Nuclear Astrophysics I

Presentations

• Implications of a Weakening N = 126 Shell Closure Away from Stability for r-Process Astrophysical Conditions

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:42 AM

  Publication: arXiv link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02690

  Presenters

  • Mengke Li

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Mengke Li

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Gail McLaughlin

    • North Carolina State University

  • Rebecca Surman

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Insights on metal-poor stars from machine learning and nucleosynthesis calculations

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:42 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Nicole Vassh

    • TRIUMF

  Authors

  • Nicole Vassh

    • TRIUMF

  • Yilin Wang

    • University of British Columbia (UBC)

  • Richard Woloshyn

    • TRIUMF

  • Michelle Kuchera

    • Davidson College

  • Tsung-Han Yeh

    • TRIUMF

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• Finding impactful neutron capture isotopes in r-process nucleosynthesis through correlation analyses

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:54 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Atul Kedia

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Atul Kedia

    • North Carolina State University

  • Gail McLaughlin

    • North Carolina State University

  • Rebecca Surman

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Erika Holmbeck

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jeffrey Berryman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Cole Pruitt

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Sweeping across the chart of nuclides with neutrons: nucleosynthesis paths and termination at different neutron densities

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Tsung-Han Yeh

    • TRIUMF

  Authors

  • Tsung-Han Yeh

    • TRIUMF

  • Nicole Vassh

    • TRIUMF

  • Marco Pignatari

    • Konkoly Observatory/CSFK

  • Matthew Mumpower

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Progress Towards a Single Atom Microscope (SAM) for Nuclear Astrophysics

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Karina Martirosova

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Karina Martirosova

    • Michigan State University

  • Erin White

    • Michigan State University

  • Nicholas Nusgart

    • Michigan State University

  • Aiden Boyer

    • Duquesne University

  • Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron

    • TRIUMF

  • Jaideep Singh

    • Michigan State University

  • Yousuf Alishan

    • Michigan State University / Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

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• Initial progress towards direct measurement of neutron-induced reactions in inverse kinematics with the Neutron Target Demonstrator

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Publication: S.F. Dellmann, C.M. Harrington, et al. (planned submission to EPJ-A in November).

  Presenters

  • Juan Manfredi

    • U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

  Authors

  • Juan Manfredi

    • U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

  • Rene Reifarth

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Caroline Harrington

    • The Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Sophia Dellmann

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Andrew Cooper

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Z Meisel

    • Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Aaron Couture

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Olivia Cantrell

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Ingrid Knapova

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Shea Mosby

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Ani Aprahamian

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Mike Febbraro

    • Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Alan McIntosh

    • Texas A&M University, Cyclotron Institute

  • Khachatur Manukyan

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Miriam Matney

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Daniel Robertson

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Anna Simon

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Edward Stech

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Sherry Yennello

    • Texas A&M University, College Station

  • Wanpeng Tan

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Michael C Wiescher

    • University of Notre Dame

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