Evolution of β-decay half-lives in stellar environments

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Ante Ravlić
• Author: E. Yüksel
• Author: Y. F. Niu
• Author: Nils Paar
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Physics)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics

Abstract (english)

β-decay properties of nuclei are investigated within the relativistic nuclear energy density functional framework by varying the temperature and density, conditions relevant to the final stages of stellar evolution. Both thermal and nuclear pairing effects are taken into account in the description of nuclear properties and in the finite-temperature proton-neutron relativistic quasiparticle random-phase approximation (FT- PNRQRPA) to calculate the relevant allowed and first-forbidden transitions in the β decay. The temperature and density effects are studied on the β-decay half-lives at temperatures T = 0–1.5 MeV and at densities ρY_e = 10^7 g/cm^3 and 10^9 g/cm^3. The relevant Gamow-Teller transitions are also investigated for Ti, Fe, Cd, and Sn isotopic chains at finite-temperatures. We find that the β- decay half-lives increase with increasing density ρ Y e, whereas half-lives generally decrease with increasing temperature. It is shown that the temperature effects decrease the half-lives considerably in nuclei with longer half-lives at zero temperature, while only slight changes for nuclei with short half-lives are obtained. We also show the importance of including the de-excitation transitions in the calculation of the β-decay half-lives at finite-temperatures. Comparing the FT-PNQRPA results with the shell-model calculations for p f -shell nuclei, a reasonable agreement is obtained for the temperature dependence of β-decay rates. Finally, large-scale calculations of β-decay half-lives are performed at temperatures T_9 (K) = 5 and T_9 (K) = 10 and densities ρY_e = 10^7 and 10^9 g/cm^3 for even- even nuclei in the range 8 ≤ Z ≤ 82, relevant for astrophysical nucleosynthesis mechanisms.

• Keywords (english): β -decay; stellar environments
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Physical Review C
• Numbering: vol. 104, no. 5, 054318
• p-ISSN: 2469-9985
• e-ISSN: 2469-9993
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.054318
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:856278
• Publication: 2021-11-29
• Project: Number: KK.01.1.1.01.0004; Title (croatian): Provedba vrhunskih istraživanja u sklopu Znanstvenog centra izvrsnosti za kvantne i kompleksne sustave te reprezentacije Liejevih algebri; Title (english): Implementation of top research within the Scientific Center of Excellence for Quantum and Complex Systems, and Representations of Lie Algebras; Acronym: QuantiXLie; Leader: Hrvoje Buljan; Jurisdiction: eu; Funding stream: European Regional Development Fund
• Document URL: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.054318
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Public note: © 2021 American Physical Society. Received 1 September 2021; revised 18 October 2021; accepted 10 November 2021; published 29 November 2021.
• Created on: 2024-09-14 17:19:03