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We combine the thermal QRPA approach with the Skyrme energy density functional theory (Skyrme-TQRPA) for modelling the process of electron capture on nuclei in supernova environment. For a sample nucleus, $^{56}$Fe, the Skyrme-TQRPA…
The in-medium modification to the neutrino-nucleon scattering rate is calculated in the relativistic random phase approximation in the framework of a hadronic meson exchange model, in view of applications to neutrino transport in supernovae…
A characteristic feature of collective and particle-hole excitations in neutron-rich nuclei is that many of them couple to unbound neutron in continuum single-particle orbits. The continuum random phase approximation (cRPA) is a powerful…
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The nuclear matrix elements $M^{0\nu}$ of the neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) are evaluated for $^{76}$Ge,$^{100}$Mo, $^{130}$Te, and $^{136}$Xe within the Renormalized Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (RQRPA) and…
Several neutron capture cross sections of light neutron-rich nuclei were measured in the astrophysically relevant energy region of 5 to 200 keV. The experimental data are compared to calculations using the direct capture model. The results…
A method to calculate the nuclear double beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$- and $0\nu\beta\beta$-) amplitudes within the continuum random phase approximation (cQRPA) is formulated. Calculations of the $\beta\beta$ transition amplitudes within…
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