Assessment of saddle-point-mass predictions for astrophysical applications
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
Using available experimental data on fission barriers and ground-state masses, a detailed study on the predictions of different models concerning the isospin dependence of saddle-point masses is performed. Evidence is found that several macroscopic models yield unrealistic saddle-point masses for very neutron-rich nuclei, which are relevant for the r-process nucleosynthesis.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507022,
title = {Assessment of saddle-point-mass predictions for astrophysical applications},
author = {Aleksandra Kelic and Karl-Heinz Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507022},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages, 5 figures