The role of excited states in rp-process for sd shell nuclei

2014/04/29 by J. Grineviciute, B. A. Brown, Grineviciute, J. +3 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1404.7268

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Abstract

We investigate the importance of proton capture on low-lying excited states that are thermally excited in hot stellar environments. In addition to the previously known case of ³²Cl(p,γ)³³Ar we find several other sd-shell nuclei with large stellar enhancement factors. We discuss the uncertainty this introduces into rp-process nucleosynthesis.

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