Nuclear Astrophysics

“Level Structure of 21Mg: Nuclear and astrophysical implications,” A. St. J. Murphy, M. Aliotta, T. Davinson, C. Ruiz, P.J. Woods, J.M. D’Auria, L. Buchmann, A.A. Chen, A.M. Laird, F. Sarazin, P. Walden, B.R. Fulton, J.E. Pearson, and B.A. Brown, Physical Review C 73 034320 (2006). Get it at APS.

“Commissioning of the DRAGON facility at ISAC,” S. Engel, D. Hutcheon, S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, J. Caggiano, M.L. Chatterjee, A.A. Chen, J.M. D’Auria, D. Gigliotti, U. Greife, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, C. Jewett, A.M. Laird, M. Lamey, R. Lewis, W. Liu, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, J. Pearson, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, M. Trinczek, C. Vockenhuber, and C. Wrede, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 553 491 (2005). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“The 21Na(p,γ)22Mg Reaction in Novae and X-ray Bursts,”, A.A. Chen for the DRAGON collaboration, Nuclear Physics A752 510c (2005). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“Multichannel R-matrix analysis of elastic and inelastic resonances in the 21Na+ p compound system,” C. Ruiz, T. Davinson, F. Sarazin, I. Roberts, A. Robinson, P.J. Woods, L. Buchmann, A.C. Shotter, P. Walden, N.M. Clarke, A.A. Chen, B.R. Fulton, D. Groombridge, and J. Pearson and A.S. Murphy, Physical Review C 71, 025802 (2005). Get it at APS.

“The 21Na(p,γ)22Mg Reaction from Ecm = 200 to 1103 keV in Novae and X-ray Bursts,” J.M. D’Auria, R.E. Azuma, S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, M.L. Chatterjee, A.A. Chen, S. Engel, D. Gigliotti, U. Greife, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, D. Hutcheon, C. Jewett, J. José, J. King, A.M. Laird, M. Lamey, R. Lewis, W. Liu, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, P.D. Parker, J. Rogers, C. Ruiz, M. Trinczek, and C. Wrede, Physical Review C 69, 065803 (2004). Get it at APS.

“Energy loss around the stopping power maximum for Ne, Mg, and Na ions in hydrogen gas,” U. Greife, S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, M.L. Chatterjee, A.A. Chen, J.M. D’Auria, S. Engel, D. Gigliotti, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, D. Hutcheon, C. Jewett, A.M. Laird, M. Lamey, W. Liu, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, J. Rogers, and C. Wrede, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B 217 1, 1 (2004). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“The 21Na(p,γ)22Mg Reaction and Oxygen-Neon Novae,” S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, A.A. Chen, M.L. Chatterjee, J.M. D’Auria, S. Engel, D. Gigliotti, U. Greife, M. Hernanz, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, D. Hutcheon, C. Jewett, J. José, J. King, S. Kubono, A.M. Laird, M. Lamey, R. Lewis, W. Liu, S. Michimasa, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, P.D. Parker, J. Rogers, F. Strieder, and C. Wrede, Physical Review Letters 90 16, 162501 (2003). Get it at APS. Get it at arXiv.

“Progress in the Development of Detection Systems for DRAGON,” A.A. Chen for the DRAGON collaboration, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B 204, 614-618 (2003). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“The DRAGON Facility for Nuclear Astrophysics at TRIUMF-ISAC: Design, Construction and Operation,” D.A. Hutcheon, S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, M.L. Chatterjee, A.A. Chen, J.M. D’Auria, S. Engel, D. Gigliotti, U. Greife, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, C. Jewett, N. Khan, M. Lamey, A.M. Laird, W. Liu, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, J.G. Rogers, G. Roy, H. Sprenger, and C. Wrede, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 498, 190 (2003). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“Charge State Studies of Low Energy Heavy Ions Passing Through Hydrogen and Helium Gas,” W. Liu, G. Imbriani, L. Buchmann, A.A. Chen, J.M. D’Auria, A.D’Onofrio, S. Engel, L. Gialanella, U.Greife, D. Hunter, A. Hussein, D.A. Hutcheon, A. Olin, D. Ottewell, D. Rogalla, J. Rogers, M. Romano, G. Roy, and F. Terrasi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 496, 198 (2003). Get it at ScienceDirect.

“Strong Resonances in Elastic Scattering of Radioactive 21Na on Protons,&rdquot C.Ruiz, F. Sarazin, L. Buchmann, T. Davinson, R.E. Azuma, A.A. Chen, B.R. Fulton, D. Groombridge, L. Ling, A. Murphy, J. Pearson, I. Roberts, A. Robinson, A.C. Shotter, P. Walden, and P.J. Woods, Physical Review C 65, 042801(R) (2002). Get it at APS.

“Widths of Astrophysically Important Resonances in 18Ne,” B. Harss, C.L. Jiang, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Schiffer, J. Caggiano, P. Collon, J.P. Greene, D. Henderson, A. Heinz, R.V.F. Janssens, J. Nolen, R.C. Pardo, T. Pennington, R.H. Siemssen, A.A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, I. Wiedenhöver, M. Paul, T.F. Wang, F. Borasi, R.E. Segel, J.C. Blackmon, M.S. Smith, A.A. Chen, and P.D. Parker, Physical Review C 65, 035803 (2002). Get it at APS.

“The Structure of 22Mg and its Implications for Explosive Nucleosynthesis,” A.A. Chen, R. Lewis, K.B. Swartz, D.W. Visser, and P.D. Parker, Physical Review C 63, 065807 (2001). Get it at APS.

“The Astrophysically Important 3+ State in 18Ne and the 17F(p,γ)18Ne Stellar Rate,” D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, C.R. Brune, A.E. Champagne, A.A. Chen, J.M. Cox, T. Davinson, V.Y. Hansper, M.A. Hofstee, B.A. Johnson, R.L. Kozub, Z. Ma, P.D. Parker, D.E. Pierce, M.T. Rabban, A.C. Shotter, M.S. Smith, K.B. Swartz, D.W. Visser, and P.J. Woods, Physical Review C 62, 055804 (2000). Get it at APS.

“Observation of the Astrophysically Important 3+ State in 18Ne via Elastic Scattering of a Radioactive 17F Beam from 1H,” D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, C.R. Brune, A.E. Champagne, A.A. Chen, J.M. Cox, T. Davinson, V.Y. Hansper, M.A. Hofstee, B.A. Johnson, R.L. Kozub, Z. Ma, P.D. Parker, D.E. Pierce, M.T. Rabban, A.C. Shotter, M.S. Smith, K.B. Swartz, D.W. Visser, and P.J. Woods, Physical Review Letters 83 1, 45 (1999). Get it at APS.

“Stellar Reactions with Short-Lived Nuclei: 17F(p,α)14O,” B. Harss, J.P. Greene, D. Henderson, R.V.F. Janssens, C.L. Jiang, J. Nolen, R.C. Pardo, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Schiffer, R.H. Siemssen, A.A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, I. Wiedenhöver, M. Paul, T.F. Wang, F. Borasi, R.E. Segel, J.C. Blackmon, M.S. Smith, A.A. Chen, P. Parker, Physical Review Letters 82 20, 3964 (1999). Get it at APS.

Nuclear Structure

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