Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

JJ Cowan, C Sneden, JE Lawler, A Aprahamian… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

Equations of state for supernovae and compact stars

M Oertel, M Hempel, T Klähn, S Typel - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
A review is given of various theoretical approaches for the equation of state (EoS) of dense
matter, relevant for the description of core-collapse supernovae, compact stars, and compact …

Evolution of shell structure in exotic nuclei

T Otsuka, A Gade, O Sorlin, T Suzuki, Y Utsuno - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
The atomic nucleus is a quantum many-body system whose constituent nucleons (protons
and neutrons) are subject to complex nucleon-nucleon interactions that include spin-and …

The impact of individual nuclear properties on r-process nucleosynthesis

MR Mumpower, R Surman, GC McLaughlin… - Progress in Particle and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The astrophysical rapid neutron capture process or 'r process' of nucleosynthesis is believed
to be responsible for the production of approximately half the heavy element abundances …

Current status of r-process nucleosynthesis

T Kajino, W Aoki, AB Balantekin, R Diehl… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid neutron capture process (r process) is believed to be responsible for about half of
the production of the elements heavier than iron and contributes to abundances of some …

Nuclear equation of state from ground and collective excited state properties of nuclei

X Roca-Maza, N Paar - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
This contribution reviews the present status on the available constraints to the nuclear
equation of state (EoS) around saturation density from nuclear structure calculations on …

The nuclear symmetry energy

M Baldo, GF Burgio - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
The nuclear symmetry energy characterizes the variation of the binding energy as the
neutron to proton ratio of a nuclear system is varied. This is one of the most important …

A statistical model for a complete supernova equation of state

M Hempel, J Schaffner-Bielich - Nuclear Physics A, 2010 - Elsevier
A statistical model for the equation of state and the composition of supernova matter is
presented. It consists of an ensemble of nuclei and interacting nucleons in nuclear statistical …

Bayesian approach to model-based extrapolation of nuclear observables

L Neufcourt, Y Cao, W Nazarewicz, F Viens - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
Background: The mass, or binding energy, is the basis property of the atomic nucleus. It
determines its stability and reaction and decay rates. Quantifying the nuclear binding is …

Nuclear mass predictions with machine learning reaching the accuracy required by -process studies

ZM Niu, HZ Liang - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Nuclear masses are predicted with the Bayesian neural networks by learning the mass
surface of even-even nuclei and the correlation energies to their neighboring nuclei. By …