id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt np193774960 Jason Thomas Daly Lifetime Measurements of Excited States in 19-Neon 2005 .txt text/plain 220 8 60 These values agree with currently accepted values for the lifetime and support the belief that the 15O(alpha,gamma)19Ne reaction is not a probable breakout path from the HCNO cycle into the rp-process in novae, but may have an impact on breakout in x-ray bursts. The astrophysical rate of the 15O(alpha,gamma)19Ne reaction can be calculated using the branching ratios and radiative widths or level lifetimes of states in 19Ne. cache/np193774960.txt txt/np193774960.txt