7–9 Feb 2017
Radisson Hotel Lansing
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Impact of fission in the r-process nucleosynthesis: an energy density functional study

9 Feb 2017, 09:45
15m
Radisson Hotel Lansing

Radisson Hotel Lansing

111 N Grand Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
Talk [Main Conference] Contributed talk Session 9

Speaker

Mr Samuel Andrea Giuliani (Tu Darmstadt)

Description

We computed the fission properties of nuclei in the range $84 \le Z \le 120$ and $118 \le N \le 250$ using the Barcelona-Catania-Paris-Madrid (BCPM) Energy Density Functional (EDF). For the first time a set of spontaneous and neutron-induced fission rates were obtained from a microscopic calculation of nuclear collective inertias. These fission rates were used as a nuclear input in the estimation of nucleosynthesis yields on neutron star mergers. We founded that the increased stability against the fission process predicted by BCPM allows the formation of nuclei up to $A=286$. This constitutes a first step in a systematic exploration of different sets of fission rates on r-process abundance predictions.

Primary authors

Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo (GSI Darmstadt and TU Darmstadt) Luis Miguel Robledo (Universidad Autonoma Madrid) Meng-Ru Wu (Niels Bohr Institute) Mr Samuel Andrea Giuliani (Tu Darmstadt)

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