Measurement of the astrophysical S factor for dd interaction at ultralow deuteron-collision energies using the inverse Z pinch
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- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Physics of Atomic Nuclei
- Vol. 66 (9) , 1683-1690
Abstract
This paper is devoted to measurement of the astrophysical S factor and cross sections of the d + d → 3He + n reaction at ultralow deuteron-collision energies. Formation of the flow of the accelerated deuterons incident on the CD2 solid-state target was made within the scheme of the inverse Z pinch. The liner in the initial state was a hollow supersonic deuterium jet of radius of 15 mm and length of 20 mm. The experiment was carried out at the pulsed high-current accelerator (I=950 kA, τ=80 ns) of the Institute of High-Current Electronics (Tomsk, Russia). Measurement of the deuteron energy distribution was performed through an analysis of the time distributions of the intensity of the liner radiation (Hα and Hβ lines) generated during the liner radial movement from the axis. Recording of this radiation was carried out by optical detectors placed along the direction of the liner moving from its axis. The measured value of the astrophysical S factor for the dd reaction at the average deuteron collision energy E coll=3.69 keV was equal to S(E coll=3.69 keV)=58.2±18.1 keV b. The dd-reaction cross section calculated using the found value of the S factor and known representation of the reaction cross section as the product of the barrier factor and the astrophysical S factor was σ dd n (E coll=3.69 keV)=(1.33±0.41)×10−30 cm2.Keywords
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