首次直接测量限制合中子星中混合和燃烧的Ar{34}α,p) ^{37}K反应截面
J Browne1,2, K A Chipps3,4, Konrad Schmidt1,2,5
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824.
Physical review letters
|June 9, 2023
概括
这项研究首次直接测量了 ^{34}Ar(α,p) ^{37}K 反应速率,这对于理解X射线爆发至关重要. 结果与统计模型保持一致,解决了先前的差异,并改进了天体物理模型.
科学领域:
- 核天体物理学 核天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 太阳系外行星的大气层
背景情况:
- ^{34}Ar(α,p) ^{37}K反应是天体物理αp过程的关键,它影响X射线爆发光曲线和积中子星中的核合成.
- 以前的实验数据限制导致了这种反应速率的巨大不确定性,阻碍了精确的天体物理建模.
研究的目的:
- 直接测量Ar{34}α,p) ^{37}K反应的截面.
- 为了限制天体物理 αp 过程中最后一步的速度.
- 改进和在积聚中子星上燃烧的模型.
主要方法:
- 利用核结构和天体物理学 (JENSA) 喷气实验的气体喷气目标进行直接的截面测量.
- 测量了Ar{34}α,p) ^37}K和Ar{34}α,2p) ^36}Ar反应的截面.
- 将实验结果与豪泽-费斯巴赫统计模型预测进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 提出了第一个直接测量,限制了Ar{34}α,p) ^{37}K反应截面.
- 测量过的截面与豪泽-费斯巴赫预测对于Ar{34}α,p) ^{37}K和Ar{34}α,2p) ^{36}Ar反应都观察到一致性.
- 实验数据与统计模型预测一致,与之前的间接研究形成鲜明对比.
结论:
- 该统计模型适用于预测αp过程中这个区域的天体物理 (α,p) 反应速率.
- 直接测量解决了中子星积聚和燃烧过程的天体物理模型中的重大不确定性.
- 这项工作增强了我们对爆炸性恒星环境中的核合成的理解.
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