References and Documents

Program Advisory Committee (PAC)

• PAC40 (June 2013):
  • Experiment Proposal Media:PAC40_proposal.pdf
  • PAC Report Media:PAC40_Report.pdf

Proceedings

• Determination of astrophysical thermonuclear rates with a bubble chamber: ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction case

PEB Proceedings, [1]. AIP Conf. Proc. 1563, 239 (2013), media:AIP.1.4829419.pdf [2]

Bubble Chamber

• First determination of an astrophysical cross section with a bubble chamber: The ¹⁵N(α,γ) ¹⁹F reaction

C. Ugalde et al., Phys. Lett. B 719 (2013) 74 media:PhysLettB.719.74.pdf

• New insights into particle detection with superheated liquids

S. Archambault et al., New J. Phys. 13 (2011) 043006 media:NewJPhys.13.043006.pdf

• Discrimination of nuclear recoils from alpha particles with superheated liquids

F. Aubin et al., New J. Phys. 10 (2008) 103017 media:NewJPhys.10.103017.pdf

• Direct measurement of the bubble-nucleation energy threshold in a CF₃I bubble chamber

E. Behnke et al., Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 021101(R) media:PhysRevD.88.021101.pdf

• Study of low frequency acoustic signals from superheated droplet detector

P.K. Mondal et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 729 (2013) 182 media:NuclInstMethA.729.182.pdf

• Development of bubble chambers with enhanced stability and sensitivity to low-energy nuclear recoils

W.J. Bolte et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 577 (2007) 569 media:NuclInstMethA.577.569.pdf

• Response of superheated droplet detectors of the PICASSO dark matter search experiment

M. Barnabé-Heider et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 555 (2005) 184 media:NuclInstMethA.555.184.pdf

• Superheated liquid and its place in radiation physics

S.C. Roy, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 61 (2001) 271 media:RadiatPhysChem.61.271.pdf

• Search for dark matter with moderately superheated liquids

V. Zacek, Nuovo Cimento A 107 (1994) 1247 media:NuovoCementoA.107.1247.pdf

• On the Theory of the Bubble Chamber

F. Seitz, Phys. of Fluids 1 (1957) 2 media:Phys.Fluids.1.2.pdf

Oxygen S-Factor

• The astrophysical S factor of ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O at stellar energy

D. Schürmann, L. Gialanella, R. Kunz, F. Strieder, Phys. Lett. B 711 (2012) 35 media:PhysLettB.711.35.pdf

• New Determination of the Astrophysical S Factor S_E1 of the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O Reaction

X. D. Tang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 052502 media:PhysRevLett.99.052502.pdf

• A new study for ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C at the energies of nuclear astrophysics interest: The inverse of key nucleosynthesis reaction ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

Y. Xu et al., Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 581 (2007) 866 media:NuclInstMethA.581.866.pdf

• Measurement of the Cascade Transition via the First Excited State of ¹⁶O in the ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O Reaction, and Its S Factor in Stellar Helium Burning

C. Matei et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 242503 media:PhysRevLett.97.242503.pdf

• Nuclear reactions in stellar helium burning and later hydrostatic burning stages

L.R. Buchmann, C.A. Barnes, Nucl. Phys. A 777 (2006) 254 media:NuclPhysA.777.254.pdf

• First direct measurement of the total cross-section of ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

D. Schürmann et. al., Eur. Phys. J. A 26 (2005) 301 media:EurPhysJA.26.301.pdf

• E1 and E2 capture cross section and astrophysical reaction rate of the key reaction ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O

J.W. Hammer et. al., Nucl. Phys. A 758 (2005) 363 media:NuclPhysA.758.363.pdf

• The E1 and E2 capture amplitudes in ¹²C(α,γ0)¹⁶O

G. Roters et al., Eur. Phys. J. A 6 (1999) 451 media:EurPhysJA.6.451.pdf

Previous S-Factor Measurements

• ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O: The Key Reaction in Stellar Nucleosynthesis

R. Kunz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3244 media:PhysRevLett.86.3244.pdf

• In the Focus of Nuclear Astrophysics: The ¹²C(α, γ )¹⁶O Reaction

M. Fey Ph.D. Thesis, Stuttgart, Germany (2004), [3] media:diss_fey.pdf

Nucleosynthesis

• Nucleosynthesis and remnants in massive stars of solar metallicity

S.E. Woosley and A. Heger, Phys. Reports 442 (2007) 269 media:Phys.Reports.442.269.pdf

• Coulomb dissociation as a source of information on radiative capture processes of astrophysical interest

G. Baur et al., Nucl. Phys. A 458 (1986) 188 media:NuclPhysA.458.188.pdf

• General properties of astrophysical reaction rates in explosive nucleosynthesis

T. Rauscher, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 420 (2013) 012138 media:J.Phys.Conf.Ser._420_1_012138.pdf

Astrophysics

• Dependence of s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars on triple-alpha and ¹²C(α,γ)¹⁶O reaction rate uncertainties

C. Tur et al., Astroph. J., 702(2) (2009) 1068 media:AstrophJ_702_2_1068.pdf