The rapid neutron capture process (r process) is believed to be responsible for about half of
the production of the elements heavier than iron and contributes to abundances of some …

This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star
merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and …

Astrophysical nucleosynthesis is a family of diverse processes by which atomic nuclei
undergo nuclear reactions and decay to form new nuclei. The complex nature of …

Abstract The Beta-decay Paul Trap is an open-geometry, linear trap used to measure the
decays of 8 Li and 8 B to search for a tensor contribution to the weak interaction. In the latest …

A variety of micro-tweezers techniques, such as optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers, and
dielectrophoresis technique, have been applied intensively in precise characterization of …

The low-energy recoiling ions from the β decay of Sb 134 were studied by using the Beta-
decay Paul Trap. Using this apparatus, singly charged ions were suspended in vacuum at …

Beta-delayed-neutron (β n) spectroscopy was performed using the Beta-decay Paul Trap
and an array of radiation detectors. The β n branching ratios and energy spectra for Sb 135 …

We review the design, simulation, and tests of a detection system for measuring the energy
distribution of daughter nuclei recoiling from the β decay of laser trapped neon isotopes …

Simulations of rapid neutron capture, or γ-process, nucleosynthesis are sensitive to the
nuclear physics inputs for thousands of nuclear species on the neutron-rich side of stability …

This article presents an approach to calibrate the energy response of double-sided silicon
strip detectors (DSSDs) for low-energy nuclear-science experiments by utilizing cosmic-ray …