One- and two-neutron capture reactions of light nuclei in nuclear astrophysics

1998/03/04 by H. Herndl, Herndl, H., R. Hofinger +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering #astro-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9803012

12 pages (uses sprocl.sty), 1 figure (uses psfig.sty), Proceedings of the Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG97), Atami, Japan, World Scientific, in press

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Abstract

We discuss models to calculate one- and two-neutron capture reactions on light nuclei. These are applied to calculate the reaction rates of 15N(n,gamma)16N, 16N(n,gamma)17N and 4He(2n,gamma)6He. The possible astrophysical importance is discussed.

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