144Sm(a,g)148Gd Gyurky et al. 2023 Reaction rate derived with reduced uncertainties from a new experimentally constrained α-nucleus optical model potential. The achieved accuracy should now permit stronger constraints for astrophysical conclusions for the γ-process. Link to the paper.
Month: February 2023
Nuclear reaction rates for MESA
MESA is one of the most popular and performant 1D stellar evolution codes in the scientific community. In the most recent MESA code revisions, the NACRE nuclear database is the default source for nuclear reaction rates at all times (unless the user overwrites the rates with input tables), while the JINA-Reaclib database is adopted only… Continue reading Nuclear reaction rates for MESA