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First direct measurement constraining the Ar(,p)K reaction cross section for mixed hydrogen and helium burning in accreting neutron stars
J. Browne, K. A. Chipps, K. Schmidt +25
The rate of the final step in the astrophysical p-process, the Ar(,\textit{p})K reaction, suffers from large uncertainties due to lack of experimental data, des…
Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond
H. Schatz, A. D. Becerril Reyes, A. Best +162
Nuclear Astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the…
Zn -delayed proton emission establishes the Ni -process waiting point bypass
M. Saxena, W. -J Ong, Z. Meisel +32
We measured the Zn -delayed proton (p) and emission at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. We find a Zn half-life of 43.6 0.2 ms, p…
Improved Nuclear Physics Near Refines Urca Neutrino Luminosities in Accreted Neutron Star Crusts
Zach Meisel, Alec Hamaker, G. Bollen +16
We performed a Penning trap mass measurement of at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and NuShellX calculations of the and $^{62}{\rm…
-decay of V and its Role in Cooling Accreted Neutron Star Crusts
W. -J. Ong, E. F. Brown, J. Browne +20
The interpretation of observations of cooling neutron star crusts in quasi-persistent X-ray transients is affected by predictions of the strength of neutrino cooling via crust Urca…
Systematic reduction of the proton-removal cross section in neutron-rich medium-mass nuclei
J. Díaz-Cortés, J. Benlliure, J. L. Rodríguez-Sánchez +24
Single neutron- and proton-removal cross sections have been systematically measured for 72 medium-mass neutron-rich nuclei around Z=50 and energies around 900A MeV using the FRagme…
Nuclear Mass Measurements Map the Structure of Atomic Nuclei and Accreting Neutron Stars
Z. Meisel, S. George, S. Ahn +28
We present mass excesses (ME) of neutron-rich isotopes of Ar through Fe, obtained via TOF- mass spectrometry at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. Our new resul…
Single-particle shell strengths near the doubly magic nucleus Ni and the Ni(p,)Cu reaction rate in explosive astrophysical burning
D. Kahl, P. J. Woods, T. Poxon-Pearson +24
Angle-integrated cross-section measurements of the Ni(d,n) and (d,p) stripping reactions have been performed to determine the single-particle strengths of low-lying excited…
Low-lying level structure of Cu and its implications on the rp process
W-J. Ong, C. Langer, F. Montes +39
The low-lying energy levels of proton-rich Cu have been extracted using in-beam -ray spectroscopy with the state-of-the-art -ray tracking array GRETINA in conjunction…
-decay half-lives and -delayed neutron emission probabilities for several isotopes of Au, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi, beyond N=126
R. Caballero-Folch, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Agramunt +58
Previous measurements of -delayed neutron emitters comprise around 230 nuclei, spanning from the He up to La. Apart from Tl, with a minuscule…
Beta-delayed gamma decay of 26P: Possible evidence of a proton halo
D. Pérez-Loureiro, C. Wrede, M. B. Bennett +23
Background: Measurements of decay provide important nuclear structure information that can be used to probe isospin asymmetries and inform nuclear astrophysics studies. Purpose…
Observation of Doppler broadening in -delayed proton- decay
S. B. Schwartz, C. Wrede, M. B. Bennett +22
Background: The Doppler broadening of -ray peaks due to nuclear recoil from -delayed nucleon emission can be used to measure the energies of the nucleons. This method has nev…
Classical-Nova Contribution to the Milky Way's Al Abundance: Exit Channel of the Key Al()Si Resonance
M. B. Bennett, C. Wrede, K. A. Chipps +21
Classical novae are expected to contribute to the 1809-keV Galactic -ray emission by producing its precursor Al, but the yield depends on the thermonuclear rate of the un…
Approaching the precursor nuclei of the third r-process peak with RIBs
C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Caballero-Folch, J. Agramunt +61
The rapid neutron nucleosynthesis process involves an enormous amount of very exotic neutron-rich nuclei, which represent a theoretical and experimental challenge. Two of the main…
Production of neutron-rich nuclei in fragmentation reactions of 132Sn projectiles at relativistic energies
D. Pérez-Loureiro, J. Benlliure, H. Álvarez-Pol +18
The fragmentation of neutron-rich 132Sn nuclei produced in the fission of 238U projectiles at 950 MeV/u has been investigated at the FRagment Separator (FRS) at GSI. This work repr…
Beta-decay half-lives and beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities of nuclei in the region below A=110, relevant for the r-process
J. Pereira, S. Hennrich, A. Aprahamian +21
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. Be…
-Decay Half-Life of the -Process Waiting Point Nuclide Mo
J. B. Stoker, P. F. Mantica, D. Bazin +15
A half-life of 2.2 0.2 s has been deduced for the ground-state decay of Mo, more than 1 shorter than the previously adopted value. Mo is an even-even N =…
Comment on the paper "Search for oscillation of the electron-capture decay probability of Pm" at arXiv:0807.0649v1
Yu. A. Litvinov, F. Bosch, N. Winckler +36
It is argued that orbital electron-capture decays of neutral Pm atoms implanted into the lattice of a solid (LBNL experiment) do not fulfil the constraints of true two-body…
Measurement of the and orbital electron-capture decay rates in fully-ionized, hydrogen-like, and helium-like Pr ions
Yu. A. Litvinov, F. Bosch, H. Geissel +39
We report on the first measurement of the - and orbital electron capture decay rates of Pr nuclei with the most simple electron configurations: bare nuclei, hydrogen-l…
TOF-Brho Mass Measurements of Very Exotic Nuclides for Astrophysical Calculations at the NSCL
M Matos, A Estrade, M Amthor +17
Atomic masses play a crucial role in many nuclear astrophysics calculations. The lack of experimental values for relevant exotic nuclides triggered a rapid development of new mass…