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The light odd-Z elements P, Cl, K, and Sc are underproduced in galactic chemical evolution models compared to spectroscopic observations of stars in the Milky Way. The most promising solution to this puzzle is that some massive stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-24 Joshua Issa , Falk Herwig , Stephen J. Mojzsis , Marco Pignatari

The formation of $^{44}\mathrm{Ti}$ in massive stars is thought to occur during explosive nucleosynthesis, however recent studies have shown it can be produced during O-C shell mergers prior to core collapse. We investigate how mixing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-27 Joshua Issa , Falk Herwig

We address the deficiency of odd-Z elements P, Cl, K and Sc in galactic chemical evolution models through an investigation of the nucleosynthesis of interacting convective O- and C shells in massive stars. 3D hydrodynamic simulations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 C. Ritter , R. Andrassy , B. Côté , F. Herwig , P. R. Woodward , M. Pignatari , S. Jones

In their final stages before undergoing a core-collapse supernova, massive stars may experience mergers between internal shells where carbon (C) and oxygen (O) are consumed as fuels for nuclear burning. This interaction, known as a C-O…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 L. Roberti , M. Pignatari , H. E. Brinkman , S. K. Jeena , A. Sieverding , A. Falla , M. Limongi , A. Chieffi , M. Lugaro

One-dimensional (1D) stellar evolution models are widely used across various astrophysical fields, however they are still dominated by important uncertainties that deeply affect their predictive power. Among those, the merging of…

Interactions between convective shells in evolved massive stars have been linked to supernova impostors, to the production of the odd-Z elements Cl, K, and Sc, and they might also help generate the large-scale asphericities that are known…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-22 Robert Andrassy , Falk Herwig , Paul Woodward , Christian Ritter

We present a seven-minute long $4\pi$-3D simulation of a shell merger event in a non-rotating $18.88\, M_\odot$ supernova progenitor before the onset of gravitational collapse. The key motivation is to capture the large-scale mixing and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Naveen Yadav , Bernhard Müller , Hans Thomas Janka , Tobias Melson , Alexander Heger

Fusion of very neutron rich nuclei may be important to determine the composition and heating of the crust of accreting neutron stars. We present an exploratory study of the effect of the neutron-gas environment on the structure of nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-09-01 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , C. J. Horowitz , P. -G. Reinhard , J. A. Maruhn

Purpose To investigate synthesis of nuclei in pycnonuclear reactions in dense medium of neutron stars on the basis of understanding, how the compound nucleus is formed during collision of two nuclei. To implement microscopic formulation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-13 S. P. Maydanyuk , Ju-Jun Xie , V. S. Vasilevsky , K. A. Shaulskyi

Theoretical predictions of element yields from the rapid neutron capture (r-) process are subject to large uncertainties due to incomplete knowledge of nuclear properties and approximative hydrodynamical modeling of matter ejection. A major…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-12 S. Martinet , S. Goriely

We present a study of the influence of galaxy mergers on star formation at 0.3<z<2.5. Major mergers are selected from the CANDELS/3D-HST catalog using a peak-finding algorithm. Mergers have projected galaxy nuclei separation of their…

We consider a novel approach to the nuclear shell model. The one-dimensional harmonic oscillator in a box is used to introduce the concept of an oblique-basis shell-model theory. By implementing the Lanczos method for diagonalization of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-02-18 V. G. Gueorguiev

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

We summarize the results of numerical simulations of colliding gas-rich disk galaxies in which the impact velocity is set parallel to the spin axes of the two galaxies. The effects of varying the impact speed are studied with particular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Susan A. Lamb , Nathan C. Hearn

This study investigates the multiplicity distribution of charged particles generated in $p$-O collisions, employing Pythia (Angantyr) and $k_T$-factorization approach. Oxygen nucleus configurations are sampled using a $\alpha$-cluster model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-13 Yuri N. Lima , Lucas J. F. Silva , Andre V. Giannini , Marcelo G. Munhoz

Comparing observational abundance features with nucleosynthesis predictions of stellar evolution or explosion simulations can scrutinize two aspects: (a) the conditions in the astrophysical production site and (b) the quality of the nuclear…

We investigate the nature and impact of shell effects on nuclear level density (NLD) and particle emission probability as a function of temperature in a microscopic theoretical framework of Statistical Model for nuclei ranging from neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-03 Mamta Aggarwal

The $\nu p$ process appears in proton-rich, hot matter which is expanding in a neutrino wind and may be realised in explosive environments such as core-collapse supernovae or in outflows from accretion disks. The impact of uncertainties in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-30 T. Rauscher , N. Nishimura , G. Cescutti , R. Hirschi , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Fröhlich

We describe a general yet simple method to analyse the propagation of nuclear reaction rate uncertainties in a stellar nucleosynthesis and mixing context. The method combines post-processing nucleosynthesis and mixing calculations with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. A. Stoesz , F. Herwig

We present 3D hydrodynamics simulations of shell burning in two progenitors with zero-age main-sequence masses of 22 and 27 $M_{\odot}$ for $\sim$65 and 200 s up to the onset of gravitational collapse, respectively. The 22 and 27…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Takashi Yoshida , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Koh Takahashi , Ko Nakamura , Hideyuki Umeda
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