Direct measurement of 4 He( 12 C, 16 O)  reaction near stellar energy Kunihiro FUJITA K. Sagara, T. Teranishi, T. Goto, R. Iwabuchi, S. Matsuda, K. Nakano, N. Oba, M. Taniguchi and H. Yamaguchi Department of Physics, Kyushu University Kyushu University Tandem Laboratory (KUTL)

2 Introduction 12 C/ 16 O ratio: after helium burning process –affects evolution of heavy stars – supernova or white dwarf –abundance of element of universe Cross Section of 4 He( 12 C, 16 O)  –very small (~10 -8 nbarn) – coulomb barrier –varies drastically around 0.3MeV Extrapolation with experimental data E cm (MeV)  (nbarn) x our experiment ( 10% accuracy) extrapolation stellar energy E1 E2

3 16 O measurement ① 4 He beam +  measurement ② 16 N decay measurement ③ direct 16 O measurement with 12 C beam and 4 He target –high efficiency (~ 40%: charge fraction) –total S-factor can be obtained necessary components for E cm =0.7MeV experiment –background separation system: N BG /N 12 C ratio of –thick gas target : ~25 Torr x 3 cm –high intensity beam: ~ 10 p  A Y( 16 O) ~ 5 counts/day → 1 month experiment for 10% error Cross section (S=const.) 10 -5

4 Experimental Setup Layout of Kyushu University Tandem Laboratory (KUTL) Detector (Si-SSD) Sputter ion source 12 C beam Tandem Accelerator Final focal plane (mass separation) Blow in windowless 4 He gas target Long-time chopper chopper buncher 16 O 12 C Recoil Mass Separator (RMS) E cm = 2.4~0.7 MeV E( 12 C)=9.6~2.8 MeV E( 16 O)=7.2~2.1 MeV Tandem RMS

5 TMP3 TMP4 MBP2 TMP2 TMP5 MBP1 beam TMP1 DP 1500 l/s 3000 l/s 330 l/s 520 l/s 350 l/s Windowless Gas Target Differential pumping system (side view) center pressure: 24 Torr - post stripper is not necessary center pressure: 24 Torr - post stripper is not necessary effective length: 3.98 ± 0.12 cm effective length: 3.98 ± 0.12 cm → target thickness is sufficient for our experiment (limited by energy loss of 12 C beam) (limited by energy loss of 12 C beam) 24 Torr SSD: beam monitor 4.5cm Blow-In Gas Target (BIGT) –windowless & high confinement capability beam

6 16 O Detection System movable slits v dispersion m dispersion Recoil Mass Separator – 12 C/ 16 O separation : ratio of –angular acceptance: ±1.9deg 100% 16 O can be observed Background 12 C –charge exchange –multiple scattering  p/q value is nearly equal to 16 O Background reduction ① RF deflector (Long-Time Chopper) –background reduction ~10 -3 ② movable slits –combination with trajectory analysis

7 E cm =2.4MeV experiment beam: 12 C 2+, pulsed by 6.063MHz –energy: 9.6MeV, tandem GV=3.2MV –intensity: ~35pnA target: 4 He gas ~ 23.9 Torr x 3.98 cm observable: 16 O ± 0.3 MeV –abundance = 36.9 ± 2.1 % = efficiency 29hours data 941 counts 16 O

8 E cm =1.5 MeV experiment beam: 12 C 1+, pulsed by 3.620MHz –energy: 6.0MeV, tandem GV=3.0MV –intensity: ~150pnA target: 4 He gas ~ 13.2 Torr x 3.98 cm 1cycle =276.2ns 30 counts of 16 O were observed 30 counts of 16 O were observed B.G. events are generated from –target –Electric Deflector –RF Deflector 10hours data observable: 16 O 3+, 4.5 ± 0.3 MeV –abundance = 40.9 ± 2.1 % = efficiency 16 O m: LTC2

9 Trajectory Analysis Trajectory of 16 O and 12 C backgrounds in RMS 16 O MeV 12 C MeV 12 C MeV slits target EDD1D2 2 nd focus (detector) 1 st focus

10 Result of BG Reduction BGs from electric deflector and from target was reduced some BG events can be seen at 16 O region 16 O 0.5 hour data

11 Cross Section and S-factor 2.4MeV – 1.5MeV –S(1.5) is obtained to be ~30 keV b (very preliminary) –background reduction is not sufficient preliminary future plan D. Schurmann et al. Eur. Phys. J. A 26, (2005) Our data (2009, 2010)

12 Summary Direct 16 O measurement via 4 He( 12 C, 16 O)  reaction was proposed to determine 12 C/ 16 O abundance ratio in stars Blow-in type windowless gas target was developed, and thickness of 24 Torr x 3.98 cm was achieved Background reduction was performed by using RMS, RF deflector and movable slits E cm = 2.4 MeV experiment –  = 64.6 nb, S-factor of 89.0 keV b E cm = 1.5 MeV experiment – 16 O locus is observed –cross section will be determined in the next experiment

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14 Charge State Fraction of 16 O Our data W. Liu et al. / Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 496 (2003) 198–214