Nucleosynthesis in neutrino-driven winds: influence of the nuclear physics input

Abstract

We have performed hydrodynamical simulations of the long-time evolution of proto-neutron stars to study the nucleosynthesis using the resulting wind trajectories. Although the conditions found in the present wind models are not favourable for the production of heavy elements, a small enhancement of the entropy results in the production of r-process elements with A $\approx$ 195. This allows us to explore the sensitivity of their production to the hydrodynamical evolution (wind termination shock) and nuclear physics input used.

Conference proceedings: Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics IV

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