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  • K. Langanke
  • A. Martín
  • G. Martínez-Pinedo
  • M. Mazzocco
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  • J. B. Neumayr
  • H. Penttilä
  • W. R. Plaß
  • S. Rahaman
  • T. Rauscher
  • C. Rauth
  • J. Rissanen
  • D. Rodríguez
  • A. Saastamoinen
  • C. Scheidenberger
  • L. Schweikhard
  • D. M. Seliverstov
  • T. Sonoda
  • F. K. Thielemann
  • P. G. Thirolf
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The masses of very neutron-deficient nuclides close to the astrophysical r, p- and ν p-process paths have been determined with the Penning trap facilities JYFLTRAP at JYFL/Jyväskylä and SHIPTRAP at GSI/Darmstadt. Isotopes from yttrium (Z=39) to palladium (Z=46) have been produced in heavy-ion fusion-evaporation reactions. In total, 21 nuclides were studied, and almost half of the mass values were experimentally determined for the first time: Tc88, Ru90-92, Rh92-94, and Pd94,95. For the Pd95m, (21/2+) high-spin state, a first direct mass determination was performed. Relative mass uncertainties of typically δm/m=5×10-8 were obtained. The impact of the new mass values has been studied in ν p-process nucleosynthesis calculations. The resulting reaction flow and the final abundances are compared with those obtained with the data of the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2003.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054310
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume78
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Nov 2008

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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