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 …

Probing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary
challenge. We review the observational evidence that probes the properties of r-process …

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 …

Theoretically predicted yields of elements created by the rapid neutron capture (r-) process
carry potentially large uncertainties associated with incomplete knowledge of nuclear …

We have modelled the multicycle evolution of rapidly accreting CO white dwarfs (RAWDs)
with stable H burning intermittent with strong He-shell flashes on their surfaces for 0.7≤ M …

Lead (Pb) is predominantly produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s process) in
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In contrast to significantly enhanced Pb abundances …

The explosion mechanism of electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) remains equivocal: it is
not completely clear whether these events are implosions in which neutron stars are formed …

Context. The observed surface abundance distributions of carbon-enhanced metal-poor
(CEMP) r/s stars suggest that these stars could have been polluted by an intermediate …

We apply for the first time fission yields determined across the chart of nuclides from the
macroscopic-microscopic theory of the Finite Range Liquid Drop Model to simulations of …

The simulation of heavy element nucleosynthesis requires input from yet-to-be-measured
nuclear properties. The uncertainty in the values of these off-stability nuclear properties …