@inproceedings{55e3b1b0e93c4842b8b153ecc3025f4f,
title = "Validating (d,pγ) as a surrogate for neutron capture",
abstract = "The r-process is responsible for creating roughly half of the elements heavier than iron. It has recently become understood that the rates at which neutron capture reactions proceed at late times in the r-process may dramatically affect the final abundance pattern. However, direct measurements of neutron capture reaction rates on exotic nuclei are exceptionally difficult, necessitating the development of indirect approaches such as the surrogate technique. The (d,pγ) reaction at low energies was identified as a promising surrogate for the (n,γ) reaction, as both reactions share many characteristics. We report on a program to validate (d,pγ) as a surrogate for (n,γ) using 95Mo as a target. The experimental campaign includes direct measurements of the γ-ray intensities from the decay of excited states populated in the 95Mo(n,γ) and 95Mo(d,pγ) reactions.",
author = "A. Ratkiewicz and Cizewski, {J. A.} and Pain, {S. D.} and Adekola, {A. S.} and Burke, {J. T.} and Casperson, {R. J.} and N. Fotiades and M. McCleskey and S. Burcher and Shand, {C. M.} and Austin, {R. A.E.} and T. Baugher and Carpenter, {M. P.} and M. Devlin and Escher, {J. E.} and S. Hardy and R. Hatarik and Howard, {M. E.} and Hughes, {R. O.} and Jones, {K. L.} and Kozub, {R. L.} and Lister, {C. J.} and B. Manning and O'Donnell, {J. M.} and Peters, {W. A.} and Ross, {T. J.} and Scielzo, {N. D.} and D. Seweryniak and S. Zhu",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the operations staff at the Texas A&M Cyclotron institute for their exceptional support of the normal kinematics measurement of the 95Mo(d, pγ) reaction. A.R. thanks Giordano Cerizza for useful discussions. This work is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Stewardship Science Academic Alliance Programs through Cooperative Agreements No. DE- FG52- 08NA28552 and DE-NA0002132 (Rutgers), No. DE-FG52-09NA29467 (TAMU); DOE Contracts DEAC02- 06CH11357 (ANL), No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (LLNL), No. AC52-06NA25396 (LANL), No. DEFG52- 06 NA26206 (Richmond), DOE Office of Science No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 (ORNL), DE-FG02- 96ER40983 (UTK), No. DE-SC0001174 (UTK), DEFG02- 96ER40955 (TTU), No. DE-FG02-05 ER41379 and ), and No. DE-FG02-93ER40773 (TAMU); the National Science Foundation No. 1067906 (Rutgers); and the Department of Energy{\textquoteright}s NNSA Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research & Development (LLNL).; 15th International Symposium on Capture Gamma Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, CGS15 2014 ; Conference date: 25-08-2014 Through 29-08-2014",
year = "2015",
month = may,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1051/epjconf/20159302012",
language = "English (US)",
series = "EPJ Web of Conferences",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
editor = "Kai Zuber and Ronald Schwengner",
booktitle = "CGS15 2014 - Capture GammaRay Spectroscopy and Related Topics",
address = "France",
}