Cross section measurements of the 102Pd(p, γ)103Ag, 116Sn(p, γ)117Sb, and 112Sn(α, γ)116Te reactions relevant to the astrophysical rp- and γ-processes Original Research Article

Total cross section measurements for the 102Pd(p, γ)103Ag and 116Sn(p, γ)117Sb reactions have been performed in the proton energy range 2.6 to 4.25 MeV, and for the 112Sn(α, γ)116Te reaction over the alpha beam energy range 7.0 to 10.5 MeV. An activation technique was used in which gamma rays from decays of the reaction products were detected off-line by two hyper-pure germanium detectors in a low background environment. Where possible, reaction rates are derived and the results compared to those of calculations generated by the NON-SMOKER and the MOST statistical model codes so as to judge their applicability for describing the cross sections needed for network calculations of nucleosynthesis in explosive astrophysical environments via the γ- and rp-processes.