Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007phrvc..76d5802g&link_type=abstract
Physical Review C, vol. 76, Issue 4, id. 045802
Physics
Nuclear Physics
8
Fusion And Fusion-Fission Reactions, Forces In Hadronic Systems And Effective Interactions, Optical And Diffraction Models, Nuclear Physics Aspects Of Novae, Supernovae, And Other Explosive Environments
Scientific paper
The goal of this paper is to test and justify the use of the São Paulo potential model for calculating astrophysical S factors for reactions involving stable and neutron-rich nuclei. In particular, we focus on the theoretical description of S factors at low energies. This is important for evaluating the reaction rates in dense stellar matter. We calculate the S factors for a number of reactions (O16+O16, O20+O20, O20+Ne26, O20+Mg32, Ne26+Ne26, Ne26+Mg32, Mg32+Mg32, O22+O22, O24+O24) with the São Paulo potential in the framework of a one-dimensional barrier penetration model. This approach can be easily applied for many other reactions involving different isotopes. To test the consistency of the model predictions, we compare our calculations with those performed within the coupled-channels and fermionic molecular dynamics models. Calculated S factors are parametrized by a simple analytic formula. The main properties and uncertainties of reaction rates (appropriate to dense matter in cores of massive white dwarfs and crusts of accreting neutron stars) are outlined.
Afanasjev A. V.
Beard Mary
Gasques Leandro Romero
Lubian J.
Neff Thomas
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