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A systematic study of the $\beta$-decay of neutron-deficient nuclei has been carried out and has provided spectroscopic information of importance for both nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics. Following an overview of the most…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-03-23 S. E. A. Orrigo , B. Rubio , W. Gelletly

The {\beta} decays of very neutron-rich nuclides in the Co-Zn region were studied experimentally at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory using the NSCL {\beta}-counting station in conjunction with the neutron detector NERO. We…

The neutron-rich isotopes with 30 $\leq$ Z $\leq$ 45 are thought to be synthesised in neutrino-driven winds after the collapse of a massive star. This nucleosynthesis scenario, called the weak r-process, is studied using nuclear reaction…

The rapid neutron capture process (r-process) is one of the main mechanisms whereby elements heavier than iron are synthesized, and is entirely responsible for the natural production of the actinides. Kilonova emissions are modeled as being…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-28 Kelsey A. Lund , J. Engel , G. C. McLaughlin , M. R. Mumpower , E. M. Ney , R. Surman

Based on a simple site-independent approach, we attempt to reproduce the solar $r$-process abundance with four nuclear mass models, and investigate the impact of the nuclear mass uncertainties on the $r$ process. In this paper, we first…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-05 Z. Y. Wang , Q. G. Wen , T. H. Heng

The double-beta (2$\beta$)-decay is the rarest nuclear physics process, and its experimental half-lives (T$_{1/2}$) exceed the age of the Universe from nine to fourteen orders of magnitude. Double-beta decay was observed, and its half-life…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-03-26 B. Pritychenko , V. I. Tretyak

[Background] $\beta$-decay half-life is sensitive to the shell structure near the Fermi levels. Nuclear deformation thus impacts the $\beta$-decay properties. [Purpose] A first-order shape-phase transition in neutron-rich Zr isotopes is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Kenichi Yoshida , Yifei Niu , Futoshi Minato

We present the beta decay half-lives calculation for selected even even nuclei that decay through electron emission. The kinematical portion of the half-life calculation was performed using a recently introduced technique for computation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-14 Jameel-Un Nabi , Mavra Ishfaq , Ovidiu Nitescu , Mihail Mirea , Sabin Stoica

Beta decays of the isotones with N=126 are studied by shell model calculations taking into account both the Gamow-Teller (GT) and first-forbidden (FF) transitions. The FF transitions are found to be important to reduce the half-lives, by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Toshio Suzuki , Takashi Yoshida , Toshitaka Kajino , Takaharu Otsuka

We examine the effect of nuclear deformation on the calculated $\beta$-decay half-lives of 55 neutron-rich nuclei. The deformation values were computed using DD-PC1 and DD-ME2 interactions in the Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model. Yet…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-29 Jameel-Un Nabi , Tuncay Bayram , Wajeeha Khalid , Arslan Mehmood , Alper Köseoğlu

Heavy neutron-rich nuclei close to N=126 were produced by fragmentation of a 1 A GeV 208Pb beam at the FRS at GSI. The beta-decay half-lives of 8 nuclides have been determined. The comparison of the data with model calculations including an…

The production of heavy-mass elements due to the rapid neutron-capture mechanism (r-process) is associated with astrophysical scenarios, such as supernovae and neutron-star mergers. In the r-process the capture of neutrons is followed by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-10 M. M. Saez , K. J. Fushimi , M. E. Mosquera , O. Civitarese

A derivation of the neutrinoless double beta decay rate, specially adapted for the nuclear structure calculations, is presented. It is shown that the Fourier-Bessel expansion of the hadronic currents, jointly with the angular momentum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 C. Barbero , F. Krmpotic , D. Tadic

About half of the heavy elements in the Solar System were created by rapid neutron capture, or r-process, nucleosynthesis. In the r-process, heavy elements are built up via a sequence of neutron captures and beta decays in which an intense…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 R. Surman , M. Mumpower , J. Cass , A. Aprahamian

Beta-decay properties of proton-rich odd-A and even-even Krypton isotopes are studied in the framework of a deformed selfconsistent Hartree-Fock calculation with density-dependent Skyrme forces, including pairing correlations between like…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Sarriguren , E. Moya de Guerra , A. Escuderos

We investigated the effects of first-forbidden transitions in $\beta$ decays on the production of the r-process $A \sim 195$ peak. The theoretical calculated $\beta$-decay rates with $\beta$-delayed neutron emission were examined using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-18 Nobuya Nishimura , Zsolt Podolyák , Dong-Liang Fang , Toshio Suzuki

The nuclear matrix elements $M^{0\nu}$ of the neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of most nuclei with known $2\nu\beta\beta$-decay rates are systematically evaluated using the Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Vadim Rodin , Amand Faessler , Fedor Simkovic , Petr Vogel

In the framework of the Standard Model (SM) a theoretical description of the neutron beta decay is given at the level of 10^{-5}. The neutron lifetime and correlation coefficients of the neutron beta decay for a polarized neutron, a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-08 A. N. Ivanov , R. Höllwieser , N. I. Troitskaya , M. Wellenzohn , Ya. A. Berdnkov

$\beta$-decay is known to play an essential role in the rapid neutron capture process ($r$-process) during $(n, \gamma) \leftrightarrow (\gamma, n)$ equilibrium and freeze-out when the neutron-rich nuclei decay back to stability. Recent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-13 Yukiya Saito , Ante Ravlić , Pranav Nalamwar , Rebecca Surman

$\beta$-decay, a process that changes a neutron into a proton (and vice versa), is the dominant decay mode of atomic nuclei. This decay offers a unique window to physics beyond the standard model, and is at the heart of microphysical…