$\beta$-Decay Half-Life of the $rp$-Process Waiting Point Nuclide $^{84}$Mo
Nuclear Experiment
2009-01-28 v1
Abstract
A half-life of 2.2 0.2 s has been deduced for the ground-state decay of Mo, more than 1 shorter than the previously adopted value. Mo is an even-even N = Z nucleus lying on the proton dripline, created during explosive hydrogen burning in Type I X-ray bursts in the rapid proton capture () process. The effect of the measured half-life on -process reaction flow is explored. Implications on theoretical treatments of nuclear deformation in Mo are also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0901.1048,
title = {$\beta$-Decay Half-Life of the $rp$-Process Waiting Point Nuclide $^{84}$Mo},
author = {J. B. Stoker and P. F. Mantica and D. Bazin and A. Becerril and J. S. Berryman and H. L. Crawford and A. Estrade and C. J. Guess and G. W. Hitt and G. Lorusso and M. Matos and K. Minamisono and F. Montes and J. Pereira and G. Perdikakis and H. Schatz and K. Smith and R. G. T. Zegers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.1048},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in PRC