Study of Gamow-Teller strength and associated weak-rates on odd-A nuclei in stellar matter

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Main Authors: Majid, Muhammad, Nabi, Jameel-Un, Riaz, Muhammad
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author Majid, Muhammad
Nabi, Jameel-Un
Riaz, Muhammad
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Nabi, Jameel-Un
Riaz, Muhammad
contents In a recent study by Cole et al., it was concluded that QRPA calculations show larger deviations and overestimate the total experimental Gamow-Teller (GT) strength. It was also concluded that QRPA calculated electron capture rates exhibit larger deviation than those derived from the measured GT strength distributions. The main purpose of this study is to probe the findings of the Cole et al. paper. This study gives useful information on the performance of QRPA-based nuclear models. As per simulation results, the capturing of electrons that occur on medium heavy isotopes have a significant role in decreasing the ratio of electron-to-baryon content of the stellar interior during the late stages of core evolution. We report the calculation of allowed charge-changing transitions strength for odd-A fp-shell nuclei (45Sc and 55Mn) by employing the deformed pn-QRPA approach. The computed GT transition strength is compared with previous theoretical calculations and measured data. For stellar applications the corresponding electron capture rates are computed and compared with rates using previously calculated and measured Gamow-Teller values. Our finding show that our calculated results are in decent accordance with measured data. At higher stellar temperature our calculated electron capture rates are larger than those calculated by Independent Particle Model (IPM) and shell model. It was further concluded that at low temperature and high density regions the positron emission weak-rates from 45Sc and 55Mn may be neglected in simulation codes.
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spellingShingle Study of Gamow-Teller strength and associated weak-rates on odd-A nuclei in stellar matter
Majid, Muhammad
Nabi, Jameel-Un
Riaz, Muhammad
Nuclear Theory
In a recent study by Cole et al., it was concluded that QRPA calculations show larger deviations and overestimate the total experimental Gamow-Teller (GT) strength. It was also concluded that QRPA calculated electron capture rates exhibit larger deviation than those derived from the measured GT strength distributions. The main purpose of this study is to probe the findings of the Cole et al. paper. This study gives useful information on the performance of QRPA-based nuclear models. As per simulation results, the capturing of electrons that occur on medium heavy isotopes have a significant role in decreasing the ratio of electron-to-baryon content of the stellar interior during the late stages of core evolution. We report the calculation of allowed charge-changing transitions strength for odd-A fp-shell nuclei (45Sc and 55Mn) by employing the deformed pn-QRPA approach. The computed GT transition strength is compared with previous theoretical calculations and measured data. For stellar applications the corresponding electron capture rates are computed and compared with rates using previously calculated and measured Gamow-Teller values. Our finding show that our calculated results are in decent accordance with measured data. At higher stellar temperature our calculated electron capture rates are larger than those calculated by Independent Particle Model (IPM) and shell model. It was further concluded that at low temperature and high density regions the positron emission weak-rates from 45Sc and 55Mn may be neglected in simulation codes.
title Study of Gamow-Teller strength and associated weak-rates on odd-A nuclei in stellar matter
topic Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18199