http://prc.aps.org/ Recently published articles in Phys. Rev. C in the Table of Content section "Nuclear Astrophysics" en-us Copyright (c) 2008 The American Physical Society 2008-05-07T08:05:09-04:00 assocpub@aps.org rss@aps.org hourly 4 2008-05-07T08:05:09-04:00 rss@aps.org http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.055801 Author(s): E. Strandberg, M. Beard, M. Couder, A. Couture, S. Falahat, J. Görres, P. J. LeBlanc, H. Y. Lee, S. O'Brien, A. Palumbo, E. Stech, W. P. Tan, C. Ugalde, M. Wiescher, H. Costantini, K. Scheller, M. Pignatari, R. Azuma, and L. Buchmann<br/>The reaction ^{24} Mg(α,γ) ^{28} Si is involved in the nucleosynthesis of ^{24} Mg and ^{28} Si in massive stars. The reaction has not been examined with sufficient sensitivity at α-particle energies below 1.5 MeV. Several ^{28} Si states appear favorable for formation by this reaction in the α-...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 055801] Published Mon May 05, 2008 E. Strandberg, M. Beard, M. Couder, A. Couture, S. Falahat, J. Görres, P. J. LeBlanc, H. Y. Lee, S. O'Brien, A. Palumbo, E. Stech, W. P. Tan, C. Ugalde, M. Wiescher, H. Costantini, K. Scheller, M. Pignatari, R. Azuma, and L. Buchmann 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.055801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 055801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 5 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 055801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045807 Author(s): C. J. Horowitz, H. Dussan, and D. K. Berry<br/>Fusion reactions in the crust of an accreting neutron star are an important source of heat, and the depth at which these reactions occur is important for determining the temperature profile of the star. Fusion reactions depend strongly on the nuclear charge Z. Nuclei with Z⩽6 can fuse at low densi...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045807] Published Tue Apr 29, 2008 C. J. Horowitz, H. Dussan, and D. K. Berry 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045807 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045807 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 045807 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045806 Author(s): O. Civitarese and M. E. Mosquera<br/>The mixing between sterile and active neutrinos is taken into account in the calculation of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The abundances of primordial elements, like D, ^{3} He, ^{4} He, and ^{7} Li, are calculated by including sterile neutrinos and by using finite chemical potentials. It is found that ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045806] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 O. Civitarese and M. E. Mosquera 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045806 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045806 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 045806 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045805 Author(s): A. M. Santos, L. Brito, and C. Providência<br/>Unstable modes in asymmetric nuclear matter (ANM) at subsaturation densities are studied in the framework of relativistic mean-field density-dependent hadron models. The size of the instabilities that drive the system are calculated and a comparison with results obtained within the nonlinear Walecka...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045805] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 A. M. Santos, L. Brito, and C. Providência 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045805 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045805 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 045805 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.042802 Author(s): G. Lotay, P. J. Woods, D. Seweryniak, M. P. Carpenter, N. Hoteling, R. V. Janssens, D. G. Jenkins, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Robinson, and S. Zhu<br/>The first in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy study of ^{24} Al is presented. A complete level structure of ^{24} Al incorporating all states below the proton-emission threshold, has been constructed. The first excited state above the proton threshold has also been identified as a 3^{+} state at 2345.1 ± 1...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 042802] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 G. Lotay, P. J. Woods, D. Seweryniak, M. P. Carpenter, N. Hoteling, R. V. Janssens, D. G. Jenkins, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Robinson, and S. Zhu 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.042802 Phys. Rev. C 77, 042802 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 042802 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045804 Author(s): P. Yue and H. Shen<br/>We study the effects of strong magnetic fields on antikaon condensation in neutron star matter using the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model. The QMC model describes a nuclear many-body system as nonoverlapping MIT bags in which quarks interact through the self-consistent exchange of scalar and vector ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045804] Published Fri Apr 25, 2008 P. Yue and H. Shen 2008-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045804 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045804 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 045804 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045803 Author(s): John R. Laeter<br/>An important constraint in developing models of p-process nucleosynthesis is that the abundances of many of the p-process nuclides are not well known. A recent review of the p-process has identified six p-process nuclides that are of particular significance to p-process theorists [M. Arnould and S. ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045803] Published Wed Apr 23, 2008 John R. Laeter 2008-04-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045803 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045803 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-23T00:00:00-04:00 045803 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.042801 Author(s): M. G. Pellegriti, F. Hammache, P. Roussel, L. Audouin, D. Beaumel, P. Descouvemont, S. Fortier, L. Gaudefroy, J. Kiener, A. Lefebvre-Schuhl, M. Stanoiu, V. Tatischeff, and M. Vilmay<br/>The ^{13} C(α,n) ^{16} O reaction is considered the main neutron source for the s process in low mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In the Gamow peak, the cross section sensitively depends on the 1/2^{+} subthreshold state of ^{17} O (E_{x} =6.356 MeV). In this work, we determined the astrop...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 042801] Published Tue Apr 22, 2008 M. G. Pellegriti, F. Hammache, P. Roussel, L. Audouin, D. Beaumel, P. Descouvemont, S. Fortier, L. Gaudefroy, J. Kiener, A. Lefebvre-Schuhl, M. Stanoiu, V. Tatischeff, and M. Vilmay 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.042801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 042801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 042801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045802 Author(s): C. Iliadis, C. Angulo, P. Descouvemont, M. Lugaro, and P. Mohr<br/>The ^{16} O(p,γ) ^{17} F reaction rate is revisited with special emphasis on the stellar temperature range of T=60-100 MK, important for hot bottom burning in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. We evaluate existing cross-section data that were obtained since 1958 and, if appropriate, correct publ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045802] Published Mon Apr 07, 2008 C. Iliadis, C. Angulo, P. Descouvemont, M. Lugaro, and P. Mohr 2008-04-07T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045802 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045802 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-07T00:00:00-04:00 045802 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045801 Author(s): T. K. Jha, H. Mishra, and V. Sreekanth<br/>We study the effect of rotation on the global properties of a neutron star with a hyperon core in an effective chiral model with varying nucleon effective masses within a mean-field approach. The resulting gross properties of the rotating compact star sequences are then compared and analyzed with ot...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 045801] Published Tue Apr 01, 2008 T. K. Jha, H. Mishra, and V. Sreekanth 2008-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 045801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 4 2008-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 045801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035806 Author(s): Hidetaka Sonoda, Gentaro Watanabe, Katsuhiko Sato, Kenji Yasuoka, and Toshikazu Ebisuzaki<br/>We examine the model dependence of the phase diagram of inhomogeneous nulcear matter in supernova cores using the quantum molecular dynamics (QMD). Inhomogeneous matter includes crystallized matter with nonspherical nuclei—“pasta” phases—and the liquid-gas phase-separating nuclear matter. Ma...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035806] Published Tue Mar 25, 2008 Hidetaka Sonoda, Gentaro Watanabe, Katsuhiko Sato, Kenji Yasuoka, and Toshikazu Ebisuzaki 2008-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035806 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035806 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 035806 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035805 Author(s): Andrew W. Steiner<br/>A fully self-consistent model of the neutron star inner crust based upon models of the nucleonic equation of state at zero temperature is constructed. The results nearly match those of previous calculations of the inner crust given the same input equation of state. The extent to which the uncertaint...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035805] Published Tue Mar 18, 2008 Andrew W. Steiner 2008-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035805 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035805 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 035805 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035804 Author(s): J. Beun, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, and W. R. Hix<br/>Recent halo star abundance observations exhibit an important feature of consequence to the r process: the presence of a main r process between the second and third peaks that is consistent among halo stars. We explore fission cycling and steady β flow as the driving mechanisms behind this feature. ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035804] Published Thu Mar 13, 2008 J. Beun, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, and W. R. Hix 2008-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035804 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035804 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 035804 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.032801 Author(s): Alexandros Gezerlis and J. Carlson<br/>Experiments with cold Fermi atoms can be tuned to probe strongly-interacting fluids that are very similar to the low-density neutron matter found in the crusts of neutron stars. In contrast to traditional superfluids and superconductors, matter in this regime is very strongly paired, with gaps of th...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 032801] Published Wed Mar 12, 2008 Alexandros Gezerlis and J. Carlson 2008-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.032801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 032801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 032801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035803 Author(s): S. Mythili, B. Davids, T. K. Alexander, G. C. Ball, M. Chicoine, R. S. Chakrawarthy, R. Churchman, J. S. Forster, S. Gujrathi, G. Hackman, D. Howell, R. Kanungo, J. R. Leslie, E. Padilla, C. J. Pearson, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, M. A. Schumaker, I. Tanihata, C. Vockenhuber, P. Walden, and S. Yen<br/>The ^{15} O(α,γ) ^{19} Ne reaction plays a role in the ignition of type I x-ray bursts on accreting neutron stars. The lifetimes of states in ^{19} Ne above the ^{15} O+α threshold of 3.53 MeV are important inputs to calculations of the astrophysical reaction rate. These levels in ^{19} Ne were p...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035803] Published Tue Mar 11, 2008 S. Mythili, B. Davids, T. K. Alexander, G. C. Ball, M. Chicoine, R. S. Chakrawarthy, R. Churchman, J. S. Forster, S. Gujrathi, G. Hackman, D. Howell, R. Kanungo, J. R. Leslie, E. Padilla, C. J. Pearson, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, M. A. Schumaker, I. Tanihata, C. Vockenhuber, P. Walden, and S. Yen 2008-03-11T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035803 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035803 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-11T00:00:00-04:00 035803 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035802 Author(s): G. Tagliente et al. n_TOF Collaboration<br/>The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes have important implications in nuclear astrophysics and for reactor design. The small cross section of the neutron magic nucleus ^{90} Zr, which accounts for more than 50% of natural zirconium represents one of the key isotopes for the stellar s-...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035802] Published Tue Mar 11, 2008 G. Tagliente et al. n_TOF Collaboration 2008-03-11T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035802 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035802 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-11T00:00:00-04:00 035802 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035801 Author(s): C. Ugalde, R. E. Azuma, A. Couture, J. Görres, H. Y. Lee, E. Stech, E. Strandberg, W. Tan, and M. Wiescher<br/>The ^{19} F(α,p) ^{22} Ne reaction is considered to be one of the main sources of fluorine depletion in AGB and Wolf-Rayet stars. The reaction rate still retains large uncertainties due to the lack of experimental studies available. In this work the yields for both exit channels to the ground state...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 035801] Published Mon Mar 10, 2008 C. Ugalde, R. E. Azuma, A. Couture, J. Görres, H. Y. Lee, E. Stech, E. Strandberg, W. Tan, and M. Wiescher 2008-03-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.035801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 035801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 3 2008-03-10T00:00:00-04:00 035801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025803 Author(s): V. Dexheimer, S. Schramm, and D. Zschiesche<br/>We investigate the properties of isospin-symmetric nuclear matter and neutron stars in a chiral model approach adopting the SU(2) parity-doublet formulation. This ansatz explicitly incorporates chiral symmetry restoration with the limit of degenerate masses of the nucleons and their parity partners....<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 025803] Published Tue Feb 26, 2008 V. Dexheimer, S. Schramm, and D. Zschiesche 2008-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025803 Phys. Rev. C 77, 025803 text/html article Physical Review C 77 2 2008-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 025803 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025802 Author(s): P. Gögelein, E. N. Dalen, C. Fuchs, and H. Müther<br/>Properties of inhomogeneous nuclear matter are evaluated within a relativistic mean-field approximation by using density-dependent coupling constants. A parametrization for these coupling constants is presented that reproduces the properties of the nucleon self-energy obtained in Dirac-Brueckner-Har...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 025802] Published Wed Feb 20, 2008 P. Gögelein, E. N. Dalen, C. Fuchs, and H. Müther 2008-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025802 Phys. Rev. C 77, 025802 text/html article Physical Review C 77 2 2008-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 025802 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025801 Author(s): F. Yang and H. Shen<br/>We study the hadron-quark phase transition in the interior of neutron stars. The relativistic mean field (RMF) theory is adopted to describe the hadronic matter phase, while the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model is used for the quark matter phase. The influence of the hadronic equation of state on the ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 025801] Published Mon Feb 11, 2008 F. Yang and H. Shen 2008-02-11T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.025801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 025801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 2 2008-02-11T00:00:00-05:00 025801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015810 Author(s): Takumi Muto<br/>The possible coexistence and/or competition of kaon condensation with hyperons are investigated in hyperonic matter, where hyperons are mixed in the ground state of neutron-star matter. The formulation is based on the effective chiral Lagrangian for the kaon-baryon interaction and the nonrelativisti...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015810] Published Thu Jan 31, 2008 Takumi Muto 2008-01-31T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015810 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015810 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-31T00:00:00-05:00 015810 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015809 Author(s): S. Chiba, H. Koura, T. Hayakawa, T. Maruyama, T. Kawano, and T. Kajino<br/>The direct and semi-direct (DSD) components of the neutron capture cross sections are calculated for a series of tin isotopes by employing a single-particle potential (SPP) that gives a good reproduction of the known single-particle energies (SPEs) over a wide mass region. The results are compared w...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015809] Published Tue Jan 29, 2008 S. Chiba, H. Koura, T. Hayakawa, T. Maruyama, T. Kawano, and T. Kajino 2008-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015809 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015809 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 015809 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015808 Author(s): M. Heil, F. Käppeler, E. Uberseder, R. Gallino, and M. Pignatari<br/>Neutron capture nucleosynthesis in massive stars plays an important role in galactic chemical evolution as well as for the analysis of abundance patterns in very old metal-poor halo stars. The so-called weak s-process component, which is responsible for most of the s abundances between Fe and Sr, tu...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015808] Published Tue Jan 29, 2008 M. Heil, F. Käppeler, E. Uberseder, R. Gallino, and M. Pignatari 2008-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015808 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015808 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 015808 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015807 Author(s): R. González Felipe, A. Pérez Martínez, H. Pérez Rojas, and M. Orsaria<br/>Strange quark matter could be found in the core of neutron stars or forming strange quark stars. As is well known, these astrophysical objects are endowed with strong magnetic fields that affect the microscopic properties of matter and modify the macroscopic properties of the system. In this article...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015807] Published Thu Jan 24, 2008 R. González Felipe, A. Pérez Martínez, H. Pérez Rojas, and M. Orsaria 2008-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015807 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015807 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 015807 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015806 Author(s): A. M. Alpizar-Vicente, T. A. Bredeweg, E.-I. Esch, U. Greife, R. C. Haight, R. Hatarik, J. M. O'Donnell, R. Reifarth, R. S. Rundberg, J. L. Ullmann, D. J. Vieira, and J. M. Wouters<br/>The neutron capture cross section of ^{62} Ni has been measured in the energy range relevant to the astrophysical s-process and Maxwellian-averaged cross sections (MACS) were extracted. The experiment was performed with an enriched ^{62} Ni sample at a white neutron source using a 160 segment BaF_{2...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015806] Published Wed Jan 23, 2008 A. M. Alpizar-Vicente, T. A. Bredeweg, E.-I. Esch, U. Greife, R. C. Haight, R. Hatarik, J. M. O'Donnell, R. Reifarth, R. S. Rundberg, J. L. Ullmann, D. J. Vieira, and J. M. Wouters 2008-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015806 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015806 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 015806 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015805 Author(s): G. H. Bordbar and M. Bigdeli<br/>In this paper, we calculate properties of the spin polarized asymmetrical nuclear matter and neutron star matter, using the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method with the AV_{18} , Reid93, UV_{14} , and AV_{14} potentials. According to our results, the spontaneous phase transition to a ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015805] Published Wed Jan 16, 2008 G. H. Bordbar and M. Bigdeli 2008-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015805 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015805 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 015805 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015804 Author(s): R. Reifarth, M. Heil, C. Forssén, U. Besserer, A. Couture, S. Dababneh, L. Dörr, J. Görres, R. C. Haight, F. Käppeler, A. Mengoni, S. O'Brien, N. Patronis, R. Plag, R. S. Rundberg, M. Wiescher, and J. B. Wilhelmy<br/>The neutron capture cross section of ^{14} C is of relevance for several nucleosynthesis scenarios such as inhomogeneous Big Bang models, neutron induced CNO cycles, and neutrino driven wind models for the r process. The ^{14} C(n,γ) reaction is also important for the validation of the Coulomb diss...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015804] Published Tue Jan 15, 2008 R. Reifarth, M. Heil, C. Forssén, U. Besserer, A. Couture, S. Dababneh, L. Dörr, J. Görres, R. C. Haight, F. Käppeler, A. Mengoni, S. O'Brien, N. Patronis, R. Plag, R. S. Rundberg, M. Wiescher, and J. B. Wilhelmy 2008-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015804 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015804 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 015804 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015803 Author(s): J. Hasper, S. Müller, D. Savran, L. Schnorrenberger, K. Sonnabend, and A. Zilges<br/>We have investigated the photoneutron cross section of the isotopes ^{148,150} Nd, ^{154} Sm, and ^{154,160} Gd close to the neutron emission threshold in photoactivation experiments at the superconducting Darmstadt electron linear accelerator S-DALINAC. Naturally composed targets were activated wit...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015803] Published Mon Jan 14, 2008 J. Hasper, S. Müller, D. Savran, L. Schnorrenberger, K. Sonnabend, and A. Zilges 2008-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015803 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015803 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 015803 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015802 Author(s): A. Couture, M. Beard, M. Couder, J. Görres, L. Lamm, P. J. LeBlanc, H. Y. Lee, S. O'Brien, A. Palumbo, E. Stech, E. Strandberg, W. Tan, E. Uberseder, C. Ugalde, M. Wiescher, and R. Azuma<br/>The ^{19} F(p,γ) ^{20} Ne reaction represents the only breakout path for the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle operating at temperatures below T=0.1 GK, an energy regime important for main-sequence hydrogen burning as well as hydrogen burning in asymptotic giant branch stars. Large experimental uncertai...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015802] Published Thu Jan 10, 2008 A. Couture, M. Beard, M. Couder, J. Görres, L. Lamm, P. J. LeBlanc, H. Y. Lee, S. O'Brien, A. Palumbo, E. Stech, E. Strandberg, W. Tan, E. Uberseder, C. Ugalde, M. Wiescher, and R. Azuma 2008-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015802 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015802 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 015802 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015801 Author(s): M. Baldo and C. Maieron<br/>Neutron matter at low density is studied within the hole-line expansion. Calculations are performed in the range of Fermi momentum k_{F} between 0.4 and 0.8 fm^{-1} . It is found that the Equation of State is determined by the ^{1} S_{0} channel only, the three-body forces contribution is quite smal...<br/>[Phys. Rev. C 77, 015801] Published Thu Jan 03, 2008 M. Baldo and C. Maieron 2008-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.015801 Phys. Rev. C 77, 015801 text/html article Physical Review C 77 1 2008-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 015801 Nuclear Astrophysics Nuclear Astrophysics