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Supernova Nucleosynthesis, Radioactive Nuclear Reactions and Neutrino-Mass Hierarchy

  • Xingqun Yao*
  • , Motohiko Kusakabe
  • , Toshitaka Kajino
  • , Silvio Cherubini
  • , Seiya Hayakawa
  • , Hidetoshi Yamaguchi
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • The University of Tokyo
  • University of Catania

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Abstract

The ν-process nucleosynthesis in core-collapse supernovae is a sensitive probe of unknown neutrino mass hierarchy through the MSW effect. We carefully studied the uncertainties of almost one hundred ν-induced and nuclear reactions associated with the nucleosynthesis and found that the ν-16O and 11C(α,p)14N reactions among them have the biggest effect on the final 7Li/11B isotopic abundance ratio. The neutrino mass hierarchy is constrained in our nucleosynthetic method with measured 7Li/11B value in SiC-X presolar grains. The inverted hierarchy is statistically more favored at the 2-σ C.L. [1].

Original languageEnglish
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Feb 2022
Event16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 21 Sep 202125 Sep 2021

Conference

Conference16th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVI 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period21/09/2125/09/21

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