Determination of the fusion cross section for the 16O + 16O reaction by the gamma-particle coincidence technique

• Grant number: 12/04804-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Leandro Romero Gasques
• Grantee: Jeremias Garcia Duarte
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project we propose to carry out measurements of fusion cross sections for the 16O+16O reaction at energies below the Coulomb barrier. These measurements, which has great astrophysical interest, representban enormous experimental challenge, as the cross sections of these processes are very small. Therefore, it is important to have an experimental setup composed of detectors with high efficiency and sufficient background suppression. In this experiment, it is planned to detect the reaction products using the spectrometer named Saci-Perere developed by the group of Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of the Laboratório Aberto de Física Nuclear do Instituto de Física da USP.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

DUARTE, Jeremias Garcia. Determination of the astrophysical S(E) factor for the 16O+16O reaction. 2015. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.