The puzzle of the synthesis of the rare nuclide 138La

Details The puzzle of the synthesis of the rare nuclide 138La The puzzle of the synthesis of the rare nuclide 138La

2001-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107121v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages to be published by A&A Letters

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20010956

The calculations of the p-process in the O/Ne layers of Type II supernovae are quite successful in reproducung the solar system content of p-nuclides. They predict, however, a significant underproduction of the rare odd-odd nuclide 138La. A model for the explosion of a 25 Mo star with solar metallicity is used to suggest that electron neutrino captures on 138Ba may well be its most efficient production mechanism. The responsibility of an inadequate prediction of the 138La and 139La photodisintegration rates in the too low production of 138La is also examined quantitatively. A detailed discussion of the theoretical uncertainties in these rates suggest that the required rate changes are probably too high to be fully plausible. Their measurement would be most welcome. They would help disentangling the relative contributions of thermonuclear and neutrino processes to the 138La production.

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