Improved Nuclear Physics Near $A=61$ Refines Urca Neutrino Luminosities in Accreted Neutron Star Crusts

Zach Meisel, Alec Hamaker, G. Bollen +16

We performed a Penning trap mass measurement of ${}^{61}\mathrm{Zn}$ at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and NuShellX calculations of the ${}^{61}\mathrm{Zn}$ and $^{62}{\rm…