Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics

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Jun 2003

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CAPTURE GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED TOPICS. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium. Held 2-6 September 2002

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We investigate the impact of nuclear structure on simulations of various nucleosynthesis processes. Examples are given from the rp-process (rapid proton capture) which is thought to occur in the atmosphere of x-ray bursting binary star systems. The rp-process proceeds by the hot CNO cycle, α-burning, and finally to masses above 56Ni all the way to the Sn-Te region of nuclei. The rp-process is characterized by a number of even-even N=Z waiting point nuclei that determine the time-scale, the process path, the energy generation, and the resulting isotopic abundances. We investigate the impact of nuclear masses and nuclear structure near two of these rp-process waiting points at A=68 and 80.

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