Abstract
We introduce a self-consistent microscopic theoretical framework for modeling the process of electron capture on nuclei in stellar environment, based on relativistic energy density functionals. The finite-temperature relativistic mean-field model is used to calculate the single-nucleon basis and the occupation factors in a target nucleus, and , , and charge-exchange transitions are described by the self-consistent finite-temperature relativistic random-phase approximation. Cross sections and rates are calculated for electron capture on and in stellar environment, and results compared with predictions of similar and complementary model calculations.
- Received 17 March 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.045807
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