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Total MACS at 30keV:

1.6

±

0.4*

mb

Cross sections do not include stellar enhancement factors!
* only theoretical data available

Version	Total MACS [mb]	Partial to gs [mb]	Partial to isomer [mb]
1.0	1.6 ± 0.4*	-	-
0.0	8 ± 2*	-	-

(Version 0.0 corresponds to Bao et al.)

No experimental data. New rec. value is from JEFF-3.2 which uses an older prediction from the TALYS code. Assuming 25% uncertainty. The TENDL-2015 predictions seems to overestimate the cross section by 2 orders of magnitude (similar behaviour seen with 41Ar). However, this recommended value is lower than its even-N neighbors, which is unusual. More investigation needed.
Last review: April 2016

original	renorm.	year	type	Comment	Ref
278.3		2015	t	TENDL-2015 using the TALYS code	tendl15
1.57		2014	t	JEFF-3.2 using an older TALYS code	jeff32
48.9		2005	t	MOST 2005	Gor05
53.7		2002	t	MOST 2002	Gor02
8.9		2000	t	NON-SMOKER	RaT99
8		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:

t	Theoretical value

Energy	5keV	8keV	10keV	15keV	20keV	25keV	30keV	40keV	50keV	60keV	80keV	100keV
MACS	6.2	-	3.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6 ± 0.4	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1
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	3.71	-	2.71	2.28	2.16	2.28	2.35	2.54	2.65	2.70	2.87	2.95

MACS:
Reference: jeff32
Procedure: 't' (The MACS from kT=5 keV to 100 keV are obtained from theoretical calculations with corresponding uncertainties between 25 and 50% in most cases.)
Year: 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

	39Ca 860.00 ms β+ 40Ca 96.94 6.7 mb 41Ca 102.01 ka 30 mb, β+ 42Ca 0.647 15.6 mb 43Ca 0.135 51 mb 38K 7.64 m β+ 39K 93.2581 11.8 mb 40K 1.25x109 y 31 mb, β- 41K 6.7302 22 mb 42K 12.32 h β- 37Ar 34.95 d β+ 38Ar 0.0632 3 mb 39Ar 269.01 a 8 mb, β- 40Ar 99.6003 2.6 mb 41Ar 1.83 h β- 36Cl 301.01 ka 12 mb, β- 37Cl 24.23 2.15 mb 38Cl 37.24 m β- 39Cl 55.60 m β- 40Cl 1.35 m β- 35S 87.51 d β- 36S 0.02 0.171 mb 37S 5.05 m β- 38S 2.84 h β- 39S 11.50 s β-

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