Astrophysical S-factor of 14N(p,γ)15O

• DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.03.092
• Publication Date: 2004-05-13T13:27:24Z
• Authors: A Formicola; G Imbriani; H Costantini; C Angulo; D Bemmerer; R Bonetti; C Broggini; P Corvisiero; J Cruz; P Descouvemont; Z Fülöp; G Gervino; A Guglielmetti; C Gustavino; G Gyürky; A.P Jesus; M Junker; A Lemut; R Menegazzo; P Prati; V Roca; C Rolfs; M Romano; C Rossi Alvarez; F Schümann; E Somorjai; O Straniero; F Strieder; F Terrasi; H.P Trautvetter; A Vomiero; S Zavatarelli
• Keywords: Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Direct reactions; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; Hydrostatic stellar nucleosynthesis; neutrino; nuclear physics; atomic particle; Resonance reactions; 0103 physical sciences; 24.50.+g; Aurora Universities Network; analytic method; 24.30.-v; Physique; article; 24.30.-v; 24.50.+g; 26.20.+f; phase transition; 13. Climate action; 26.20.+f; nuclear astrophysics; CNO cycle; measurement; Resonance reactions; Direct reactions; Hydrostatic stellar nucleosynthesis

AbstractWe report on a new measurement of the 14N(p,γ)15O capture cross section at Ep=140 to 400 keV using the 400 kV LUNA accelerator facility at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The uncertainties have been reduced with respect to previous measurements and their analysis. We have analyzed the data using the R-matrix method and we find that the ground state transition accounts for about 15% of the total S-factor. The main contribution to the S-factor is given by the transition to the 6.79 MeV state. We find a total S(0)=1.7±0.2 keVb, in agreement with recent extrapolations. The result has important consequences for the solar neutrino spectrum as well as for the age of globular clusters.