Nuclear Masses in Astrophysics

2008/12/09 by Christine Weber, Weber, Christine, K. Blaum +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear physics research studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.1675

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Abstract

Among all nuclear ground-state properties, atomic masses are highly specific for each particular combination of N and Z and the data obtained apply to a variety of physics topics. One of the most crucial questions to be addressed in mass spectrometry of unstable radionuclides is the one of understanding the processes of element formation in the Universe. To this end, accurate atomic mass values of a large number of exotic nuclei participating in nucleosynthesis are among the key input data in large-scale reaction network calculations. In this paper, a review on the latest achievements in mass spectrometry for nuclear astrophysics is given.

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