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Gamow-Teller strength distributions, beta-decay half-lives, and beta-delayed neutron emission are investigated in neutron-rich Zr and Mo isotopes within a deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The approach is based on a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 P. Sarriguren , J. Pereira

For radioactive nuclear data, $\beta$ decay is one of the most important information and is applied to various fields. However, some of the $\beta$-decay data are not available due to experimental difficulties. From this respect,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-23 Futoshi Minato , Z. M. Niu , Haozhao Liang

R-process nucleosynthesis models rely, by necessity, on nuclear structure models for input. Particularly important are beta-decay half-lives of neutron rich nuclei. At present only a single systematic calculation exists that provides values…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-08 T. Marketin , L. Huther , G. Martínez-Pinedo

In this study, we have reported key nuclear properties of weak $\beta$-decay processes on Yttrium isotopes for the mass number range $A = 101 - 108$. This mass region is important in astrophysical $r$-process abundances. Our study might be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-24 Fakeha Farooq , Jameel-Un Nabi , Ramoona Shehzadi

Self-consistent proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the spherical nonlinear point-coupling relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory is established and used to investigate the $\beta^+$/EC-decay half-lives of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-27 Z. M. Niu , Y. F. Niu , Q. Liu , H. Z. Liang , J. Y. Guo

Beta-decay properties of even and odd-A neutron-rich Ge, Se, Kr, Sr, Ru, and Pd isotopes involved in the astrophysical rapid neutron capture process are studied within a deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-08 P. Sarriguren

Reliable nuclear weak rates are key inputs for understanding the origin of heavy elements and constraining the environments of the corresponding stellar nucleosynthesis. We present the effective stellar $\beta^-$-decay rates of the $N=50,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-30 Qi-Ye Hu , Long-Jun Wang , Yang Sun

The self-consistent proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation approach is employed to calculate $\beta$-decay half-lives of neutron-rich even-even nuclei with $8\leqslant Z \leqslant 30$. A newly proposed nonlinear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Z. Y. Wang , Z. M. Niu , Y. F. Niu , J. Y. Guo

Measurements of the beta-decay properties of r-process nuclei below A=110 have been completed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, at Michigan State University. Beta-decay half-lives for Y-105, Zr-106,107 and Mo-111, along…

Weak decay rates under stellar density and temperature conditions holding at the rapid proton capture process are studied in neutron-deficient medium-mass waiting point nuclei extending from Ni up to Sn. Neighboring isotopes to these…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-21 P. Sarriguren

We propose formulas of the nuclear beta-decay rate that are useful in a practical calculation. The decay rate is determined by the product of the lepton and hadron current densities. A widely used formula relies upon the fact that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-01 W. Horiuchi , T. Sato , Y. Uesaka , K. Yoshida

We employ, within the framework of Skyrme energy-density functional theory, the subtracted second random-phase approximation, recently developed for charge-exchange excitations, to compute $\beta$-decay half-lives in four nuclei, $^{24}$O,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-24 Danilo Gambacurta , Marcella Grasso

Beta-decay rates of extreme neutron-rich nuclei remain largely unknown experimentally, while they are critical inputs for $r$-process nucleosynthesis. We present first ab initio calculations of total beta-decay half-lives, with a focus on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-11 Zhen Li , Takayuki Miyagi , Achim Schwenk

We develop a new framework of the self-consistent deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle-random-phase approximation (pnQRPA), formulated in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) single-quasiparticle basis. The same Skyrme force is used in both…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-11-05 Kenichi Yoshida

The $\beta$ decays from both the ground state and a long-lived isomer of $^{133}$In were studied at the ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS). With a hybrid detection system sensitive to $\beta$, $\gamma$, and neutron spectroscopy, the comparative…

Nuclear $\beta$ decay is a key process to understand the origin of heavy elements in the universe, while the accuracy is far from satisfactory for the predictions of $\beta$-decay half-lives by nuclear models up to date. In this letter, we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-12 Z. M. Niu , H. Z. Liang , B. H. Sun , W. H. Long , Y. F. Niu

We investigate even-even nuclei in the $A\sim70$ mass region within the framework of the proton-neutron quasi-particle random phase approximation (\mbox{pn-QRPA}) and the interacting boson model-1 (\mbox{IBM-1}). Our work includes…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-02 Jameel-Un Nabi , Mahmut Böyükata

Nuclear structure plays a significant role on the rapid neutron capture process (r-process) since shapes evolve with the emergence of shells and sub-shells. There was some indication in neighboring nuclei that we might find examples of a…

Weak decays in superheavy nuclei with proton numbers Z = 118 - 120 and neutron numbers N = 175 - 184 are studied within a microscopic formalism based on deformed self-consistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock mean-field calculations with pairing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-23 Pedro Sarriguren