Context. The oldest stars in the Milky Way are metal-poor with [Fe/H]<− 1.0, displaying
peculiar elemental abundances compared to solar values. The relative variations in the …

Measuring neutron capture cross sections of radioactive nuclei is a crucial step towards a
better understanding of the origin of the elements heavier than iron. For decades, the …

Background: Nuclei around Ne 20 exhibit an interplay of different excitations caused by
different aspects of nuclear structure, including single-particle and multiparticle …

A clear definition of the contribution from the slow neutron-capture process (s process) to the
solar abundances between Fe and the Sr-Zr region is a crucial challenge for nuclear …

Nuclear reactions drive the stellar evolution and contribute to the stellar and galactic
chemicals abundances. New determinations of the nuclear reaction rates for key fusion …

The efficiency of the weak s process in low-metallicity rotating massive stars depends
strongly on the rates of the competing O 17 (α, n) Ne 20 and O 17 (α, γ) Ne 21 reactions that …

The slow neutron-capture process (s process) contributes to the production of roughly half of
the elements heavier than iron. The main component of the s process takes place in the late …

The White Paper describes the nuclear astrophysics program at the Triangle Universities
Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL), with the intent of providing input for the 2023 NSAC Long …

Nuclear reactions in stars have transformed the universe since the Big Bang, turning
hydrogen and helium into all of the elements we see around us today. These reactions fuel a …

The\textit {r}-process produced half of all heavy elements in the universe today. While
models successfully reproduce the abundance distributions of the heaviest elements …