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        Charged-particle and neutron-capture processes in the high-entropy wind of core-collapse supernovae

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        Farouqi, K.
        Kratz, K.L.
        Pfeiffer, B.
        Rauscher, T.
        Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl
        Truran, J. W.
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        2299/11370
        Abstract
        The astrophysical site of the r-process is still uncertain, and a full exploration of the systematics of this process in terms of its dependence on nuclear properties from stability to the neutron drip-line within realistic stellar environments has still to be undertaken. Sufficiently high neutron-to-seed ratios can only be obtained either in very neutron-rich low-entropy environments or moderately neutron-rich high-entropy environments, related to neutron star mergers (or jets of neutron star matter) and the high-entropy wind of core-collapse supernova explosions. As chemical evolution models seem to disfavor neutron star mergers, we focus here on high-entropy environments characterized by entropy S, electron abundance Y(e), and expansion velocity V(exp). We investigate the termination point of charged-particle reactions, and we define a maximum entropy S(final) for a given V(exp) and Y(e), beyond which the seed production of heavy elements fails due to the very small matter density. We then investigate whether an r-process subsequent to the charged-particle freeze-out can in principle be understood on the basis of the classical approach, which assumes a chemical equilibrium between neutron captures and photodisintegrations, possibly followed by a beta-flow equilibrium. In particular, we illustrate how long such a chemical equilibrium approximation holds, how the freeze-out from such conditions affects the abundance pattern, and which role the late capture of neutrons originating from beta-delayed neutron emission can play. Furthermore, we analyze the impact of nuclear properties from different theoretical mass models on the final abundances after these late freeze-out phases and beta-decays back to stability. As only a superposition of astrophysical conditions can provide a good fit to the solar r-abundances, the question remains how such superpositions are attained, resulting in the apparently robust r-process pattern observed in low metallicity stars.
        Publication date
        2010-04-01
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        The Astrophysical Journal
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        https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/712/2/1359
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/11370
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