Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aps..aprq12008v&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, 2009 APS April Meeting, May 2-5, 2009, abstract #Q12.008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Precision mass measurements of species near the path of the astrophysical r-process---expected to occur in core-collapse supernovae or neutron star mergers---are vital to reduce the uncertainties in the relevant neutron separation energies given by mass models and the consequent predictions of nucleosynthesis yields. As part of an ongoing program, the Canadian Penning Trap mass spectrometer at Argonne National Laboratory is measuring the masses of fission products from a 150 μCi ^252Cf source placed inside a large-volume He gas catcher. Presented measurements include Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, and Gd to N = 96, 97, 98, 99, 98, and 99 respectively with precisions near 15 keV/c^2, and our results differ from the AME 2003 by up to 390 keV/c^2. Measurements of many more neutron-rich isotopes will be made in 2009 at the CARIBU upgrade to the ATLAS accelerator at ANL, which is approaching operation.
Caldwell S.
Clark Adam J.
Fallis Jennifer
Greene John P.
Lascar Daniel
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