Asymptotic normalization coefficient method for two-proton radiative capture
Journal article, 2020

The method of asymptotic normalization coefficients is a standard approach for studies of two-body non-resonant radiative capture processes in nuclear astrophysics. This method suggests a fully analytical description of the radiative capture cross section in the low-energy region of the astrophysical interest. We demonstrate how this method can be generalized to the case of three-body 2p radiative captures. It was found that an essential feature of this process is the highly correlated nature of the capture. This reflects the complexity of three-body Coulomb continuum problem. Radiative capture 15O+p+p→17Ne+γ is considered as an illustration.

Asymptotic normalization coefficient method

Two-proton nonresonant radiative capture

E1 strength function

Three-body hyperspherical harmonic method

Author

L Grigorenko

National Research Nuclear University

National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Y. L. Parfenova

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

N. B. Shulgina

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"

Mikhail Zhukov

Chalmers, Physics

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

0370-2693 (ISSN)

Vol. 811 135852

Subject Categories

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

Probability Theory and Statistics

DOI

10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135852

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11/12/2020