activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

nucl-th2026

TITAN mass measurements of neutron-rich Cs, Ba and r-process lanthanide abundances

T. -H. Yeh, J. D. Cardona, Y. Wang +26

We present measurements for the masses of five neutron-rich isotopes, Cs and Ba, probed for the first time by TITAN at TRIUMF with time-of-flight measureme…

astro-ph.HE2026

Identifying observable MeV lines from the decays of weak and main -process isotopes in mergers

Maude Lariviere, Nicole Vassh, Yanwen Deng +2

We consider predictions for the MeV gamma-ray spectrum emitted by the decays of freshly synthesized isotopes from a neutron star merger at timescales of relevance for post-mer…

astro-ph.SR2025

Constraining Nuclear Mass Models Using r-process Observables with Multi-objective Optimization

Mengke Li, Matthew Mumpower, Nicole Vassh +2

Predicting nuclear masses is a longstanding challenge. One path forward is machine learning (ML) which trains on experimental data, but can suffer large errors when extrapolating t…

nucl-th2025

Classifying metal-poor stars with machine learning using nucleosynthesis calculations

Nicole Vassh, Yilin Wang, Richard M. Woloshyn +4

We apply the capabilities of machine learning (ML) to discern patterns in order to classify metal-poor stars. To do so, we train an ML model on a bank of nucleosynthesis calculatio…

astro-ph.HE2025

Multidisciplinary Science in the Multimessenger Era

Eric Burns, Christopher L. Fryer, Ivan Agullo +82

Astrophysical observations of the cosmos allow us to probe extreme physics and answer foundational questions on our universe. Modern astronomy is increasingly operating under a hol…

nucl-th2024

Motivations for Early High-Profile FRIB Experiments

B. Alex Brown, Alexandra Gade, S. Ragnar Stroberg +39

This white paper is the result of a collaboration by those that attended a workshop at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), organized by the FRIB Theory Alliance (FRIB-TA),…