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The rp-process and new measurements of beta-delayed proton decay of light Ag and Cd isotopes

G. Raimann, M. J. Balbes, R. N. Boyd, D. Cano-Ott, R. Collatz, A. Guglielmetti, M. Hellström, M. Hencheck, Z. Hu, Z. Janas, M. Karny, R. Kirchner, J. Morford, D. J. Morrissey, E. Roeckl, K. Schmidt, J. Szerypo, A. Weber

nucl-exarXiv:nucl-ex/9607001

Abstract

Recent network calculations suggest that a high temperature rp-process could explain the abundances of light Mo and Ru isotopes, which have long challenged models of p-process nuclide production. Important ingredients to network calculations involving unstable nuclei near and at the proton drip line are β-halflives and decay modes, i.e., whether or not β-delayed proton decay takes place. Of particular importance to these network calculation are the proton-rich isotopes 96Ag, 98Ag, 96Cd and 98Cd. We report on recent measurements of β-delayed proton branching ratios for 96Ag, 98Ag, and 98Cd at the on-line mass separator at GSI.

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