https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5559-9
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Magnetar crust electron capture for 
Co and 
Ni
College of Marine Science and Technology, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, 572022, China
* e-mail: liujingjing68@126.com
Received:
29
November
2017
Accepted:
16
January
2018
Published online:
29
January
2018
Based on the relativistic mean-field effective interaction principle and random phase approximation theory in superstrong magnetic fields (SMFs), we present an analysis of the influence of SMFs on the electron Fermi energy, nuclear blinding energy, single-particle level structure and electron capture for Co, and Ni by the shell-model Monte Carlo method in the magnetar’s crust. The electron capture rates increase by two orders of magnitude due to an increase in the electron Fermi energy and a change in single-particle level structure by SMFs. Then the rates decrease by more than two orders of magnitude due to an increase in the nuclear binding energy and a reduction in the electron Fermi energy by SMFs.
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