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Astrophysical relevance of the low-energy dipole strength of Pb-206

16TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CAPTURE GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED TOPICS (CGS16), Vol. 178.

By: A. Tonchev^*, N. Tsoneva ^*, S. Goriely ^*, C. Bhatia^*, C. Arnold^*, S. Hammond^*, J. Kelley ⁿ, E. Kwan^* ...and 6 other authors, H. Lenske ^*, J. Piekarewicz ^*, R. Raut ^*, G. Rusev ^*, T. Shizuma ^* & W. Tornow ^*

co-author countries: Belgium 🇧🇪 Germany 🇩🇪 India 🇮🇳 United States of America 🇺🇸

10.1051/epjconf/201817804003

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The dipole strength of 206 Pb was studied below the neutron separation energy using photon scattering experiments at the HIGS facility. Utilizing the technique of nuclear resonance fluorescence with 100% linearly-polarized photon beams, the spins, parities, branching ratios and decay widths of excited states in 206 Pb from 4.9 - 8.1 MeV have been measured. The new experimental information is used to reliably predict the neutron capture cross section of 205 Pb, an important branch point nucleus along the s-process path of nucleosynthesis.