Direct measurement of {sup 4}He({sup 12}C, {sup 16}O)gamma reaction at KUTL

A {sup 12}C+{sup 4}He->{sup 16}O+gamma is regarded as the very important reaction to know the evolution of heavy stars. The cross section is, however, still unknown in spite of more than 40 years experiment in the world because of an existence of a resonance state of {sup 16}O at sub-threshold region. A cross section measurement with the direct detection of the produced {sup 16}O from E{sub cm} = 2.4 downto 0.7 MeV have been planned at Kyushu University Tandem Laboratory(KUTL). Detection of the {sup 16}O is the most possible method at low energy, since a detection efficiency of the {sup 16}O is very high.The new windowless blow-in gas target was developed to achieve the pressure of 24 Torr. Many movable slit were installed in a recoil mass separator, so that the backgrounds generated by the {sup 12}C beam was eliminated effectively. The results of recent experiments at E{sub cm} = 2.4 and 1.5 MeV are reported.