The 10B(p→, γ)11C reaction at astrophysically relevant energies

The ¹⁰B(p→, γ)¹¹C reaction was studied by detecting the γ-rays produced when 100-, 130-, and 160-keV polarized protons were stopped in a thick ¹⁰B target. Polarized and unpolarized incident beams were used to measure the cross section and vector analyzing power as a function of angle and energy for capture to the ground (J^π=3/2^-), the second (E=4319 keV, J ^π=5/2^-), and the fifth (E=6478 keV, J ^π=7/2^-) excited states of ¹¹C. The data were analyzed to obtain the amplitudes and phases of the contributing transition-matrix elements at each measured energy for all three transitions. Values of the astrophysical S factors were obtained from the cross section data and are compared to previous results. A direct capture plus resonance model calculation was performed in an attempt to account for all measured quantities. It was found that the large (∼32%) value of Ay(90°) observed in the case of capture to the ground state could be accounted for by including the subthreshold resonance at 8420 keV.

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Author John H Kelley Physics