Successful $\nu p$-process in neutrino-driven outflows in core-collapse supernovae

Alexander Friedland, Payel Mukhopadhyay, Amol V. Patwardhan

The origin of the solar system abundances of several proton-rich isotopes, especially ${}^{92,94}$Mo and ${}^{96,98}$Ru, has been an enduring mystery in nuclear astrophysics. An attrac…