Improved nuclear physics near A = 61 refines urca neutrino luminosities in accreted neutron star crusts

Meisel, Z.; Hamaker, A.; Bollen, G.; Brown, B. A.; Eibach, M.; Gulyuz, K.; Izzo, C.; Langer, C.; Montes, F.; Ong, W. -J; Puentes, D.; Redshaw, M.; Ringle, R.; Sandler, R.; Schatz, H.; Schwarz, S.; Sumithrarachchi, C. S.; Valverde, A. A.; Yandow, I. T.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.105.025804

Title: Improved nuclear physics near A = 61 refines urca neutrino luminosities in accreted neutron star crusts

Journal Article · 17 February 2022 · Physical Review. C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.105.025804 · OSTI ID:1845660

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^[2]; Bollen, G. ^[3]; Brown, B. A. ^[2]; Eibach, M. ^[4]; Gulyuz, K. ^[5];

^[6]; Langer, C. ^[7];

^[2]; Ong, W. -J ^[8]; Puentes, D. ^[2]; Redshaw, M. ^[9]; Ringle, R. ^[10]; Sandler, R. ^[5]; Schatz, H. ^[2]; Schwarz, S. ^[10]; Sumithrarachchi, C. S. ^[10];

^[11]; Yandow, I. T. ^[2]

Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States); Ohio University
National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., East Lansing, MI (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, MI (United States)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt (Germany)
National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., East Lansing, MI (United States); Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., East Lansing, MI (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Univ. of Applied Science Aachen, Julich (Germany)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States); National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., East Lansing, MI (United States)
National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

We performed Penning trap mass measurements for ⁶¹Zn at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and NuShellX calculations of the ⁶¹Zn and ⁶²Ga structure using the GXPF1A Hamiltonian to obtain improved estimates of the ⁶¹Zn(p,γ)⁶²Ga and ⁶⁰Cu(p,γ)⁶¹Zn reaction rates. Surveying astrophysical conditions for type-I x-ray bursts with the code mesa, implementing our improved reaction rates, and taking into account updated nuclear masses for ⁶¹V and ⁶¹Cr from the recent literature, we refine the neutrino luminosity from the important mass number A = 61 urca cooling source in accreted neutron-star crusts. Furthermore, this improves our understanding of the thermal barrier between deep heating in the crust and the shallow depths where extra heat is needed to explain x-ray superbursts, as well as the expected signature of crust urca neutrino emission in light curves of cooling transients

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Research Organization:: Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; FG02-88ER40387; NA0003909; SC0015927; SC0019042

OSTI ID:: 1845660

Report Number(s):: LLNL--JRNL-839233; PHY-1430152; PHY-1565546; PHY-1713857; PHY-2111185

Journal Information:: Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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