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Total MACS at 30keV:

2.78

±

0.30

mb

Cross sections do not include stellar enhancement factors!

Version	Total MACS [mb]	Partial to gs [mb]	Partial to isomer [mb]
1.0	2.78 ± 0.30	-	-
0.2	2.54 ± 0.10	-	-
0.0	2.6 ± 0.2	-	-

(Version 0.0 corresponds to Bao et al.)

New rec. value is weighted average of BSR02a (normalized by 632/586= 1.0785) and MWS89. MACS vs. kT calculated with energy dependence and uncertainties from BSR02a. Note that there is a strong discrepancy between the energy dependence of the evaluations (based on the measurement of MWS89) and the values given in BSR02a. Investigation needed!
Last review: May 2016

original	renorm.	year	type	Comment	Ref
2.52 ± 0.28	2.72 ± 0.30	2002,2015	c	VdG, Act., Au:RaK88 corrected by 632/586= 1.0785	BSR02a
2.35 ± 0.24 kT= 52 keV	2.48 ± 0.25	2002, 2016	c	VdG, Act., Au:KNA87 corrected by 455/431= 1.057	BSR02a
2.79 ± 0.15		1989	c	Linac, TOF, 6Li, Au:Sat.	MWS89
2.33 ± 0.15	2.42 ± 0.16	1985,2015	c	VdG, Act., 1/v(kT), Au: 657 mb (25keV) norm. by 683/657= 1.04	BeP85
2.37		2015	t	TENDL-2015 using the TALYS code	tendl15
2.25		2014	e	JEFF-3.2	jeff32
2.25		2011	e	ENDF/B-VII.1	endfb71
2.25		2011	e	JENDL-4.0	jendl40
2.25		2004	e	JEFF-3.1	jeff31
0.05		1983	e		GrK83
4.5		1971	e		AGM71
12.1		2005	t	MOST 2005	Gor05
13.3		2002	t	MOST 2002	Gor02
3.7		2000	t	NON-SMOKER	RaT99
3.6		1978	t		WFH78

Original:MACS [<σ v>/v_T] (mb) for kT=30 keV, based on the published cross sections except where indicated otherwise.
Renorm:MACS [<σ v>/v_T] (mb) for kT=30 keV for which the reference or standard cross section was meanwhile improved.
Type: The letters and numbers in the column labelled 'type' give information on how the cross section has been obtained:

c	Directly quoted from the reference itself
t	Theoretical value
e	Evaluated value taken directly from the reference

Energy	5keV	8keV	10keV	15keV	20keV	25keV	30keV	40keV	50keV	60keV	80keV	100keV
MACS	3.64 ± 0.15	3.50 ± 0.16	3.27 ± 0.16	2.93 ± 0.19	2.86 ± 0.24	2.82 ± 0.29	2.78 ± 0.30	2.60 ± 0.33	2.41 ± 0.31	2.25 ± 0.29	1.98 ± 0.25	1.76 ± 0.22
Xfactor	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
SEF	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Rate	2.18	2.65	2.77	3.04	3.42	3.78	4.08	4.40	4.56	4.67	4.74	4.71

MACS:
Reference: BSR02a,MWS89
Procedure: 'e' (The Maxwellian-averaged cross sections (MACS) from kT=5 keV to 100 keV are obtained from experimental data; the relative uncertainties are similar to those quoted for the 30 keV data.)
Year: 2002,2016

X-factor:
Reference: Rau12
Year: 2012

SEF (Stellar enhancement factor):
Reference: Rau09
Year: 2009
Comment:

Rate:
Reaction rate N_A<σv> given in 10⁵ cm³/mole/s, including SEF

	40Ca 96.94 6.7 mb 41Ca 102.01 ka 30 mb, β+ 42Ca 0.647 15.6 mb 43Ca 0.135 51 mb 44Ca 2.09 9.4 mb 39K 93.2581 11.8 mb 40K 1.25x109 y 31 mb, β- 41K 6.7302 22 mb 42K 12.32 h β- 43K 22.30 h β- 38Ar 0.0632 3 mb 39Ar 269.01 a 8 mb, β- 40Ar 99.6003 2.6 mb 41Ar 1.83 h β- 42Ar 32.90 a β- 37Cl 24.23 2.15 mb 38Cl 37.24 m β- 39Cl 55.60 m β- 40Cl 1.35 m β- 41Cl 38.40 s β- 36S 0.02 0.171 mb 37S 5.05 m β- 38S 2.84 h β- 39S 11.50 s β- 40S 8.80 s β-

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