P o S ( N I C X ) 0 6 3 Alpha decay of 109 I and the implications for the rapid-proton capture process

C. Mazzocchi ∗1,2, R. Grzywacz 1,3, S.N. Liddick 1, K.P. Rykaczewski 3, H. Schatz 4, J.C. Batchelder 5, C.R. Bingham 1,3, L. Cartegni 1, C.J. Gross 3, J.H. Hamilton 6 , J.K. Hwang 6, S. Ilyushkin 7, A. Korgul 1,6,8,9, W. Królas 9,10, K. Li 6, R.D. Page11 and J.A. Winger 7 1 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Kn oxville, TN 37996, USA 2 IFGA, University of Milan and INFN, Sez. Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy 3 Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge , TN 37831, USA 4 NSCL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, US A 5 UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA 6 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nas hville, TN 37235 USA 7 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State Universi ty, MS 39762, USA 8 Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, War sz wa, PL 00-681, Poland 9 Joint Institute for Heavy-Ion Reactions, Oak Ridge, TN 3783 1 USA 10 Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, P L 31-342 Kraków, Poland 11 Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpo ol, L69 7ZE, UK E-mail: chiara.mazzocchi@mi.infn.it