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Influence of 73Rb on the ashes of accreting neutron stars

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States)
  2. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States). Inst. of Nuclear and Particle Physics
  3. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  5. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), East Lansing, MI (United States). Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE)
  6. Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  7. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
  8. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Joint Inst. for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), East Lansing, MI (United States). Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE)
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We find that the proton separation energy, S(p), of 73Rb is –640(40) keV, deduced from the observation of β-delayed ground-state protons following the decay of 73Sr. This lower-limit determination of the proton separation energy of 73Rb coupled with previous upper limits from nonobservation, provides a full constraint on the mass excess with ΔM (73Rb) = –46.01 ± 0.04 MeV. With this new mass excess and the excitation energy of the Jπ = 5/2– isobaric-analog state (T = 3/2) in 73Rb, an improved constraint can be put on the mass excess of 73Sr using the isobaric-multiplet mass equation (IMME), and we find ΔM(73Sr) = –31.98 ± 0.37 MeV. Furthermore, these new data were then used to study the composition of ashes on accreting neutron stars following Type I x-ray bursts. Counterintuitively, we find that there should be an enhanced fraction of A > 102 nuclei with more negative proton separation energies at the 72Kr rp-process waiting point. Larger impurities of heavier nuclei in the ashes of accreting neutron stars will impact the cooling models for such astrophysical scenarios.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-88ER40387; NA0000979; NA0002132; NA0003180; NA0003221; SC0013365; SC0019042
OSTI ID:
1823255
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1774901
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 102; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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