Alpha decay of 109 I and the implications for the rapid - proton capture process

C. Mazzocchi∗1,2, R. Grzywacz1,3, S.N. Liddick1, K.P. Rykaczewski3, H. Schatz4, J.C. Batchelder5, C.R. Bingham1,3, L. Cartegni1, C.J. Gross3, J.H. Hamilton6 , J.K. Hwang6, S. Ilyushkin7, A. Korgul1,6,8,9, W. Królas9,10, K. Li6, R.D. Page11 and J.A. Winger7 1 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 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, USA 5 UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA 6 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 USA 7 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA 8 Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Warszawa, PL 00-681, Poland 9 Joint Institute for Heavy-Ion Reactions, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA 10 Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL 31-342 Kraków, Poland 11 Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK E-mail: