S-Process Studies: Exact Evaluation of an Exponential Distribution of Exposures
Abstract
We show that the solution of the s-process chain can be easily evaluated exactly if the seed nuclei have been irradiated with an exponential distribution of exposures. For the same distribution of exposures, the shape of the akNk curve past the last seed is independent of the distribution of seed nuclei. Evaluation of these results confirms the accuracy of the well-known CFHZ approximation. Subject headings: nuclear reactions - nucleosynthesis
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1086/153175
- Bibcode:
- 1974ApJ...193..397C