The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process
Abstract
The primary astrophysical source of the rare-earth elements is the rapid neutron capture process (r process). The rare-earth peak that is seen in the solar r-process residuals has been proposed to originate as a pile-up of nuclei during the end of the r process. We introduce a new method utilizing Monte Carlo studies of nuclear masses in the rare-earth region, that includes self-consistently adjusting β-decay rates and neutron capture rates, to find the mass surfaces necessary for the formation of the rare-earth peak. We demonstrate our method with two types of astrophysical scenario, one corresponding to conditions typical of hot winds from core-collapse supernovae and stellar-mass accretion disks, and one corresponding to conditions typical of the ejection of the material from the tidal tails of neutron star mergers. In each type of astrophysical condition, this method successfully locates a region of enhanced stability in the mass surface that is responsible for the rare-earth peak. For each scenario, we find that the change in the mass surface has qualitatively different features, thus future measurements can shed light on the type of environment in which the r process occurred.
- Authors:
-
[1];
[2];
[4]
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Physics Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1419745
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1460246
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-21461
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357; TRN: US1801381
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; PHY1554876; PHY0822648; PHY1419765; SC0013039; FG02-02ER41216; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 833; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; r-process, nuclear masses; nuclear reactions; nucleosynthesis; abundances
Citation Formats
Mumpower, Matthew R., McLaughlin, Gail C., Surman, Rebecca, and Steiner, Andrew W. The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282.
Mumpower, Matthew R., McLaughlin, Gail C., Surman, Rebecca, & Steiner, Andrew W. The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282
Mumpower, Matthew R., McLaughlin, Gail C., Surman, Rebecca, and Steiner, Andrew W. Tue .
"The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1419745.
@article{osti_1419745,
title = {The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process},
author = {Mumpower, Matthew R. and McLaughlin, Gail C. and Surman, Rebecca and Steiner, Andrew W.},
abstractNote = {The primary astrophysical source of the rare-earth elements is the rapid neutron capture process (r process). The rare-earth peak that is seen in the solar r-process residuals has been proposed to originate as a pile-up of nuclei during the end of the r process. We introduce a new method utilizing Monte Carlo studies of nuclear masses in the rare-earth region, that includes self-consistently adjusting β-decay rates and neutron capture rates, to find the mass surfaces necessary for the formation of the rare-earth peak. We demonstrate our method with two types of astrophysical scenario, one corresponding to conditions typical of hot winds from core-collapse supernovae and stellar-mass accretion disks, and one corresponding to conditions typical of the ejection of the material from the tidal tails of neutron star mergers. In each type of astrophysical condition, this method successfully locates a region of enhanced stability in the mass surface that is responsible for the rare-earth peak. For each scenario, we find that the change in the mass surface has qualitatively different features, thus future measurements can shed light on the type of environment in which the r process occurred.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 833,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
Other availability
Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science
Web of Science
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.
Works referenced in this record:
Nuclear Correlations and the Process
journal, April 2012
- Arcones, A.; Bertsch, G. F.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 15
Nucleosynthesis-relevant conditions in neutrino-driven supernova outflows: I. Spherically symmetric hydrodynamic simulations
journal, March 2007
- Arcones, A.; Janka, H. -Th.; Scheck, L.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 467, Issue 3
Neutron star mergers versus core-collapse supernovae as dominant r-process sites in the early Galaxy
journal, March 2004
- Argast, D.; Samland, M.; Thielemann, F. -K.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 416, Issue 3
The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries
journal, September 2007
- Arnould, M.; Goriely, S.; Takahashi, K.
- Physics Reports, Vol. 450, Issue 4-6
AN r -PROCESS KILONOVA ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT-HARD GRB 130603B
journal, August 2013
- Berger, E.; Fong, W.; Chornock, R.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 774, Issue 2
Fission cycling in a supernova process
journal, March 2008
- Beun, J.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 77, Issue 3
Synthesis of the Elements in Stars
journal, October 1957
- Burbidge, E. Margaret; Burbidge, G. R.; Fowler, William A.
- Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, Issue 4
Microscopic mass formulas
journal, July 1995
- Duflo, J.; Zuker, A. P.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 52, Issue 1
Protoneutron star evolution and the neutrino-driven wind in general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations
journal, July 2010
- Fischer, T.; Whitehouse, S. C.; Mezzacappa, A.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 517
[CLC][ITAL]r[/ITAL][/CLC]-Process in Neutron Star Mergers
journal, November 1999
- Freiburghaus, C.; Rosswog, S.; Thielemann, F. -K.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 525, Issue 2
r -PROCESS NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN DYNAMICALLY EJECTED MATTER OF NEUTRON STAR MERGERS
journal, August 2011
- Goriely, Stephane; Bauswein, Andreas; Janka, Hans-Thomas
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 738, Issue 2
Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. XIII. The 2012 atomic mass evaluation and the symmetry coefficient
journal, August 2013
- Goriely, S.; Chamel, N.; Pearson, J. M.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 88, Issue 2
Improved predictions of nuclear reaction rates with the TALYS reaction code for astrophysical applications
journal, June 2008
- Goriely, S.; Hilaire, S.; Koning, A. J.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 487, Issue 2
The production of transuranium elements by the r-process nucleosynthesis
journal, December 2015
- Goriely, S.; Martínez Pinedo, G.
- Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 944
New Fission Fragment Distributions and -Process Origin of the Rare-Earth Elements
journal, December 2013
- Goriely, S.; Sida, J. -L.; Lemaître, J. -F.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 24
Neutrino Signal of Electron-Capture Supernovae from Core Collapse to Cooling
journal, June 2010
- Hüdepohl, L.; Müller, B.; Janka, H. -T.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 25
NEUTRON STAR MERGERS AS THE ORIGIN OF r -PROCESS ELEMENTS IN THE GALACTIC HALO BASED ON THE SUB-HALO CLUSTERING SCENARIO
journal, May 2015
- Ishimaru, Yuhri; Wanajo, Shinya; Prantzos, Nikos
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 804, Issue 2
R-process enrichment from a single event in an ancient dwarf galaxy
journal, March 2016
- Ji, Alexander P.; Frebel, Anna; Chiti, Anirudh
- Nature, Vol. 531, Issue 7596
Comprehensive nucleosynthesis analysis for ejecta of compact binary mergers
journal, February 2015
- Just, O.; Bauswein, A.; Pulpillo, R. Ardevol
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 448, Issue 1
Statistical Hauser-Feshbach theory with width-fluctuation correction including direct reaction channels for neutron-induced reactions at low energies
journal, July 2016
- Kawano, T.; Capote, R.; Hilaire, S.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 1
A HIGH-ENTROPY-WIND r -PROCESS STUDY BASED ON NUCLEAR-STRUCTURE QUANTITIES FROM THE NEW FINITE-RANGE DROPLET MODEL FRDM(2012)
journal, August 2014
- Kratz, Karl-Ludwig; Farouqi, Khalil; Möller, Peter
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 792, Issue 1
Black-hole-neutron-star collisions
journal, September 1974
- Lattimer, J. M.; Schramm, D. N.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 192
r-PROCESS LANTHANIDE PRODUCTION AND HEATING RATES IN KILONOVAE
journal, December 2015
- Lippuner, Jonas; Roberts, Luke F.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 815, Issue 2
Supernova neutrinos and nucleosynthesis
journal, February 2014
- Martínez-Pinedo, G.; Fischer, T.; Huther, L.
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 4
Erratum: Europium production: neutron star mergers versus core-collapse supernovae
journal, December 2014
- Matteucci, F.; Romano, D.; Arcones, A.
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 447, Issue 1
Active-sterile neutrino transformation solution for r -process nucleosynthesis
journal, May 1999
- McLaughlin, G. C.; Fetter, J. M.; Balantekin, A. B.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 59, Issue 5
Nuclear robustness of the process in neutron-star mergers
journal, November 2015
- Mendoza-Temis, Joel de Jesús; Wu, Meng-Ru; Langanke, Karlheinz
- Physical Review C, Vol. 92, Issue 5
Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
journal, June 1953
- Metropolis, Nicholas; Rosenbluth, Arianna W.; Rosenbluth, Marshall N.
- The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 6
On the Conditions for Neutron‐rich Gamma‐Ray Burst Outflows
journal, April 2008
- Metzger, Brian D.; Thompson, Todd A.; Quataert, Eliot
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 676, Issue 2
Decompression of initially cold neutron star matter - A mechanism for the r-process?
journal, August 1989
- Meyer, Bradley S.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 343
R-process nucleosynthesis in the high-entropy supernova bubble
journal, November 1992
- Meyer, B. S.; Mathews, G. J.; Howard, W. M.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 399
Nuclear Ground-State Masses and Deformations
journal, March 1995
- Moller, P.; Nix, J. R.; Myers, W. D.
- Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 59, Issue 2, p. 185-381
New calculations of gross -decay properties for astrophysical applications: Speeding-up the classical r process
journal, May 2003
- Möller, Peter; Pfeiffer, Bernd; Kratz, Karl-Ludwig
- Physical Review C, Vol. 67, Issue 5
Formation of the rare-earth peak: Gaining insight into late-time -process dynamics
journal, April 2012
- Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, Rebecca
- Physical Review C, Vol. 85, Issue 4
Influence of neutron capture rates in the rare earth region on the -process abundance pattern
journal, September 2012
- Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, Gail C.; Surman, Rebecca
- Physical Review C, Vol. 86, Issue 3
Impact of individual nuclear masses on -process abundances
journal, September 2015
- Mumpower, M. R.; Surman, R.; Fang, D. -L.
- Physical Review C, Vol. 92, Issue 3
The impact of individual nuclear properties on -process nucleosynthesis
journal, January 2016
- Mumpower, M. R.; Surman, R.; McLaughlin, G. C.
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 86
r -process nucleosynthesis in the MHD+neutrino-heated collapsar jet
journal, October 2015
- Nakamura, K.; Kajino, T.; Mathews, G. J.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 582
Astrophysical Reaction Rates From Statistical Model Calculations
journal, May 2000
- Rauscher, Thomas; Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl
- Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 75, Issue 1-2
Medium modification of the charged-current neutrino opacity and its implications
journal, December 2012
- Roberts, L. F.; Reddy, Sanjay; Shen, Gang
- Physical Review C, Vol. 86, Issue 6
DETAILED CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES IN THE r -PROCESS-RICH ULTRA-FAINT DWARF GALAXY RETICULUM 2
journal, February 2016
- Roederer, Ian U.; Mateo, Mario; Iii, John I. Bailey
- The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 151, Issue 3
The long-term evolution of neutron star merger remnants - I. The impact of r-process nucleosynthesis
journal, January 2014
- Rosswog, S.; Korobkin, O.; Arcones, A.
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 439, Issue 1
Synthesis of Superheavy Elements in the r-Process
journal, May 1971
- Schramm, David N.; Fowler, William A.
- Nature, Vol. 231, Issue 5298
Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy
journal, September 2008
- Sneden, Christopher; Cowan, John J.; Gallino, Roberto
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 46, Issue 1
Source of the Rare-Earth Element Peak in -Process Nucleosynthesis
journal, September 1997
- Surman, Rebecca; Engel, Jonathan; Bennett, Jonathan R.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 79, Issue 10
What are the astrophysical sites for the r-process and the production of heavy elements?
journal, April 2011
- Thielemann, F. -K.; Arcones, A.; Käppeli, R.
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 66, Issue 2
PRODUCTION OF ALL THE r -PROCESS NUCLIDES IN THE DYNAMICAL EJECTA OF NEUTRON STAR MERGERS
journal, June 2014
- Wanajo, Shinya; Sekiguchi, Yuichiro; Nishimura, Nobuya
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 789, Issue 2
Abundances of Actinides and Short-lived Nonactinides in the Interstellar Medium: Diverse Supernova Sources for the [ITAL]r[/ITAL]-Processes
journal, August 1996
- Wasserburg, G. J.; Busso, M.; Gallino, R.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 466, Issue 2
Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: the inhomogeneous approach
journal, July 2015
- Wehmeyer, B.; Pignatari, M.; Thielemann, F. -K.
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 452, Issue 2
The r-process and neutrino-heated supernova ejecta
journal, September 1994
- Woosley, S. E.; Wilson, J. R.; Mathews, G. J.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 433
Toward precision mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei relevant to r-process nucleosynthesis
journal, August 2015
- Sun, B. H.; Litvinov, Yu. A.; Tanihata, I.
- Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 4
Improvements to TITAN’s mass measurement and decay spectroscopy capabilities
journal, June 2016
- Lascar, D.; Kwiatkowski, A. A.; Alanssari, M.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 376
High-accuracy mass spectrometry with stored ions
journal, March 2006
- Blaum, Klaus
- Physics Reports, Vol. 425, Issue 1
Where, oh where has the r-process gone?
journal, April 2007
- Qian, Y.; Wasserburg, G.
- Physics Reports, Vol. 442, Issue 1-6
Protoneutron star evolution and the neutrino-driven wind in general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations
journal, July 2010
- Fischer, T.; Whitehouse, S. C.; Mezzacappa, A.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 517
r -process nucleosynthesis in the MHD+neutrino-heated collapsar jet
journal, October 2015
- Nakamura, K.; Kajino, T.; Mathews, G. J.
- Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 582
Comprehensive nucleosynthesis analysis for ejecta of compact binary mergers
journal, February 2015
- Just, O.; Bauswein, A.; Pulpillo, R. Ardevol
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 448, Issue 1
Long, Cold, Early Process? Neutrino-Induced Nucleosynthesis in He Shells Revisited
journal, May 2011
- Banerjee, Projjwal; Haxton, W. C.; Qian, Yong-Zhong
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 20
Mass measurements beyond the major r-process waiting point 80Zn
text, January 2008
- Baruah, S.; Audi, G.; Blaum, K.
- arXiv
R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Dynamically Ejected Matter of Neutron Star Mergers
text, January 2011
- Goriely, Stephane; Bauswein, Andreas; Janka, H. -Thomas
- arXiv
The Influence Of Neutron Capture Rates On The Rare Earth Region Of The r-Process Abundance Pattern
text, January 2012
- Mumpower, M. R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R. A.
- arXiv
First Results from the CARIBU Facility: Mass Measurements on the r-Process Path
text, January 2013
- Van Schelt, J.; Lascar, D.; Savard, G.
- arXiv
The long-term evolution of neutron star merger remnants - I. The impact of r-process nucleosynthesis
text, January 2013
- Rosswog, S.; Korobkin, O.; Arcones, A.
- arXiv
Production of all the r-process nuclides in the dynamical ejecta of neutron star mergers
text, January 2014
- Wanajo, Shinya; Sekiguchi, Yuichiro; Nishimura, Nobuya
- arXiv
Galactic r-process enrichment by neutron star mergers in cosmological simulations of a Milky Way-mass galaxy
text, January 2014
- van de Voort, Freeke; Quataert, Eliot; Hopkins, Philip F.
- arXiv
The Role of Fission in Neutron Star Mergers and its Impact on the r-Process Peaks
text, January 2014
- Eichler, Marius; Arcones, Almudena; Kelic, Alexandra
- arXiv
Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: the inhomogeneous approach
text, January 2015
- Wehmeyer, B.; Pignatari, M.; Thielemann, F. -K.
- arXiv
R-process enrichment from a single event in an ancient dwarf galaxy
text, January 2015
- Ji, Alexander P.; Frebel, Anna; Chiti, Anirudh
- arXiv
Precision Mass Measurements of 129-131Cd and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process
text, January 2015
- Atanasov, D.; Ascher, P.; Blaum, K.
- arXiv
An Active-Sterile Neutrino Transformation Solution for r-Process Nucleosynthesis
text, January 1999
- McLaughlin, G. C.; Fetter, J. M.; Balantekin, A. B.
- arXiv
Works referencing / citing this record:
Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the r process
journal, February 2017
- Mumpower, M. R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R.
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 44, Issue 3
r -process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos
journal, July 2019
- Horowitz, C. J.; Arcones, A.; Côté, B.
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 46, Issue 8
-Decay Half-Lives of Neutron-Rich to : Experimental Feedback and Evaluation of the -Process Rare-Earth Peak Formation
journal, February 2017
- Wu, J.; Nishimura, S.; Lorusso, G.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 7
Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Neodymium and Samarium Isotopes and Their Role in Understanding Rare-Earth Peak Formation
journal, June 2018
- Orford, R.; Vassh, N.; Clark, J. A.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 26
From Actinides to Zinc: Using the Full Abundance Pattern of the Brightest Star in Reticulum II to Distinguish between Different r -process Sites
journal, April 2018
- Ji, Alexander P.; Frebel, Anna
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 856, Issue 2
The Lanthanide Fraction Distribution in Metal-poor Stars: A Test of Neutron Star Mergers as the Dominant r -process Site
journal, August 2019
- Ji, Alexander P.; Drout, Maria R.; Hansen, Terese T.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 882, Issue 1
Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the $r$ process
text, January 2016
- Mumpower, M. R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R.
- arXiv
From actinides to zinc: Using the full abundance pattern of the brightest star in Reticulum II to distinguish between different r-process sites
text, January 2018
- Ji, Alexander P.; Frebel, Anna
- arXiv
The lanthanide fraction distribution in metal-poor stars: a test of neutron star mergers as the dominant r-process site
text, January 2019
- Ji, Alexander P.; Drout, Maria R.; Hansen, Terese T.
- arXiv
Beta decay of deformed r-process nuclei near A = 80 and A= 160, including odd-A and odd-odd nuclei, with the Skyrme finite-amplitude method
text, January 2016
- Shafer, T.; Engel, J.; Fröhlich, C.
- arXiv