Neutron capture rates and r-process nucleosynthesis
Nuclear Theory
2017-08-23 v1 Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
Simulations of r-process nucleosynthesis require nuclear physics information for thousands of neutron-rich nuclear species from the line of stability to the neutron drip line. While arguably the most important pieces of nuclear data for the r-process are the masses and beta decay rates, individual neutron capture rates can also be of key importance in setting the final r-process abundance pattern. Here we consider the influence of neutron capture rates in forming the A~80 and rare earth peaks.
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@article{arxiv.1309.0057,
title = {Neutron capture rates and r-process nucleosynthesis},
author = {R. Surman and M. Mumpower and G. C. McLaughlin and R. Sinclair and W. R. Hix and K. L. Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0057},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures, appears in the Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics