Lepton capture rates due to isotopes of vanadium in astrophysical environment

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Main Authors: Shehzadi, Ramoona, Nabi, Jameel-Un, Farooq, Fakeha
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Published: 2025
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author Shehzadi, Ramoona
Nabi, Jameel-Un
Farooq, Fakeha
author_facet Shehzadi, Ramoona
Nabi, Jameel-Un
Farooq, Fakeha
contents Lepton (electron and positron) capture rates on iron-regime nuclei are an essential element for modeling the late stages in the evolution of massive stars that end as core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae. Previous simulation studies suggest that lepton capture (LC) rates on isotopes of vanadium have a substantial effect in regulating the electron fraction (Ye) during the final evolutionary phases. The present work involves the calculation of LC rates for 22 isotopes of vanadium using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (pn-QRPA) model. The considered mass range is from A = 43 to 64. The LC rates are computed over stellar densities ranging from 10^1 to 10^11 g/cm^3 and temperatures in the range 10^7 to 3 x 10^10 K. A comparison of our LC rates with those obtained using other models (IPM and LSSM) is also presented. Compared to other models, the pn-QRPA rates at high temperature (3 x 10^10 K) are larger by 1-2 orders of magnitude.
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spellingShingle Lepton capture rates due to isotopes of vanadium in astrophysical environment
Shehzadi, Ramoona
Nabi, Jameel-Un
Farooq, Fakeha
Nuclear Theory
Lepton (electron and positron) capture rates on iron-regime nuclei are an essential element for modeling the late stages in the evolution of massive stars that end as core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae. Previous simulation studies suggest that lepton capture (LC) rates on isotopes of vanadium have a substantial effect in regulating the electron fraction (Ye) during the final evolutionary phases. The present work involves the calculation of LC rates for 22 isotopes of vanadium using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (pn-QRPA) model. The considered mass range is from A = 43 to 64. The LC rates are computed over stellar densities ranging from 10^1 to 10^11 g/cm^3 and temperatures in the range 10^7 to 3 x 10^10 K. A comparison of our LC rates with those obtained using other models (IPM and LSSM) is also presented. Compared to other models, the pn-QRPA rates at high temperature (3 x 10^10 K) are larger by 1-2 orders of magnitude.
title Lepton capture rates due to isotopes of vanadium in astrophysical environment
topic Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09212