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- Bemmerer, D., et al.
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Feasibility of low-energy radiative-capture experiments at the LUNA underground accelerator facility
- 2005
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In: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 24:2, s. 313-319
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The LUNA (Laboratory Underground for Nuclear Astrophysics) facility has been designed to study nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest. It is located deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy. Two electrostatic accelerators, with 50 and 400 kV maximum voltage, in combination with solid and gas target setups allowed to measure the total cross-sections of the radiative-capture reactions 2H2H(p, γ) 3He3Heand 14N14N(p, γ) 15O15Owithin their relevant Gamow peaks. We report on the gamma background in the Gran Sasso laboratory measured by germanium and bismuth germanate detectors, with and without an incident proton beam. A method to localize the sources of beam-induced background using the Doppler shift of emitted gamma rays is presented. The feasibility of radiative-capture studies at energies of astrophysical interest is discussed for several experimental scenarios. © Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2005.
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- Costantini, H., et al.
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Recent results of the 14N(p,γ)15O measurement at LUNA
- 2005
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In: Nuclear Physics A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0375-9474 .- 1873-1554. ; 758:1-4 SPEC. ISS., s. 383C-386C
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The 14N(p, γ)15O reaction has been investigated by LUNA at the National Laboratory of Gran Sasso (LNGS) using two different techniques. The first study has been performed using a solid target and detecting the γ-rays coming from the single transitions with a HPGe detector in very close geometry to the target. In a second phase a windowless gas target sorrounded by a nearly 4π BGO summing crystal has been used and the total S-factor has been measured down to Eb = 80 keV. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Imbriani, G., et al.
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S-factor of 14N(p,γ)15O at astrophysical energies
- 2005
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In: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 25:3, s. 455-466
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The astrophysical S(E) factor of 14N(p,γ)15O has been measured for effective center-of-mass energies between E eff = 119 and 367 keV at the LUNA facility using TiN solid targets and Ge detectors. The data are in good agreement with previous and recent work at overlapping energies. R-matrix analysis reveals that due to the complex level structure of 15O the extrapolated S(0) value is model dependent and calls for additional experimental efforts to reduce the present uncertainty in S(0) to a level of a few percent as required by astrophysical calculations. © Società Italiana di Fisica / Springer-Verlag 2005.
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- Trautvetter, H P, et al.
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Ground state capture in 14N(p,γ)15O studied above the 259 keV resonance at LUNA
- 2008
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In: Journal of Physics G. - : IOP Publishing. - 0954-3899 .- 1361-6471. ; 35:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report on a new measurement of 14N(p,γ)15O for the ground state capture transition at Ep = 360, 380 and 400 keV, using the 400 kV LUNA accelerator. The true coincidence summing effect - the major source of error in the ground state capture determination - has been significantly reduced by using a Clover-type gamma detector. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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