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$(\alpha,\gamma)$ and $(\alpha$,n) reaction cross sections recently measured close to the reaction thresholds are rather well described by a previously developed regional optical potential. Thus, particular features of the $\alpha$-particle…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-04-28 M. Avrigeanu , V. Avrigeanu

$\beta$-decay properties of nuclei are investigated within the relativistic nuclear energy density functional framework by varying the temperature and density, conditions relevant to the final stages of stellar evolution. Both thermal and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-06 A. Ravlic , E. Yuksel , Y. F. Niu , N. Paar

Atomic data are an important source of systematic uncertainty in our determinations of nebular chemical abundances. However, we do not have good estimates of these uncertainties since it is very difficult to assess the accuracy of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Leticia Juan de Dios , Mónica Rodríguez

Experimental evidence over a number of recent years has shown the density parameter of the universe omega converging to the critical value of 1, which defines a flat, Euclidean universe. No such calculations have defined a critical value…

General Physics · Physics 2013-06-20 Peter Rowlands

The probability of $\alpha$ particle emission for some recently observed superheavy nuclei (SHN) are investigated. The $\alpha$-decay half lives of SHN are calculated in a quantum tunneling model with density dependent M3Y (DDM3Y) effective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-02 Partha Roy Chowdhury , G. Gangopadhyay , Abhijit Bhattacharyya

The present work is a continuations of our previous paper [J.-G. Deng, et al., Chin. Phys. C, {\bf41}: 124109 (2017)]. In present work, the $\mathcal{\alpha}$ decay half-life of unknown nucleus $^{296}$Og is predicted within the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-04-22 Jun-Gang Deng , Jie-Cheng Zhao , Jiu-Long Chen , Xi-Jun Wu , Xiao-Hua Li

The life-times due to Auger-electron emission for a hole on a deep electronic shell of neutral and charged sodium clusters are studied for different sizes. We consider spherical clusters and calculate the Auger-transition probabilities…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2016-09-08 M. E. Garcia , Ll. Serra , F. Garcias , K. H. Bennemann

The experimental bound on lifetime of nu_3, the neutrino mass eigenstate with the smallest nu_e component, is much weaker than those of nu_1 and nu_2 by many orders of magnitude to which the astrophysical constraints apply. We argue that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-11-03 Thamys Abrahao , Hisakazu Minakata , Hiroshi Nunokawa , Alexander A. Quiroga

A new method of searching for neutron clusters (multineutrons) composed of neutrons bound by nuclear forces has been introduced and implemented. The method is based on the search for daughter nuclei that emerge at the nuclei cluster decay…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-06-19 G. N. Dudkin , A. A. Garapatskii , V. N. Padalko

$\alpha$ decay is one of the prominent decay modes in the nucleosynthesis of heavy and super-heavy elements synthesized at temperatures of the order of Giga Kelvin. To facilitate the investigation of the role played by the $\alpha$ decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-12 D. F. Rojas-Gamboa , N. G. Kelkar , O. L. Caballero

There has been an upsurge of interest in two-nucleon decays thanks to the studies of nucleon-nucleon correlations. In our previous work, based on a novel time-dependent three-body approach, we demonstrated that the energy and angular…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 S. M. Wang , W. Nazarewicz , R. J. Charity , L. G. Sobotka

We consider a class of late-decaying dark-matter models, in which a dark matter particle decays to a heavy stable daughter of approximately the same mass, together with one or more relativistic particles which carry away only a small…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-12-19 Nicole F. Bell , Ahmad J. Galea , Kalliopi Petraki

We study the alpha-decay half-lives of 84 <= Z <= 92 even-even nuclei in the semiclassical WKB approximation framework using the density-dependent cluster model and the density distribution described by various Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU (KIDS)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-15 Yong-Beom Choi , Hana Gil , Chang Ho Hyun , Chang-Hwan Lee

A measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay in one isotope does not allow to determine the underlying physics mechanism. We discuss the discrimination of mechanisms for neutrinoless double beta decay by comparing ratios of half life…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Deppisch , H. Päs

We use astrophysical and atomic clock tests of the stability of the fine-structure constant $\alpha$, together with Type Ia supernova and Hubble parameter data, to constrain the simplest class of dynamical dark energy models where the same…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 C. J. A. P. Martins , A. M. M. Pinho

In the present work, the influence of ultra-intense laser fields on the $\alpha$ decay half-life of the deformed ground state even-even nucleus with the mass number $52 \leq Z \leq 118$ is systematically studied. The calculations show that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-06 Jun-Hao Cheng , Wen-Yu Zhang , Qiong Xiao , Jun-Gang Deng , Tong-Pu Yu

For many years, astronomers have promised that the study of pulsating white dwarfs would ultimately lead to useful information about the physics of matter under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. We can now make good on that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. S. Metcalfe , M. Salaris , D. E. Winget

Aims. In the context of black-hole accretion disks, the main goal of the present study is to estimate the plasma environment effects on the atomic structure and radiative parameters associated with the K-vacancy states in ions of the oxygen…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Deprince J. , Bautista M. A. , Fritzsche S. , Garcia J. A. , Kallman T. R. , Mendoza C. , Palmeri P. , Quinet P

A new version of the semiempirical formula based on fission approach of alpha decay is derived, by using the optimum values of the fitting parameters determined for even-even nuclei, combined with hindrance factors for even-odd, odd-even,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. N. Poenaru , R. A. Gherghescu , N. Carjan

Knowledge of the energy spectrum of $^8$B neutrinos is an important ingredient for interpreting experiments that detect energetic neutrinos from the Sun. The neutrino spectrum deviates from the allowed approximation because of the broad…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 W. T. Winter , S. J. Freedman , K. E. Rehm , J. P. Schiffer