Question 3:

• Group chose a ¹⁵O + α reaction with SECAR.
  
• Example_1.fox was edited to include a dipole which bends the trajectory 45°.
  
• <PD> (corresponding to ΔE/E) in coordinate SB was changed to 0.01 to create a small momentum spread:
  

• PTY was changed to 3 to allow us to see the curvature:
  

Question 4:

• Used website to calculate θ_max and ΔE/E
  • * Opening angle = 10 mrad which is less than the θ_max=25 mrad so we're good.
    
  • * ΔE/E = ~2% which is less than the 3.1% threshold so this also works.
    

Question 5:

• ¹⁵O + α reaction plays a role in the ignition of type I x-ray bursts on accreting neutron stars
  

Question 6:

• Using 'WRITE 6 VMAX(RAY(1))' x_max was calculated to be 0.2909704181068736E-002 m