Capture cross-section and rate of the 1 4 C( n , γ ) 1 5 C reaction from the Coulomb dissociation of 1 5 C

We calculate the Coulomb dissociation of 15 C on a Pb target at 68 MeV/u incident beam energy within the fully quantum mechanical distorted wave Born approximation formalism of breakup reactions. The capture cross-section and the subsequently rate of the 14 C( n , γ ) 15 C reaction are calculated from the photodisintegration of 15 C, using the principle of detailed balance. Our theoretical model is free from the uncertainties associated with the multipole strength distributions of the projectile.