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R-Process Nucleosynthesis in MHD Jet Explosions of Core-Collapse Supernovae

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We investigate rr-process nucleosynthesis during the magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) explosion of supernova in a massive star of 13 MM_{\odot}. Contrary to the case of the spherical explosion, jet-like explosion due to the combined effects of the rotation and magnetic field lowers the electron fraction significantly inside the layers above the iron core. We find that the ejected material of low electron fraction responsible for the rr-process comes out from the silicon rich layer of the presupernova model. This leads to the production up to the third peak in the solar rr-process elements. We examine whether the fission affects the rr-process paths by using the full nuclear reaction network with both the spontaneous and β\beta-delayed fission included. Moreover, we pay particular attention how the mass formula affects the rr-process peaks with use of two mass formulae. It is found that both formulae can reproduce the global abundance pattern up to the third peak though detailed distributions are rather different. We point out that there are variations in the rr-process nucleosynthesis if the MHD effects play an important role in the supernova explosion.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0504100,
  title  = {R-Process Nucleosynthesis in MHD Jet Explosions of Core-Collapse Supernovae},
  author = {Sunao Nishimura and Kei Kotake and Masa-aki Hashimoto and Shoichi Yamada and Nobuya Nishimura and Shinichiro Fujimoto and Katsuhiko Sato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0504100},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages with 7 figures, submitted to ApJ