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Direct and Indirect Measurements of the 19F(p,α)16O Reaction at Astrophysical Energies Using the LHASA Detector and the Trojan Horse Method

by
Giovanni L. Guardo
1,
Giuseppe G. Rapisarda
1,2,*,
Dimiter L. Balabanski
3,4,
Giuseppe D’Agata
2,
Alessia Di Pietro
1,
Pierpaolo Figuera
1,
Marco La Cognata
1,
Marco La Commara
5,6,
Livio Lamia
1,2,7,
Dario Lattuada
1,8,
Catalin Matei
3,
Marco Mazzocco
9,10,
Alessandro A. Oliva
1,
Sara Palmerini
11,12,
Teodora Petruse
3,4,
Rosario G. Pizzone
1,2,
Stefano Romano
1,2,7,
Maria Letizia Sergi
1,2,
Roberta Spartá
1,8,
X. D. Su
9,13,
Aurora Tumino
1,8 and
Nikola Vukman
12,14
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1
INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 95123 Catania, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia `Ettore Majorana’, Universitá di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
3
Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics/IFIN-HH, 077125 Magurele, Romania
4
Scoala Doctorala de Ingineria si Aplicatiile Laserilor si Acceleratorilor, Universitatea Politehnica, 060042 Bucuresti, Romania
5
Dipartimento di Farmacia, Universitá di Napoli `Federico II’, 80131 Napoli, Italy
6
INFN-Sezione di Napoli, 80126 Napoli, Italy
7
Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia (CSFNSM), 95123 Catania, Italy
8
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Universitá degli Studi di Enna `Kore’, 94100 Enna, Italy
9
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia `Galileo Galilei’, Universitá di Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
10
INFN-Sezione di Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
11
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
12
INFN-Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
13
Beihang University, 100029 Beijing, China
14
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
*
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Universe 2024, 10(7), 304; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10070304 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 6 June 2024 / Revised: 8 July 2024 / Accepted: 15 July 2024 / Published: 22 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Outcomes and Future Challenges in Nuclear Astrophysics)

Abstract

Fluorine is one of the most interesting elements in nuclear astrophysics. Its abundance can provide important hints to constrain the stellar models since fluorine production and destruction are strictly connected to the physical conditions inside the stars. The 19F(p,α)16O reaction is one of the fluorine burning processes and the correction evaluation of its reaction rate is of pivotal importance to evaluate the fluorine abundance. Moreover, the 19F(p,α)16O reaction rate can have an impact for the production of calcium in the first-generation of Population III stars. Here, we present the AsFiN collaboration efforts to the study of the 19F(p,α)16O reaction by means of direct and indirect measurements. On the direct measurements side, an experimental campaign aimed to the measurement of the 19F(p,α0,π)16O reaction is ongoing, taking advantage of the new versatile arrays of silicon strip detectors, LHASA and ELISSA. Moreover, the Trojan Horse Method (THM) was used to determine the 19F(p,α0)16O reaction S(E)-factor in the energy range of astrophysical interest (Ecm≈ 0–1 MeV), showing, for the first time, the presence of resonant structures within the astrophysical energy range. THM has been also applied for the study of the 19F(p,απ)16O reaction; data analysis is ongoing.
Keywords: nuclear reaction; nuclear astrophysics; nucleosynthesis; reaction rate; AGB stars; silicon array; indirect measurement nuclear reaction; nuclear astrophysics; nucleosynthesis; reaction rate; AGB stars; silicon array; indirect measurement

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Guardo, G.L.; Rapisarda, G.G.; Balabanski, D.L.; D’Agata, G.; Di Pietro, A.; Figuera, P.; La Cognata, M.; La Commara, M.; Lamia, L.; Lattuada, D.; et al. Direct and Indirect Measurements of the 19F(p,α)16O Reaction at Astrophysical Energies Using the LHASA Detector and the Trojan Horse Method. Universe 2024, 10, 304. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10070304

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Guardo GL, Rapisarda GG, Balabanski DL, D’Agata G, Di Pietro A, Figuera P, La Cognata M, La Commara M, Lamia L, Lattuada D, et al. Direct and Indirect Measurements of the 19F(p,α)16O Reaction at Astrophysical Energies Using the LHASA Detector and the Trojan Horse Method. Universe. 2024; 10(7):304. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10070304

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Guardo, Giovanni L., Giuseppe G. Rapisarda, Dimiter L. Balabanski, Giuseppe D’Agata, Alessia Di Pietro, Pierpaolo Figuera, Marco La Cognata, Marco La Commara, Livio Lamia, Dario Lattuada, and et al. 2024. "Direct and Indirect Measurements of the 19F(p,α)16O Reaction at Astrophysical Energies Using the LHASA Detector and the Trojan Horse Method" Universe 10, no. 7: 304. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10070304

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