Abstract
A study of the C, 3αC reaction has been performed in order to determine the magnitude of the process by which the 7.65 MeV, , state in breaks up directly into three alpha particles, in contrast to the sequential decay through . The strength of this decay channel has important implications for the production rate of in stellar nucleosynthesis. The present measurement indicates that the contribution of this decay process to the alpha width, , of this state is less than 4%.
- Received 6 December 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.49.R1751
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