The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

The astrophysical rapid neutron capture process or 'r process' of nucleosynthesis is believed
to be responsible for the production of approximately half the heavy element abundances …

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 …

A small number of naturally occurring, proton-rich nuclides (the p-nuclei) cannot be made in
the s-and r-processes. Their origin is not well understood. Massive stars can produce p …

The quest for the origin of matter in the Universe had been the subject of philosophical and
theological debates over the history of mankind, but quantitative answers could be found …

The rapid-neutron capture process (r process) is identified as the producer of about 50% of
elements heavier than iron. This process requires an astrophysical environment with an …

The first 2+ and 3-states of the doubly magic nucleus Sn 132 are populated via safe
Coulomb excitation employing the recently commissioned HIE-ISOLDE accelerator at CERN …

Astrophysical simulations require knowledge of a wide array of reaction rates. For a number
of reasons, many of these reaction rates cannot be measured directly and instead are …

Single-neutron states in Sn 133 and Pb 209, which are analogous to single-electron states
outside of closed atomic shells in alkali metals, were populated by the (Be 9, Be 8) one …