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Impact of Pycnonuclear Fusion Uncertainties on the Cooling of Accreting Neutron Star Crusts
R. Jain, E. F. Brown, H. Schatz +11
The observation of X-rays during quiescence from transiently accreting neutron stars provides unique clues about the nature of dense matter. This, however, requires extensive model…
Propagation of Hauser-Feshbach uncertainty estimates to r-process nucleosynthesis: Benchmark of statistical property models for neutron rich nuclei far from stability
S. Nikas, G. Perdikakis, M. Beard +3
Multimessenger observations of the neutron star merger event GW170817 have re-energized the debate over the astrophysical origins of the most massive elements via the r-process nuc…
Nuclear Reactions in the Crusts of Accreting Neutron Stars
R. Lau, M. Beard, S. S. Gupta +13
X-ray observations of transiently accreting neutron stars during quiescence provide information about the structure of neutron star crusts and the properties of dense matter. Inter…
Enhancement of the Triple Alpha Rate in a Hot Dense Medium
Mary Beard, Sam M. Austin, Richard Cyburt
In a sufficiently hot and dense astrophysical environment the rate of the triple-alpha (3alpha) reaction can increase greatly over the value appropriate for helium burning stars ow…
The first direct measurement of 12C(12C,n)23Mg at stellar energies
B. Bucher, X. D. Tang, X. Fang +28
Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction 12C(12C,n)23Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. However, past studies have shown large discrepancies between exper…
The impact of individual nuclear masses on -process abundances
M. R. Mumpower, R. Surman, D. -L. Fang +4
We have performed for the first time a comprehensive study of the sensitivity of -process nucleosynthesis to individual nuclear masses across the chart of nuclides. Using the la…