Proton drip-line calculations and the rp process
Proton drip-line calculations and the rp process
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevc.65.045802
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发表时间:
2002-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
B. A. Brown;R. R. C. Clement-R.;H. Schatz;A. Volya;W. Richter
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作者:
B. A. Brown;R. R. C. Clement-R.;H. Schatz;A. Volya;W. Richter
One-proton and two-proton separation energies are calculated for proton-rich nuclei in the region $ A=41-75 $. The method is based on Skyrme Hartree-Fock calculations of Coulomb displacement energies of mirror nuclei in combination with the experimental masses of the neutron-rich nuclei. The implications for the proton drip line and the astrophysical rp-process are discussed. This is done within the framework of a detailed analysis of the sensitivity of rp process calculations in type I X-ray burst models on nuclear masses. We find that the remaining mass uncertainties, in particular for some nuclei with $N=Z$, still lead to large uncertainties in calculations of X-ray burst light curves. Further experimental or theoretical improvements of nuclear mass data are necessary before observed X-ray burst light curves can be used to obtain quantitative constraints on ignition conditions and neutron star properties. We identify a list of nuclei for which improved mass data would be most important.