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The average gamma-ray spectrum $^{114}$Cd after thermal neutron capture in $^{113}$Cd was evaluated in units of mb/MeV. Two approaches are considered for estimation of the average gamma-ray spectrum with normalization of the experimental…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-03-01 V. A. Plujko , O. M. Gorbachenko , K. M. Solodovnyk , V. M. Petrenko

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Nuclear reaction cross sections are usually very small in typical astrophysical environments. It has been one of the major challenges of experimental nuclear astrophysics to assess the magnitude of these cross sections in the laboratory.…

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At the low temperature and high density conditions of a neutron star crust neutrons are degenerate. In this work, we study the effect of this degeneracy on the capture rates of neutrons on neutron rich nuclei in accreted crusts. We use a…

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Cross sections for proton inelastic collision with different nuclei are described within the Glauber and multiple scattering approximations. A significant difference between approximate `Glauber' formula and exact calculations with a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tadeusz Wibig , Dorota Sobczynska

The cross sections for the processes \gamma \nu --> \gamma\gamma \nu, \gamma\gamma -->\gamma\nu\bar{\nu} and \nu\bar{\nu} -->\gamma\gamma\gamma are calculated with the aid of an effective Lagrangian derived from the Standard model. These…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Duane A. Dicus , Wayne W. Repko

Equilibrium phase diagrams for neutron star matter at subnuclear densities are obtained at zero temperature. Spherical, rod-like and slab-like nuclei as well as spherical and rod-like nuclear bubbles are taken into account by using a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gentaro Watanabe , Kei Iida , Katsuhiko Sato

The astrophysical rapid neutron capture process or `$r$ process' of nucleosynthesis is believed to be responsible for the production of approximately half the heavy element abundances found in nature. This multifaceted problem remains one…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 M. R. Mumpower , R. Surman , G. C. McLaughlin , A. Aprahamian

We investigate the impact of neutron capture rates near the A=130 peak on the $r$-process abundance pattern. We show that these capture rates can alter the abundances of individual nuclear species, not only in the region of A=130 peak, but…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-31 R. Surman , J. Beun , G. C. McLaughlin , W. R. Hix

The radiative capture process n+p-> d+gamma provides clear evidence for meson exchange currents in nuclear physics. We compute this process at low energies using a recently developed power counting for the effective field theory that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Martin J. Savage , Kevin A. Scaldeferri , Mark B. Wise

In order to study the processes creating intermediate and heavy nuclei in massive stars it is necessary to provide neutron capture cross sections and reaction rates close to stability and for moderately unstable neutron-rich nuclei.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Rauscher , A. Heger , S. E. Woosley , R. D. Hoffman

Neutrino-matter cross sections and interaction rates are central to the core-collapse supernova phenomenon and, very likely, to the viability of the explosion mechanism itself. In this paper, we describe the major neutrino scattering,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adam Burrows , Sanjay Reddy , Todd A. Thompson

There is a high demand for nuclear data in multidisciplinary subject like nuclear astrophysics. The two areas of nuclear physics which are most clearly related to one another are stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis. The necessity for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-27 Vinay Singh , Debasis Bhowmick , D. N. Basu

Neutron total cross sections of $^{197}$Au and $^\text{nat}$Ta have been measured at the nELBE photoneutron source in the energy range from 0.1 - 10 MeV with a statistical uncertainty of up to 2 % and a total systematic uncertainty of 1 %.…

The concept of freeze out volume used in many statistical approaches for disassembly of hot nuclei leads to ambiguities. The fragmentation pattern and the momentum distribution (temperature) of the emanated fragments are determined by the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 S. K. Samaddar , J. N. De , A. Bonasera

As the number of spins in an ensemble is reduced, the statistical uctuations in its polarization eventually exceed the mean thermal polarization. This transition has now been surpassed in a number of recent nuclear magnetic resonance…

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Among all nuclear ground-state properties, atomic masses are highly specific for each particular combination of N and Z and the data obtained apply to a variety of physics topics. One of the most crucial questions to be addressed in mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-10 Christine Weber , Klaus Blaum , Hendrik Schatz

The re-analysis of the published experimental data on the primary gamma-transition intensities following neutron capture in different groups of neutron resonances in $^{156,158}$Gd has been performed. There are determined the most probable…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-06-17 A. M. Sukhovoj , V. A. Khitrov