S^*(E) measurement of the ¹²C(¹²C,α)²⁰Ne reaction at astrophysical energies via the Trojan horse method with ^16O quasi-free breakup

@misc{li2026measurement,
  title = {{$\rm S^*(E)$ measurement of the $\rm ^12C(^12C,α)^20Ne$ reaction at astrophysical energies via the Trojan horse method with $\rm ^16O$ quasi-free breakup}},
  author = {Chengbo Li and Huiming Jia and Qungang Wen and Chengjian Lin and Lei Yang and Feng Yang and Nanru Ma and Peiwei Wen and Tianpeng Luo and Chang Chang and Xuepeng Sun and Xuejian Wang},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.08819},
  eprint = {2609.08819},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.08819},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - S^*(E) measurement of the ^12C(^12C,α)^20Ne reaction at astrophysical energies via the Trojan horse method with ^16O quasi-free breakup
AU  - Chengbo Li
AU  - Huiming Jia
AU  - Qungang Wen
AU  - Chengjian Lin
AU  - Lei Yang
AU  - Feng Yang
AU  - Nanru Ma
AU  - Peiwei Wen
AU  - Tianpeng Luo
AU  - Chang Chang
AU  - Xuepeng Sun
AU  - Xuejian Wang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/08
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.08819
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.08819
AB  - The 12C(12C,a)20Ne reaction at astrophysical energies is crucial for understanding the carbon burning process in massive star and explosive astrophysical scenarios like Type Ia supernovae and X-ray bursts. However, directly measuring or simply extrapolating its S*(E) factor is extremely challenging due to Coulomb suppression and potential complex resonance structures near the Gamow window (1.5+-0.3 MeV). The THM can circumvent the Coulomb barrier, providing data within the Gamow window without extrapolation. Strong resonances near 1.5 MeV were previously reported by Tumino et al. using THM with 14N=(12C+d), a result that generated significant interest and debate, underscoring the need for further experimental verification. In this work, we selected 16O=(12C+a) as the Trojan-horse nucleus due to its lower binding energy, which favors quasi-free reactions. We performed an indirect measurement of 12C(16O,aa)20Ne at the HI-13 Tandem Accelerator at CIAE. Employing a copper beam-stopper foil, we measured the spectator a-particle within a small angular range around 0, where the quasi-free mechanism predicts its highest concentration. The S*(E) factor of 12C(12C,a)20Ne in the astrophysical energy region was extracted from the measured three-body reaction using THM based on DWBA. Our results confirm the existence of resonances within the Gamow window around 1.5 MeV in both the a0 and a1 channels. Without considering the details of the resonance structures, the overall trend of our results is qualitatively in reasonable agreement with the THM-Tumino2018 and TTIK2025 data, but differs significantly from the trend of the Modified-THM-Muk2019 data. We observe no evidence for hindrance effect in our results.
ER  -