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Title: The Regulated NiCu Cycles with the New 57 Cu(p,γ) 58 Zn Reaction Rate and Its Influence on Type I X-Ray Bursts: the GS 1826–24 Clocked Burster
Abstract During the X-ray bursts of GS 1826−24, a “clocked burster”, the nuclear reaction flow that surges through the rapid-proton capture process path has to pass through the NiCu cycles before reaching the ZnGa cycles that moderate further hydrogen burning in the region above the germanium and selenium isotopes. The 57 Cu(p, γ ) 58 Zn reaction that occurs in the NiCu cycles plays an important role in influencing the burst light curves found by Cyburt et al. We deduce the 57 Cu(p, γ ) 58 Zn reaction rate based on the experimentally determined important nuclear structure information, isobaric-multiplet-mass equation, and large-scale shell-model calculations. Based on the isobaric-multiplet-mass equation, we propose a possible order of 1 1 + - and 2 3 + -dominant resonance states and constrain the resonance energy of the 1 2 + state. The latter reduces the contribution of the 1 2 + -dominant resonance state. The new reaction rate is up to a factor of 4 lower than the Forstner et al. rate recommended by JINA REACLIB v2.2 at the temperature regime sensitive to clocked bursts of GS 1826−24. Using the simulation from the one-dimensional implicit hydrodynamic code K epler to model the thermonuclear X-ray bursts of the GS 1826−24 clocked burster, we find that the new 57 Cu(p, γ ) 58 Zn reaction rate, coupled with the latest 56 Ni(p, γ ) 57 Cu and 55 Ni(p, γ ) 56 Cu reaction rates, redistributes the reaction flow in the NiCu cycles and strongly influences the burst ash composition, whereas the 59 Cu(p, α ) 56 Ni and 59 Cu(p, γ ) 60 Zn reactions suppress the influence of the 57 Cu(p, γ ) 58 Zn reaction and diminish the impact of nuclear reaction flow that bypasses the important 56 Ni waiting point induced by the 55 Ni(p, γ ) 56 Cu reaction on the burst light curve.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1927130
NSF-PAR ID:
10358351
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume:
929
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0004-637X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
73
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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