Measurement of the 14O(a,p)17F reaction at Ecm $=$ 2.2 $\sim$ 5.3 MeV

The direct measurement of the astrophysically important 14O(a,p)17F reaction was performed using a low-energy 14O beam at the Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo. The excitation function for \textit{Ex }$=$ 7.3 $\sim$ 10.4 MeV in 18Ne was measured with the thick target method and several new states as well as previously known states have been observed. In this study, we did not observe strong double proton decay events, compared to a previous study by Fu \textit{et al. }We analyzed single proton decay events using the TOF (Time of Flight) information of the recoiled protons. Consequently, we report the excitation function of 14O(\textit{\textunderscore ; p})17F, when we consider that two channels, which are decaying to the ground and 1st excited states of 17F, are mixed.