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Nuclear physics far from stability and explosive nucleosynthesis processes

Joachim GörresKarl KratzFriedrich-karl ThielemannHendrik SchatzMichael WiescherB. PfeifferM. Hannawald

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PhysicsNuclear physicsLuminosity (scattering theory)Stellar nucleosynthesisExplosive materialNucleosynthesisAstrophysics::Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsObservableAstrophysicsNuclear ExperimentKey featuresStability (probability)

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In this paper, we discuss the astrophysically relevant nuclear-physics input for a selected set of explosive nucleosynthesis scenarios leading to rapid protonand neutron-capture processes. Observables (like,e.g., luminosity curves or abundance distributions) witness the interplay between nuclear-structure aspects far from β-stability and the appropriate astrophysical environments, and can give guidance to and constraints on stellar conditions and/or key features of reaction and decay data for radioactive isotopes.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03035991