The measurement of the (206)Pb(n,gamma) cross section and stellar implications
Author
Domingo-Pardo, C.
Abbondanno, U.
Aerts, G.
Alvarez, H.
Alvarez-Velarde, F.
Andriamonje, S.
Andrzejewski, J.
Assimakopoulos, P.
Audouin, L.
Badurek, G.
Baumann, P.
Becvar, F.
Berthoumieux, E.
Bisterzo, S.
Calvino, F.
Calviani, M.
Cano-Ott, D.
Capote, R.
Carrapico, C.
Cennini, P.
Chepel, V.
Colonna, N.
Cortes, G.
Couture, A.
Cox, J.
Dahlfors, M.
David, S.
Dillmann, I.
Dridi, W.
Duran, I.
Eleftheriadis, C.
Embid-Segura, M.
Ferrant, L.
Ferrari, A.
Ferreira-Marques, R.
Fujii, K.
Furman, W.
Gallino, R.
Goncalves, I.
Gonzalez-Romero, E.
Gramegna, F.
Guerrero, C.
Gunsing, F.
Haas, B.
Haight, R.
Heil, M.
Herrera-Martinez, A.
Igashira, M.
Jericha, E.
Kadi, Y.
Kaeppeler, F.
Karadimos, D.
Karamanis, D.
Kerveno, M.
Koehler, P.
Kossionides, E.
Krticka, M.
Lamboudis, C.
Leeb, H.
Lindote, A.
Lopes, I.
Lozano, M.
Lukic, S.
Marganiec, J.
Marrone, S.
Massimi, C.
Mastinu, P.
Mengoni, A.
Milazzo, P. M.
Mosconi, M.
Neves, F.
Oberhummer, H.
O'Brien, S.
Pancin, J.
Papachristodoulou, C.
Papadopoulos, C.
Paradela, C.
Patronis, N.
Pavlik, A.
Pavlopoulos, P.
Perrot, L.
Pigni, M. T.
Plag, R.
Plompen, A.
Plukis, A.
Poch, A.
Pretel, C.
Quesada, J.
Rauscher, T.
Reifarth, R.
Rubbia, C.
Rudolf, G.
Rullhusen, P.
Salgado, J.
Santos, C.
Sarchiapone, L.
Savvidis, I.
Stephan, C.
Tagliente, G.
Tain, J. L.
Tassan-Got, L.
Tavora, L.
Terlizzi, R.
Vannini, G.
Vaz, P.
Ventura, A.
Villamarin, D.
Vincente, M. C.
Vlachoudis, V.
Vlastou, R.
Voss, F.
Walter, S.
Wiescher, M.
Wisshak, K.
Attention
2299/12146
Abstract
The neutron capture cross section of (206)Pb has been measured at the CERN n_TOF spectrometer using a setup of two C(6)D(6) detectors. In the energy interval from 1 eV to 600 keV the cross section is dominated by resonances, which were analyzed via the R-matrix analysis code SAMMY. In the relevant energy ranges for stellar nucleosynthesis, i. e., at thermal energies of kT = 8 keV and kT = 23 keV, the present Maxwellian average cross section differs by 20% and 9% from the recommended values of Bao et al respectively. From the new cross section the s-abundance of (206)Pb could be reliably determined as 70( 4)%. This result is of importance in order to test and constrain r-process abundance calculations in the actinide region, because the r-process portion of (206)Pb is dominated by alpha-back decays of short-lived transbismuth isotopes