Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the r process

Mumpower, Matthew Ryan; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R.; Steiner, A. W.

doi:10.1088/1361-6471/44/3/034003

Title: Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the r process

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/44/3/034003· OSTI ID:1419747

^[1]; McLaughlin, G. C. ^[2]; Surman, R. ^[3];

^[4]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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

The bulk of the rare earth elements are believed to be synthesized in the rapid neutron capture process or r process of nucleosynthesis. The solar r-process residuals show a small peak in the rare earths around $$A\sim 160$$, which is proposed to be formed dynamically during the end phase of the r process by a pileup of material. This abundance feature is of particular importance as it is sensitive to both the nuclear physics inputs and the astrophysical conditions of the main r process. We explore the formation of the rare earth peak from the perspective of an inverse problem, using Monte Carlo studies of nuclear masses to investigate the unknown nuclear properties required to best match rare earth abundance sector of the solar isotopic residuals. When nuclear masses are changed, we recalculate the relevant β-decay properties and neutron capture rates in the rare earth region. The feedback provided by this observational constraint allows for the reverse engineering of nuclear properties far from stability where no experimental information exists. We investigate a range of astrophysical conditions with this method and show how these lead to different predictions in the nuclear properties influential to the formation of the rare earth peak. We conclude that targeted experimental campaigns in this region will help to resolve the type of conditions responsible for the production of the rare earth nuclei, and will provide new insights into the longstanding problem of the astrophysical site(s) of the r process.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; SC0013039; FG02-02ER41216; PHY1554876; PHY0822648; PHY1419765

OSTI ID:: 1419747

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1460177

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-27225; TRN: US1801383

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 44, Issue 3; ISSN 0954-3899

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 28 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (120)

Where, oh where has the r-process gone? Qian, Y.; Wasserburg, G. Physics Reports, Vol. 442, Issue 1-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2007.02.006	journal	April 2007
Low-energy magnetic radiation: Deviations from GOE Frauendorf, S.; Schwengner, R.; Wimmer, K. LIGHT AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH MATTER, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899221	conference	January 2014
Abundances of Actinides and Short-lived Nonactinides in the Interstellar Medium: Diverse Supernova Sources for the [ITAL]r[/ITAL]-Processes Wasserburg, G. J.; Busso, M.; Gallino, R. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 466, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/310177	journal	August 1996
Synthesis of Superheavy Elements in the r-Process Schramm, David N.; Fowler, William A. Nature, Vol. 231, Issue 5298 https://doi.org/10.1038/231103a0	journal	May 1971
Evidence of heavy element nucleosynthesis early in the history of the galaxy: The ultra-metal-poor star CS 22892-052 Cowan, John J.; Burris, Debra L.; Sneden, Christopher The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 439 https://doi.org/10.1086/187742	journal	February 1995
Supernova neutrinos and nucleosynthesis Martínez-Pinedo, G.; Fischer, T.; Huther, L. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/41/4/044008	journal	February 2014
The impact of individual nuclear properties on $r$ -process nucleosynthesis Mumpower, M. R.; Surman, R.; McLaughlin, G. C. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2015.09.001	journal	January 2016
Toward precision mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei relevant to r-process nucleosynthesis Sun, B. H.; Litvinov, Yu. A.; Tanihata, I. Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-015-0503-z	journal	August 2015
A Composite Nuclear-Level Density Formula with Shell Corrections Gilbert, A.; Cameron, A. G. W. Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol. 43, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1139/p65-139	journal	August 1965
THE LINK BETWEEN RARE-EARTH PEAK FORMATION AND THE ASTROPHYSICAL SITE OF THE R PROCESS Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, Gail C.; Surman, Rebecca The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 833, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282	journal	December 2016
Low-Energy Magnetic Radiation Frauendorf, S.; Beard, M.; Mumpower, M. EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 93 https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159304002	journal	January 2015
Monte Carlo Simulation for Particle and γ-Ray Emissions in Statistical Hauser-Feshbach Model Kawano, Toshihiko; Talou, Patrick; Chadwick, Mark B. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 47, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1080/18811248.2010.9711637	journal	May 2010
Spectroscopic Studies of Very Metal‐poor Stars with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. III. Light Neutron‐Capture Elements Aoki, Wako; Honda, Satoshi; Beers, Timothy C. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 632, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1086/432862	journal	October 2005
On the dynamics of proto-neutron star winds and r-process nucleosynthesis Panov, I. V.; Janka, H. -Th. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 494, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810292	journal	December 2008
Galactic Evolution of Sr, Y, and Zr: A Multiplicity of Nucleosynthetic Processes Travaglio, Claudia; Gallino, Roberto; Arnone, Enrico The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 601, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/380507	journal	February 2004
Nuclear Properties for Astrophysical and Radioactive-Ion-Beam Applications MÖLler, P.; Nix, J. R.; Kratz, K. -L. Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 66, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1006/adnd.1997.0746	journal	July 1997
Improved predictions of nuclear reaction rates with the TALYS reaction code for astrophysical applications Goriely, S.; Hilaire, S.; Koning, A. J. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 487, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078825	journal	June 2008
What are the astrophysical sites for the r-process and the production of heavy elements? Thielemann, F. -K.; Arcones, A.; Käppeli, R. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 66, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2011.01.032	journal	April 2011
Phenomenological Nuclear Level Densities using the KTUY05 Nuclear Mass Formula for Applications Off-Stability Kawano, Toshihiko; Chiba, Satoshi; Koura, Hiroyuki Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 43, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1080/18811248.2006.9711062	journal	January 2006
Astrophysical Reaction Rates From Statistical Model Calculations Rauscher, Thomas; Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 75, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1006/adnd.2000.0834	journal	May 2000
The impact of uncertain nuclear masses near closed shells on the r -process abundance pattern Mumpower, M.; Surman, R.; Fang, D. L. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 42, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/42/3/034027	journal	February 2015
Nucleosynthesis-relevant conditions in neutrino-driven supernova outflows: I. Spherically symmetric hydrodynamic simulations Arcones, A.; Janka, H. -Th.; Scheck, L. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 467, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066983	journal	March 2007
β -decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei around ¹⁵⁸ Nd, relevant to the formation of the A≈165 rare-earth element peak Wu, J.; Nishimura, S.; Lorusso, G. EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 109 https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610908003	journal	January 2016
Nuclear Ground-State Masses and Deformations Moller, P.; Nix, J. R.; Myers, W. D. Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 59, Issue 2, p. 185-381 https://doi.org/10.1006/adnd.1995.1002	journal	March 1995
Cold r -Process in Neutrino-driven Winds Wanajo, Shinya The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 666, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/521724	journal	August 2007
Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines Metropolis, Nicholas; Rosenbluth, Arianna W.; Rosenbluth, Marshall N. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1699114	journal	June 1953
Beta-decay half-lives of new neutron-rich isotopes of Re, Os and Ir approaching the r-process path near N = 126 Kurtukian-Nieto, T.; Benlliure, J.; Schmidt, K. -H. The European Physical Journal A, Vol. 50, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14135-5	journal	September 2014
Neutron Capture in Low‐Mass Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: Cross Sections and Abundance Signatures Arlandini, Claudio; Kappeler, Franz; Wisshak, Klaus The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 525, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/307938	journal	November 1999
First operation and mass separation with the CARIBU MR-TOF Hirsh, Tsviki Y.; Paul, Nancy; Burkey, Mary Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 376 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.12.037	journal	June 2016
Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy Sneden, Christopher; Cowan, John J.; Gallino, Roberto Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 46, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.46.060407.145207	journal	September 2008
Approaching the precursor nuclei of the third r-process peak with RIBs Domingo-Pardo, C.; Caballero-Folch, R.; Agramunt, J. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 665 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/665/1/012045	journal	January 2016
A Model for Abundances in Metal‐poor Stars Qian, Y. ‐Z.; Wasserburg, G. J. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 559, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/322367	journal	October 2001
Comprehensive nucleosynthesis analysis for ejecta of compact binary mergers Just, O.; Bauswein, A.; Pulpillo, R. Ardevol Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 448, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv009	journal	February 2015
β-decay and β-delayed Neutron Emission Measurements at GSI-FRS Beyond $N = 126$ , for r-process Nucleosynthesis Caballero-Folch, R.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Cortès, G. Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 120 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.07.012	journal	June 2014
Improvements to TITAN’s mass measurement and decay spectroscopy capabilities Lascar, D.; Kwiatkowski, A. A.; Alanssari, M. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 376 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.12.026	journal	June 2016
Nucleosynthesis in the Early Galaxy Montes, F.; Beers, T. C.; Cowan, J. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 671, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/523084	journal	December 2007
Bayesian computation: a statistical revolution Brooks, Stephen P. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 361, Issue 1813 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2003.1263	journal	November 2003
The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries Arnould, M.; Goriely, S.; Takahashi, K. Physics Reports, Vol. 450, Issue 4-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2007.06.002	journal	September 2007
How many Nucleosynthesis Processes Exist at low Metallicity? Hansen, C. J.; Montes, F.; Arcones, A. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 797, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/123	journal	December 2014
RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE WEAK, MAIN, AND FISSION-RECYCLING r -PROCESS Shibagaki, S.; Kajino, T.; Mathews, G. J. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 816, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/816/2/79	journal	January 2016
Spectroscopic Analysis of Metal-Poor Stars from Lamost: Early Results Li, Hai-Ning; Zhao, Gang; Christlieb, Norbert The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 798, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/110	journal	January 2015
DETECTION OF THE SECOND r -PROCESS PEAK ELEMENT TELLURIUM IN METAL-POOR STARS, Roederer, Ian U.; Lawler, James E.; Cowan, John J. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 747, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/747/1/L8	journal	February 2012
Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis in the First Stars Roederer, Ian U.; Preston, George W.; Thompson, Ian B. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 784, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/158	journal	March 2014
Synthesis of the Elements in Stars Burbidge, E. Margaret; Burbidge, G. R.; Fowler, William A. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547	journal	October 1957
Nuclear energy density optimization: Large deformations Kortelainen, M.; McDonnell, J.; Nazarewicz, W. Physical Review C, Vol. 85, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.024304	journal	February 2012
Energy density functional for nuclei and neutron stars Erler, J.; Horowitz, C. J.; Nazarewicz, W. Physical Review C, Vol. 87, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.044320	journal	April 2013
Impact of individual nuclear masses on $r$ -process abundances Mumpower, M. R.; Surman, R.; Fang, D. -L. Physical Review C, Vol. 92, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.035807	journal	September 2015
Experimental Neutron Capture Rate Constraint Far from Stability Liddick, S. N.; Spyrou, A.; Crider, B. P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.242502	journal	June 2016
Impact of Nuclear Mass Uncertainties on the $r$ Process Martin, D.; Arcones, A.; Nazarewicz, W. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.121101	journal	March 2016
The $s$ process: Nuclear physics, stellar models, and observations Käppeler, F.; Gallino, R.; Bisterzo, S. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.83.157	journal	April 2011
Source of the Rare-Earth Element Peak in $r$ -Process Nucleosynthesis Surman, Rebecca; Engel, Jonathan; Bennett, Jonathan R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 79, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1809	journal	September 1997
Formation of the rare-earth peak: Gaining insight into late-time $r$ -process dynamics Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, Rebecca Physical Review C, Vol. 85, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045801	journal	April 2012
New Fission Fragment Distributions and $r$ -Process Origin of the Rare-Earth Elements Goriely, S.; Sida, J. -L.; Lemaître, J. -F. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.242502	journal	December 2013
Bayesian inference in physics von Toussaint, Udo Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.83.943	journal	September 2011
Dynamical $r$ -process studies within the neutrino-driven wind scenario and its sensitivity to the nuclear physics input Arcones, A.; Martínez-Pinedo, G. Physical Review C, Vol. 83, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.045809	journal	April 2011
Influence of neutron capture rates in the rare earth region on the $r$ -process abundance pattern Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, Gail C.; Surman, Rebecca Physical Review C, Vol. 86, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.035803	journal	September 2012
THE RARE EARTH PEAK: AN OVERLOOKED r -PROCESS DIAGNOSTIC Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, Rebecca The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 752, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/117	journal	June 2012
Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. XII. Stiffness and stability of neutron-star matter Goriely, S.; Chamel, N.; Pearson, J. M. Physical Review C, Vol. 82, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.035804	journal	September 2010
Further improvements on a global nuclear mass model Liu, Min; Wang, Ning; Deng, Yangge Physical Review C, Vol. 84, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.014333	journal	July 2011
Nuclidic Mass Formula on a Spherical Basis with an Improved Even-Odd Term Koura, H.; Tachibana, T.; Uno, M. Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1143/PTP.113.305	journal	February 2005
Microscopic mass formulas Duflo, J.; Zuker, A. P. Physical Review C, Vol. 52, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.52.R23	journal	July 1995
New calculations of gross $β$ -decay properties for astrophysical applications: Speeding-up the classical r process Möller, Peter; Pfeiffer, Bernd; Kratz, Karl-Ludwig Physical Review C, Vol. 67, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.67.055802	journal	May 2003
Calculation of delayed-neutron energy spectra in a quasiparticle random-phase approximation–Hauser-Feshbach model Kawano, T.; Möller, P.; Wilson, W. B. Physical Review C, Vol. 78, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.054601	journal	November 2008
Statistical Hauser-Feshbach theory with width-fluctuation correction including direct reaction channels for neutron-induced reactions at low energies Kawano, T.; Capote, R.; Hilaire, S. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.014612	journal	July 2016
Comparison of statistical model calculations for stable isotope neutron capture Beard, M.; Uberseder, E.; Crowter, R. Physical Review C, Vol. 90, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.034619	journal	September 2014
Test of gamma-ray strength functions in nuclear reaction model calculations Kopecky, J.; Uhl, M. Physical Review C, Vol. 41, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.41.1941	journal	May 1990
Local and global nucleon optical models from 1 keV to 200 MeV Koning, A. J.; Delaroche, J. P. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 713, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01321-0	journal	January 2003
$β$ -Decay Half-Lives of 110 Neutron-Rich Nuclei across the $N = 82$ Shell Gap: Implications for the Mechanism and Universality of the Astrophysical $r$ Process Lorusso, G.; Nishimura, S.; Xu, Z. Y. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.192501	journal	May 2015
$β$ 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 Shafer, T.; Engel, J.; Fröhlich, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.055802	journal	November 2016
Large-scale evaluation of $β$ -decay rates of $r$ -process nuclei with the inclusion of first-forbidden transitions Marketin, T.; Huther, L.; Martínez-Pinedo, G. Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.025805	journal	February 2016
Neutron- $γ$ competition for $β$ -delayed neutron emission Mumpower, M. R.; Kawano, T.; Möller, P. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.064317	journal	December 2016
THE ROLE OF FISSION IN NEUTRON STAR MERGERS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE r -PROCESS PEAKS Eichler, M.; Arcones, A.; Kelic, A. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 808, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/30	journal	July 2015
Fission barriers at the end of the chart of the nuclides Möller, Peter; Sierk, Arnold J.; Ichikawa, Takatoshi Physical Review C, Vol. 91, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.024310	journal	February 2015
Computational methods for nucleosynthesis and nuclear energy generation Hix, W. Raphael; Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 109, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00163-6	journal	September 1999
r -PROCESS NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN DYNAMICALLY EJECTED MATTER OF NEUTRON STAR MERGERS Goriely, Stephane; Bauswein, Andreas; Janka, Hans-Thomas The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 738, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/738/2/L32	journal	August 2011
Active-sterile neutrino transformation solution for r -process nucleosynthesis McLaughlin, G. C.; Fetter, J. M.; Balantekin, A. B. Physical Review C, Vol. 59, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.2873	journal	May 1999
Low-Energy Enhancement of Magnetic Dipole Radiation Schwengner, R.; Frauendorf, S.; Larsen, A. C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.232504	journal	December 2013
Precision Mass Measurements beyond ${}^{132}{Sn}$ : Anomalous Behavior of Odd-Even Staggering of Binding Energies Hakala, J.; Dobaczewski, J.; Gorelov, D. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.032501	journal	July 2012
New Half-lives of $r$ -process Zn and Ga Isotopes Measured with Electromagnetic Separation Madurga, M.; Surman, R.; Borzov, I. N. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.112501	journal	September 2012
First Results from the CARIBU Facility: Mass Measurements on the $r$ -Process Path Van Schelt, J.; Lascar, D.; Savard, G. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.061102	journal	August 2013
Novel technique for Constraining $r$ -Process ( $n$ , $γ$ ) Reaction Rates Spyrou, A.; Liddick, S. N.; Larsen, A. C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.232502	journal	December 2014
Precision Mass Measurements of ${}^{129 - 131}{Cd}$ and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process Atanasov, D.; Ascher, P.; Blaum, K. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.232501	journal	December 2015
Mass measurements of neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes Klawitter, R.; Bader, A.; Brodeur, M. Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.045807	journal	April 2016
Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives of Nuclear Reaction Studies with Radioactive Ion Beams Cizewski, J. A.; Nunes, F. M. Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 46, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.46.521	journal	January 2015
$β$ -decay properties of the very neutron-rich isotopes ${}^{86}{Ge}$ and ${}^{86}{As}$ Mazzocchi, C.; Rykaczewski, K. P.; Grzywacz, R. Physical Review C, Vol. 92, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.054317	journal	November 2015
Recent Direct Reaction Experimental Studies with Radioactive Tin Beams Jones, K. L.; Ahn, S.; Allmond, J. M. Acta Physica Polonica B, Vol. 46, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.46.537	journal	January 2015
Half-lives of neutron-rich ${}^{128 - 130}{Cd}$ Dunlop, R.; Bildstein, V.; Dillmann, I. Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.062801	journal	June 2016
Reexamining Gamow-Teller decays near ${}^{78}{Ni}$ Alshudifat, M. F.; Grzywacz, R.; Madurga, M. Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044325	journal	April 2016
$β$ -decay study of ${}^{94}{Kr}$ Miernik, K.; Rykaczewski, K. P.; Grzywacz, R. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.024305	journal	August 2016
First Measurement of Several $β$ -Delayed Neutron Emitting Isotopes Beyond $N = 126$ Caballero-Folch, R.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Agramunt, J. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.012501	journal	June 2016
The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries Arnould, M.; Goriely, S.; Takahashi, K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0705.4512	text	January 2007
Cold r-Process in Neutrino-Driven Winds Wanajo, Shinya arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0706.4360	text	January 2007
Nucleosynthesis in the Early Galaxy Montes, F.; Beers, T. C.; Cowan, J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0709.0417	text	January 2007
Improved predictions of nuclear reaction rates with the TALYS reaction code for astrophysical applications Goriely, S.; Hilaire, S.; Koning, A. J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0806.2239	text	January 2008
R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Dynamically Ejected Matter of Neutron Star Mergers Goriely, Stephane; Bauswein, Andreas; Janka, H. -Thomas arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1107.0899	text	January 2011
Formation Of The Rare Earth Peak: Gaining Insight Into Late-Time r-Process Dynamics Mumpower, Matthew; McLaughlin, Gail; Surman, Rebecca arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1109.3613	text	January 2011
The Influence Of Neutron Capture Rates On The Rare Earth Region Of The r-Process Abundance Pattern Mumpower, M. R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R. A. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1204.0437	text	January 2012
Energy density functional for nuclei and neutron stars Erler, J.; Horowitz, C. J.; Nazarewicz, W. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1211.6292	text	January 2012
First Results from the CARIBU Facility: Mass Measurements on the r-Process Path Van Schelt, J.; Lascar, D.; Savard, G. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1307.0429	text	January 2013
Approaching the precursor nuclei of the third r-process peak with RIBs Domingo-Pardo, C.; Caballero-Folch, R.; Agramunt, J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1309.3047	preprint	January 2013
Supernova neutrinos and nucleosynthesis Martínez-Pinedo, G.; Fischer, T.; Huther, L. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1309.5477	text	January 2013
New fission fragment distributions and r-process origin of the rare-earth elements Goriely, S.; Sida, J. -L.; Lemaitre, J. -F. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1311.5897	text	January 2013
Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis in the First Stars Roederer, Ian U.; Preston, George W.; Thompson, Ian B. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1402.4144	text	January 2014
Comprehensive nucleosynthesis analysis for ejecta of compact binary mergers Just, Oliver; Bauswein, Andreas; Pulpillo, Ricard Ardevol arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1406.2687	text	January 2014
Low-energy magnetic radiation: deviations from GOE Frauendorf, S.; Schwengner, R.; Wimmer, K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1407.1721	text	January 2014
Spectroscopic analysis of metal-poor stars from LAMOST: early results Li, Hai-Ning; Zhao, Gang; Christlieb, Norbert arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1501.03062	text	January 2015
The impact of individual nuclear masses on $r$-process abundances Mumpower, M. R.; Surman, R.; Fang, D. -L. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1505.07789	text	January 2015
Recent direct reaction experimental studies with radioactive tin beams Jones, K. L.; Ahn, S.; Allmond, J. M. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1508.06531	text	January 2015
Impact of nuclear mass uncertainties on the $r$-process Martin, Dirk; Arcones, Almudena; Nazarewicz, Witold arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1512.03158	text	January 2015
The link between rare earth peak formation and the astrophysical site of the $r$ process Mumpower, M. R.; McLaughlin, G. C.; Surman, R. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1603.02600	text	January 2016
A Model for Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars Qian, Y. -Z.; Wasserburg, G. J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0106085	text	January 2001
Galactic Evolution of Sr, Y, Zr: A Multiplicity of Nucleosynthetic Processes Travaglio, Claudia; Gallino, Roberto; Arnone, Enrico arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0310189	text	January 2003
Spectroscopic Studies of Very Metal-Poor Stars with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. III. Light Neutron-Capture Elements Aoki, Wako; Honda, Satoshi; Beers, Timothy C. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0503032	text	January 2005
Neutron capture in low mass Asymptotic Giant Branch stars: cross sections and abundance signatures Arlandini, C.; Kaeppeler, F.; Wisshak, K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9906266	text	January 1999
Computational Methods for Nucleosynthesis and Nuclear Energy Generation Hix, W. R.; Thielemann, F. -K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9906478	preprint	January 1999
Nuclear Ground-State Masses and Deformations Möller, P.; Nix, J. R.; Myers, W. D. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9308022	text	January 1993
Microscopic mass formulae Duflo, J.; Zuker, A. P. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9404019	text	January 1994
Relation between Wigner energy and proton-neutron pairing Bentley, I.; Frauendorf, S. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1202.2795	text	January 2012
Statistical Hauser-Feshbach theory with width fluctuation correction including direct reaction channels for neutron induced reaction at low energies Kawano, T.; Capote, R.; Hilaire, S. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1604.08635	text	January 2016
An Active-Sterile Neutrino Transformation Solution for r-Process Nucleosynthesis McLaughlin, G. C.; Fetter, J. M.; Balantekin, A. B. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9902106	text	January 1999

Cited By (9)

Exploring the mass surface near the rare-earth abundance peak via precision mass measurements at JYFLTRAP Vilen, M.; Kelly, J. M.; Kankainen, A. Physical Review C, Vol. 101, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.101.034312	journal	March 2020
Masses and $β$ -Decay Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Odd-Odd ${}^{160, 162}{Eu}$ Nuclei: Evidence for a Subshell Gap with Large Deformation at $N = 98$ Hartley, D. J.; Kondev, F. G.; Orford, R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.182502	journal	May 2018
r -process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos Horowitz, C. J.; Arcones, A.; Côté, B. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 46, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ab0849	journal	July 2019
β -delayed Fission in r -process Nucleosynthesis Mumpower, M. R.; Kawano, T.; Sprouse, T. M. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 869, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaeaca	journal	December 2018
Influence of nuclear mass uncertainties on radiative neutron-capture rates Ma, C.; Li, Z.; Niu, Z. M. Physical Review C, Vol. 100, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.100.024330	journal	August 2019
Precision Mass Measurements on Neutron-Rich Rare-Earth Isotopes at JYFLTRAP: Reduced Neutron Pairing and Implications for $r$ -Process Calculations Vilen, M.; Kelly, J. M.; Kankainen, A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.262701	journal	June 2018
Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Neodymium and Samarium Isotopes and Their Role in Understanding Rare-Earth Peak Formation Orford, R.; Vassh, N.; Clark, J. A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.262702	journal	June 2018
Precision mass measurements on neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes at JYFLTRAP - reduced neutron pairing and implications for the $r$-process calculations Vilen, M.; Kelly, J. M.; Kankainen, A. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1801.08940	text	January 2018
Exploring the mass surface near the rare-earth abundance peak via precision mass measurements at JYFLTRAP Vilen, M.; Kelly, J. M.; Kankainen, A. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1908.05043	text	January 2019

Similar Records

The Link Between Rare-Earth Peak Formation and the Astrophysical Site of the R Process

Journal Article · Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016 · The Astrophysical Journal (Online) · OSTI ID:1419747

Mumpower, Matthew R.; McLaughlin, Gail C.; Surman, Rebecca; +1 more

HD 222925: A New Opportunity to Explore the Astrophysical and Nuclear Conditions of r-process Sites

Journal Article · Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · The Astrophysical Journal · OSTI ID:1419747

Holmbeck, Erika M.; Surman, Rebecca; Roederer, Ian U.; +2 more

Searching for the origin of the rare-earth peak with precision mass measurements across Ce–Eu isotopic chains

Journal Article · Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. C · OSTI ID:1419747

Orford, R.; Vassh, N.; Clark, J. A.; +15 more

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
nuclear masses
r-process

Title: Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the r process

Citation Formats

References (120)

Cited By (9)

Similar Records

Related Subjects