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HK: Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 34: Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics II
HK 34.4: Talk
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 15:00–15:15, F
Measurement of the (γ,n) cross section of the nucleus 187Re close above the reaction threshold* — •S. Müller, D. Galaviz, A. Kretschmer, K. Sonnabend, K. Vogt, and A. Zilges — Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Motivated by the Re/Os chronometer problem [1,2,3] the (γ,n) cross section of the nucleus 187Re has been measured close above the reaction threshold Ethr=7.363 MeV at the Darmstadt electron accelerator S-DALINAC using the method of photoactivation. Our experimental method, the implications on the s-process branching point 186Re and consequently the relevance for the Re/Os chronometer problem are discussed. In addition our results will allow to use 187Re as a new standard for photoactivation experiments [4]. *supported by the DFG (SFB 634 and Zi 510/2-2)
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