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Nuclear structure studies at ISOLDE and their impact on the astrophysical r-process

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The focus of the present review is the production of the heaviest elements in nature via the r-process. A correct understanding and modeling requires the knowledge of nuclear properties far from stability and a detailed prescription of the astrophysical environment. Experiments at CERN/ISOLDE have played a pioneering role in exploring the characteristics of nuclear structure in terms of masses and β-decay properties. Initial examinations paid attention to far unstable nuclei with magic neutron numbers related to r-process peaks, while present activities are centered on the evolution of shell effects with the distance from the valley of stability. We first show in site-independent applications the effect of both types of nuclear properties on r-process abundances. Then, we explore the results of calculations related to two different “realistic”astrophysical sites, (i) the supernova neutrino wind and (ii) neutron star mergers. We close with a list of remaining theoretical and experimental challenges needed to overcome for a full understanding of the nature of the r-process, and the role CERN/ISOLDE can play in this process.

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    Karl-Ludwig Kratz & Bernd Pfeiffer

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Kratz, KL., Pfeiffer, B., Thielemann, FK. et al. Nuclear structure studies at ISOLDE and their impact on the astrophysical r-process. Hyperfine Interactions 129, 185–221 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012694723985

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