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Core collapse supernovae are dominated by energy transport from neutrinos. Therefore, some supernova properties could depend on symetries and features of the standard model weak interactions. The cross section for neutrino capture is larger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Horowitz , Gang Li

About half of the heavy elements in the Solar System were created by rapid neutron capture, or r-process, nucleosynthesis. In the r-process, heavy elements are built up via a sequence of neutron captures and beta decays in which an intense…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 R. Surman , M. Mumpower , J. Cass , A. Aprahamian

Nuclear masses play a fundamental role in understanding how the heaviest elements in the Universe are created in the $r$-process. We predict $r$-process nucleosynthesis yields using neutron capture and photodissociation rates that are based…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-30 Dirk Martin , Almudena Arcones , Witold Nazarewicz , Erik Olsen

We investigate the impact of the model estimating the masses of exotic nuclei on r-process nucleosynthesis, assessing the dependence of the abundance distribution on the specific properties of nuclear masses. By decomposing theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-28 Samuel A. Giuliani , Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo , Andreas Bauswein , Vimal Vijayan

This talk reviews three inputs important to neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis in a supernova: 1) "standard" properties of the supernova neutrino flux, 2) effects of phenomena like neutrino oscillations on that flux, and 3) nuclear structure…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 W. C. Haxton

In order to explore the consequences of the neutrino irradiation for the supernova r-process nucleosynthesis, we calculate the rates of charged-current and neutral-current neutrino reactions on neutron-rich heavy nuclei, and estimate the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-08 Y. -Z. Qian , W. C. Haxton , K. Langanke , P. Vogel

We present a coherent study of the impact of neutrino interactions on the r-process element nucleosynthesis and the heating rate produced by the radioactive elements synthesised in the dynamical ejecta of neutron star-neutron star (NS-NS)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-23 I. Kullmann , S. Goriely , O. Just , R. Ardevol-Pulpillo , A. Bauswein , H. -T. Janka

We present a systematic numerical-relativity study of the dynamical ejecta, winds and nucleosynthesis in neutron star merger remnants. Binaries with the chirp mass compatible with GW170817, different mass ratios, and five microphysical…

We explore heavy element nucleosynthesis in neutrino-driven winds from rapidly-rotating, strongly magnetized proto-neutron stars for which the magnetic dipole is aligned with the rotation axis, and the field is assumed to be a static…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-12 Andrey D. Vlasov , Brian D. Metzger , Jonas Lippuner , Luke F. Roberts , Todd A. Thompson

Because of their neutron-richness and association with supernovae, post-explosion protoneutron star winds are thought to be a likely astrophysical site for rapid neutron capture nucleosynthesis (the r-process). However, the most recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Todd A. Thompson

We study the r-process nucleosynthesis in neutrino-driven winds of gravitational core collapse SNeII. Appropriate physical conditions are found for successful r-process nucleosynthesis, which meet with several features of heavy elements…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Kajino , S. Wanajo , G. J. Mathews

We present a new nucleosynthesis process that may take place on neutron-rich ejecta experiencing an intensive neutrino flux. The nucleosynthesis proceeds similarly to the standard $r$-process, a sequence of neutron-captures and beta-decays,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-14 Zewei Xiong , Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo , Oliver Just , Andre Sieverding

We present the nucleosynthesis of magneto-rotational supernovae (MR-SNe) including neutrino-driven and magneto-rotational-driven ejecta based, for the first time, on 2D simulations with accurate neutrino transport. The models analysed here…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-21 Moritz Reichert , Martin Obergaulinger , Marius Eichler , Miguel-Ángel Aloy , Almudena Arcones

The r-process involves neutron-rich nuclei far off stability for which no experimental cross sections are known. Therefore, one has to rely on theory which might be prone to considerable uncertainties far off stability. To investigate the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Rauscher

Neutron star merger accretion discs can launch neutron-rich winds of $>10^{-2}\,\mathrm{M}_\odot$. This ejecta is a prime site for r-process nucleosynthesis, which will produce a range of radioactive heavy nuclei. The decay of these nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Hannah Klion , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Daniel Kasen , Adithan Kathirgamaraju , Eliot Quataert , Rodrigo Fernández

We explore heavy-element nucleosynthesis by rapid neutron capture (r-process) in the decompressing ejecta from the surface of a neutron star. The decompression is triggered by a violent phase transition to strange quark matter (quark-nova…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-03-19 Prashanth Jaikumar , Bradley S. Meyer , Kaori Otsuki , Rachid Ouyed

We study the effects of collective neutrino oscillations on $\nu p$ process nucleosynthesis in proton-rich neutrino-driven winds by including both the multi-angle $3\times3$ flavor mixing and the nucleosynthesis network calculation. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-13 H. Sasaki , T. Kajino , T. Takiwaki , T. Hayakawa , A. B. Balantekin , Y. Pehlivan

The r-process constitutes one of the major challenges in nuclear astrophysics. Its astrophysical site has not yet been identified but there is observational evidence suggesting that at least two possible sites should contribute to the solar…

An update on astrophysical models for nucleosynthesis via rapid neutron capture, the r process, is given. A neutrino-induced r process in supernova helium shells may have operated up to metallicities of ~10^-3 times the solar value. Another…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Yong-Zhong Qian

We explore heavy element nucleosynthesis in the explosion of massive stars which are triggered by a quark-hadron phase transition during the early post bounce phase of core-collapse supernovae. The present study is based on general…