[mesa-users] ni56 beta decay rate is function of temperature? and goes to 0 for logT < 8?

Bill Paxton paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu
Wed Oct 23 15:37:05 EDT 2013


On Oct 23, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Lars Bildsten wrote:

> bill, 
> 
> it's electron captures even in vacuum....  i should explain... atomic inner shell electrons.
> 
> lars
> 

Okay!  Thanks --- I get to learn some basic physics today.  ;D   

Now I'll go back to try to figure out why the Ni56 is staying around for years at logT < 8.

-Bill







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