Light-Element Reaction Flow and the Conditions for r-Process Nucleosynthesis

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2005-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507393v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to ApJ, 14pages, 2figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/504507

We deduce new constraints on the entropy per baryon ($s/k$), dynamical timescale ($\tau_{dyn}$), and electron fraction ($Y_{e}$) consistent with heavy element nucleosynthesis in the r-process. We show that the previously neglected reaction flow throu gh the reaction sequence \atg (n,$\gamma$)\Li~ significantly enhances the production of seed nuclei. We analyze the r-process nucleosynthesis in the context of a schematic exponential wi nd model. We show that fewer neutrons per seed nucleus implies that the entropy per baryon required for successful r-process nucleosynthesis must be more than a factor of two higher than previous estimates. This places new constraints on dynamical mo dels for the r-process.

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