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The reaction12C+12C has been studied in the energy rangeE cm=2.45–6.15 MeV byγ-ray spectroscopy. Gamma-ray transitions from a large number of excited states in20Ne,23Na and23Mg were observed, which show strong and rapid yield variations. When the influence of the Coulomb barrier is removed, these structures appear superimposed on a flat reaction yield, which does not show a strong increase at low energies, in contrast to previous work. These results obviate the need for the hypothesis of absorption under the barrier at least down toE cm=2.45 MeV. The nuclear and astrophysical aspects of the data are discussed.
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Supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ro429/3–9)
The authors would like to thank H. Winkler, C. Poppensieker and H.P. Trautvetter for the help and discussions during the course of the experiments. The cooperation of T. Schober from the Institut für Festkörperforschung (Jülich) in providing Ta targets homogeneously loaded with hydrogen is also highly appreciated.
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Kettner, K.U., Lorenz-Wirzba, H. & Rolfs, C. The12C+12C reaction at subcoulomb energies (I). Z Physik A 298, 65–75 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01416030
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