Proton-capture rates on carbon isotopes and their impact on the astrophysical 12C/13C ratio

LUNA Collaboration; J. Skowronski; A Boeltzig; G F  Ciani; L. Csedreki; D Piatti; M. Aliotta; C. Ananna; F Barile; D Bemmerer; A Best; C Broggini; C. G. Bruno; A Caciolli; M. Campostrini; F Cavanna; P Colombetti; A. Compagnucci; P Corvisiero; T. Davinson; R Depalo; A Di Leva; Z Elekes; F Ferraro; A Formicola; Zs Fülop; G Gervino; R M Gesue; A Guglielmetti; C Gustavino; Gy Gyurky; G Imbriani; M Junker; M Lugaro; P Marigo; E Masha; R Menegazzo; V Paticchio; R Perrino; P Prati; D. Rapagnani; V. Rigato; L Schiavulli; R S Sidhu; O Straniero; T Szucs; S Zavatarelli

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Proton-capture rates on carbon isotopes and their impact on the astrophysical 12C/13C ratio

LUNA Collaboration, J. Skowronski, A Boeltzig^*, G F Ciani, L. Csedreki, D Piatti, M. Aliotta, C. Ananna, F Barile, D Bemmerer, A Best, C Broggini, C. G. Bruno, A Caciolli, M. Campostrini, F Cavanna, P Colombetti, A. Compagnucci, P Corvisiero, T. DavinsonR Depalo, A Di Leva, Z Elekes, F Ferraro, A Formicola, Zs Fülop, G Gervino, R M Gesue, A Guglielmetti, C Gustavino, Gy Gyurky, G Imbriani, M Junker, M Lugaro, P Marigo, E Masha, R Menegazzo, V Paticchio, R Perrino, P Prati, D. Rapagnani, V. Rigato, L Schiavulli, R S Sidhu, O Straniero, T Szucs, S Zavatarelli

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The 12C/13C ratio is a significant indicator of nucleosynthesis and mixing processes during hydrogen burning in stars. Its value mainly depends on the relative rates of the 12C\pg13N and 13C14N reactions. Both reactions have been studied at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) in Italy down to the lowest energies to date (\Ecm=\SI60\kilo\electronvolt) reaching for the first time the high energy tail of hydrogen burning in the shell of giant stars. Our cross sections, obtained with both prompt γ-ray detection and activation measurements, are the most precise to date with overall systematic uncertainties of . Compared with most of the literature, our results are systematically lower, by for the 12C\pg13N reaction and by for 13C\pg14N. We provide the most precise value up to now of in the range for the lowest possible 12C/13C ratio that can be produced during H burning in giant stars.

Original language	English
Article number	162701
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	131
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.162701
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2023

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LUNA Collaboration, Skowronski, J., Boeltzig, A., Ciani, G. F., Csedreki, L., Piatti, D., Aliotta, M., Ananna, C., Barile, F., Bemmerer, D., Best, A., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Caciolli, A., Campostrini, M., Cavanna, F., Colombetti, P., Compagnucci, A., Corvisiero, P., ... Zavatarelli, S. (2023). Proton-capture rates on carbon isotopes and their impact on the astrophysical 12C/13C ratio. Physical Review Letters, 131(16), 1-7. Article 162701. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.162701

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Proton-capture rates on carbon isotopes and their impact on the astrophysical 12C/13C ratio

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