Abstract
Radiative neutron capture reactions play an important role in nuclear astrophysics. In some cases direct neutron capture reaction studies are not possible and neutron transfer reactions have been suggested as a surrogate approach. We have performed a detailed study of the reaction at a beam energy of 56 MeV as a surrogate reaction to the radiative neutron capture reaction . A large number of neutron bound and unbound states between 10.6 and 12.1 MeV excitation energy in were observed. Angular distribution analysis provided information about the orbital momentum transfer populating these levels. The comparison with resonances observed in the reaction indicate that different levels in are being populated through the two reaction mechanisms, causing substantial discrepancies in the reaction-rate prediction. This result demonstrates that neutron transfer reaction studies may not necessarily lead to reliable predictions for neutron capture reaction rates.
2 More- Received 28 October 2020
- Revised 26 January 2021
- Accepted 4 March 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.035809
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