of supernova nucleosynthesis, has recently been observed as live radioactivity by gamma-ray astronomy from the Cas A remnant. We investigate in the laboratory the major 44Ti production reaction 40Ca(alpha, gamma)44Ti (Ec.m. approximately 0.6-1.2 MeV/u by direct off-line counting of 44Ti nuclei. The yield, significantly higher than inferred from previous experiments, is analyzed in terms of a statistical model using microscopic nuclear inputs. The associated stellar rate has important astrophysical consequences, increasing the calculated supernova 44Ti yield by a factor approximately 2 over previous estimates and bringing it closer to Cas A observations.
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