4 papers
The r-Process: Current Understanding and Future Tests
Yong-Zhong Qian
Current understanding of the r-process is summarized in terms of the astrophysical sites, the yield patterns, and the role of neutrinos. The importance of observational and experim…
Some nuclear physics aspects of core-collapse supernovae
Yong-Zhong Qian
Here I review some nuclear physics aspects of core-collapse supernovae concerning neutrinos. Studies of neutrino emission and interactions in supernovae are crucial to our understa…
Neutrino Transport in Strongly Magnetized Proto-Neutron Stars and the Origin of Pulsar Kicks: I. The Effect of Parity Violation in Weak Interactions
Dong Lai, Y. -Z. Qian
The original paper describes neutrino cooling calculations in the presence of asymmetric neutrino opacities due to parity violation in strong magnetic fields. In early April, throu…
Neutrino-induced neutron spallation and the site of the r-process
Yong-Zhong Qian
All of the actinides and roughly half the natural abundance of elements with mass number A > 70 come from the rapid neutron capture process, or the r-process. If the r-process, as…