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DOE OSTI2023

The s process in massive stars, a benchmark for neutron capture reaction rates

A clear definition of the contribution from the slow neutron-capture process (s process) to the solar abundances between Fe and the Sr-Zr region is a crucial challenge for nuclear astrophysics. Robust s-process predictions are necessary to disentangle the contribution from other stellar processes producing elements in the same mass region. Nuclear uncertainties are affecting s-process calculations, but most of the needed nuclear input are accessible to present nuclear experiments or they will be in the near future. Neutron-capture rates have a great impact on the s process in massive stars, which is a fundamental source for the solar abundances of the lighter s-process elements heavier than Fe (weak s-process component). In this work we present a new nuclear sensitivity study to explore the impact on the s process in massive stars of 86 neutron-capture rates, including all the reactions between C and Si and between Fe and Zr. We derive the impact of the rates at the end of the He-burning core and at the end of the C-burning shell, where the 22 Ne(α,n) 25 Mg reaction is is the main neutron source. We confirm the relevance of the light isotopes capturing neutrons in competition with the Fe seeds as a crucial feature of the s process in massive stars. For heavy isotopes we study the propagation of the neutron-capture uncertainties, finding a clear difference of the impact of Fe and Co isotope rates with respect to the rates of heavier stable isotopes. The local uncertainty propagation due to the neutron-capture rates at the s-process branching points is also considered, discussing the example of 85 Kr. The complete results of our study for all the 86 neutron-capture rates are available online. Finally, we present the impact on the weak s process of the neutron-capture rates included in the new ASTRAL library (v0.2).

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DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on Sr3Zr by Materials Project

Sr3Zr is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sr sites. In the first Sr site, Sr is bonded to eight Sr and four equivalent Zr atoms to form distorted SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.90 Å) and four longer (3.93 Å) Sr–Sr bond lengths. All Sr–Zr bond lengths are 3.90 Å. In the second Sr site, Sr is bonded to eight equivalent Sr and four equivalent Zr atoms to form SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra. All Sr–Zr bond lengths are 3.93 Å. Zr is bonded to twelve Sr atoms to form ZrSr12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2020

Materials Data on Sr3Zr by Materials Project

Sr3Zr is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sr is bonded to eight equivalent Sr and four equivalent Zr atoms to form SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra. All Sr–Sr bond lengths are 3.92 Å. All Sr–Zr bond lengths are 3.92 Å. Zr is bonded to twelve equivalent Sr atoms to form ZrSr12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent ZrSr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent SrSr8Zr4 cuboctahedra.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗