2019/09/12 by T. Rauscher, N. Nishimura, G. Cescutti +3
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.HE #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.7566/jpscp.31.011026
published as JPS Conf. Proc. 31 (2020) 011026 · 6 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables; to appear in JPS Conference Proceedings (OMEG15, 2019); summarizes and expands on arXiv:1907.13129 with an additional discussion of isotopic ratios of p-nuclides; v2: typos fixed
arxiv created 2019/09/12 · arxiv updated 2020/03/30
The νp process appears in proton-rich, hot matter which is expanding in a neutrino wind and may be realised in explosive environments such as core-collapse supernovae or in outflows from accretion disks. The impact of uncertainties in nuclear reaction cross sections on the finally produced abundances has been studied by applying Monte Carlo variation of all astrophysical reaction rates in a large reaction network. As the detailed astrophysical conditions of the νp process still are unknown, a parameter study was performed, with 23 trajectories covering a large range of entropies and Ye. The resulting abundance uncertainties are given for each trajectory. The νp process has been speculated to contribute to the light p nuclides but it was not possible so far to reproduce the solar isotope ratios. It is found that it is possible to reproduce the solar 92Mo/94Mo abundance ratio within nuclear uncertainties, even within a single trajectory. The solar values of the abundances in the Kr-Sr region relative to the Mo region, however, cannot be achieved within a single trajectory. They may still be obtained from a weighted superposition of different trajectories, though, depending on the actual conditions in the production site. For a stronger constraint of the required conditions, it would be necessary to reduce the uncertainties in the 3α and 56Ni(n,p)56Co rates at temperatures T>3 GK.