Study of proton resonance structure in 27P via resonant elastic scattering of 26Si+p

Abstract

A measurement of resonant elastic scattering of 26Si+p was performed with a thick target using a 26Si radioactive ion beam at the CRIB (CNS Radioactive Ion Beam separator) of the Center for Nuclear Study (CNS), the University of Tokyo. The excitation function of 27P was measured successfully with the inverse kinematics method through a covered the range of excitation energies from Ex ∼ 2.3 to 3.8 MeV, providing information about the resonance structure of this nucleus. The properties of these resonances are important to better determine the production rates of 26Si(p,g)27P reaction, which is one of the astrophysically important nuclear reactions to understand the production of the 26Al. Some new resonant states have been investigated, and determined their resonance parameters, such as excitation energies, proton partial widths, and spin-parities by R-matrix calculation.