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A new consistent analysis of the renormalized proton--neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the simultaneous recalculation of the one--body density matrix and the pairing tensor has been used to study the double beta…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Bobyk , Wieslaw A. Kaminski , P. Zareba

Gamow-Teller strength distributions and beta-decay half-lives in neutron-deficient Kr and Sr isotopes are investigated within a deformed quasiparticle random phase approximation. The approach is based on a selfconsistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-31 P. Sarriguren

In this work, the $\beta$-stable region for Z $\geq$ 90 is proposed. The calculated $\beta$-stable nuclei in the $\beta$-stable region are in good agreement with the ones obtained by M\"{o}ller \emph{et al}.. The half-lives of the nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Zongqiang Sheng , Liangping Shu , Ying Meng , Jigang Hu , Jianfa Qian

A possible mechanism for the formation of heavy-mass elements in supernovae is the rapid neutron-capture-mechanism (r-process). It depends upon the electron-fraction $Y_e$, a quantity which is determined by beta-decay-rates. In this paper,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-07-07 M. M. Saez , O. Civitarese , M. E. Mosquera

In the late progressive stages of heavy stars, electron capture and $\beta^\pm$-decay are the governing processes. The weak rates are essential inputs for modeling the stages of high-mass stars before supernova explosions. As per results…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-04 Fakeha Farooq , Jameel-Un Nabi , Ramoona Shehzadi

A role of \beta-delayed neutron emission and fission in r-process nucleosynthesis attracts a high interest. Although the number of study on them covering r-process nuclei is increasing recently, uncertainties of \beta-delayed neutron and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Futoshi Minato , Tomislav Marketin , Nils Paar

The astrophysical origin of $r$-process nuclei remains a long-standing mystery. Although some astrophysical scenarios show some promise, many uncertainties involved in both the astrophysical conditions and in the nuclear properties far from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Shinya Wanajo , Stephane Goriely , Mathieu Samyn , Naoki Itoh

The structure and the weak interaction mediated rates of the heavy waiting point (WP) nuclei $^{80}$Zr, $^{84}$Mo, $^{88}$Ru, $^{92}$Pd and $^{96}$Cd along $N = Z$ line were studied within the interacting boson model-1 (\mbox{IBM-1}) and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Jameel-Un Nabi , Mahmut Boyukata

Theoretical estimates of $\alpha$-decay half lives of several nuclei in the decay from element 113 are presented. Calculations in a WKB framework using DDM3Y interaction and experimental Q-values are in good agreement with the experimental…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Roy Chowdhury , D. N. Basu , C. Samanta

The decay of the proton-rich nucleus $^{22}$Si was studied by a silicon array coupled with germanium clover detectors. Nine charged-particle groups are observed and most of them are recognized as $\beta$-delayed proton emission. A…

The $\beta^{-}$-decay rate of $^{63}$Ni, an important branching point, affects the subsequent nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow-neutron capture process (weak $s$-process). To evaluate the impact of the uncertainties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Xin-Xu Wang , Bao-Hua Sun , Toshitaka Kajino , Zhen-Yu He , Toshio Suzuki , Dong-Liang Fang , Zhong-Ming Niu

The $\alpha$-decay energies ($Q_\alpha$) are systematically investigated with the nuclear masses for $10 \leq Z \leq 120$ isotopes obtained by the relativistic continuum Hartree-Bogoliubov (RCHB) theory with the covariant density functional…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-03 Linfeng Zhang , Xuewei Xia

We use the finite amplitude method (FAM), an efficient implementation of the quasiparticle random phase approximation, to compute beta-decay rates with Skyrme energy-density functionals for 3983 nuclei, essentially all the medium-mass and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 E. M. Ney , J. Engel , N. Schunck

The microscopic approach of fission rates and neutron emission rates in compound nuclei have been applied to $^{258}$No and $^{286}$Cn. The microscopic framework is based on the finite-temperature Skyrme-Hartree-Fock+BCS calculations, in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Yi Zhu , Junchen Pei

How nuclides decay in the superheavy region is key information for investigating new elements beyond oganesson and the island of stability. The Random Forest algorithm is applied to study the competition between different decay modes in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-23 Boshuai Cai , Cenxi Yuan

We have developed a technique to measure beta-delayed proton decay of proton-rich nuclei produced and separated with the MARS recoil spectrometer of Texas A&M University. The short-lived radioactive species are produced in-flight,…

We perform a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) statistical analysis of a number of measured ground-state-to-ground-state single $\beta^+$/electron-capture and $\beta^-$ decays in the nuclear mass range A = 62 - 142. The corresponding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-15 Frank F. Deppisch , Jouni Suhonen

In the present work we calculate the allowed $\beta^-$-decay half-lives of nuclei with $Z = 20 -30$ and N $\leq$ 50 systematically under the framework of the nuclear shell model. A recent study shows that some nuclei in this region belong…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-20 Vikas Kumar , P. C. Srivastava , Hantao Li

Half life values for $\alpha$-decay in the mass region $A=150-200$ have been calculated in the Microscopic Super Asymmetric Fission Model. The interaction between the $\alpha$-particle and the daughter nucleus has been obtained in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-12 G. Gangopadhyay

We evaluate the allowed $\beta^-$-decay properties of nuclei with $Z = 8 - 15$ systematically under the framework of the nuclear shell model with the use of the valence space Hamiltonians derived from modern $ab~intio$ methods, such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-23 Anil Kumar , Praveen C. Srivastava , Toshio Suzuki