Enter The DRAGON: Investigating the 13C(p,g)14N reaction

The ¹³N(p,γ)¹⁴O reaction is very important for our understanding of explosive astrophysical sites, such as novae and supernovae. This reaction deter- mines the conditions under which the CNO cycle changes to the Hot CNO cycle, the main process of energy generation in such sites.

Since ¹³N is unstable, and is very close in mass to ¹³C, the DRAGON recoil mass separator at TRIUMF will firstly study the ¹³C(p,γ)¹⁴N reaction so that its properties can be compensated for when studying the ¹³N(p,γ)¹⁴O reaction.

Early analysis showed that not all the ¹⁴N recoils, from the ¹³C(p,γ)¹⁴N reaction, make it through the DRAGON to the end detector.

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Author: Bebington, A. M.

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