PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Lederer, Cea
   Giubrone, G
   Tain, JL
TI Ni-62(n,gamma) and Ni-63(n,gamma) cross sections measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN
SO Physical Review C
JI Phys. Rev. C
PY 2014
BP 025810
EP 11pp
VL 89
IS 2
DI 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.025810
LA English
AB The cross section of the Ni-62(n,gamma) reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture kernels of 42 resonances were analyzed up to 200 keV neutron energy and Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS) from kT = 5-100 keV were calculated. With a total uncertainty of 4.5%, the stellar cross section is in excellent agreement with the the KADoNiS compilation at kT = 30 keV, while being systematically lower up to a factor of 1.6 at higher stellar temperatures. The cross section of the Ni-63(n,gamma) reaction was measured for the first time at n_TOF. We determined unresolved cross sections from 10 to 270 keV with a systematic uncertainty of 17%. These results provide fundamental constraints on s-process production of heavier species, especially the production of Cu in massive stars, which serve as the dominant source of Cu in the solar system.
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