Title: Explosive nucleosynthesis with stored, radioactive ions

Title: Probing the Dense-Matter Equation of State with Neutron Star Mergers

2pm Eastern Time / 7 pm CET. Host: Matt Caplan, Illinois State University

Title: Strangeness in the laboratory and stars

Title: Nuclear Astrophysics with DRAGON

Abstract:

Title: Gravitational Laboratories for Nuclear Physics

Title: Radioactive Nuclides in Outer Space

Abstract: Nuclear astrophysics is generally the study of the energy generation in stars and the origins of the chemical elements. In this highly multidisciplinary field, the job of experimental nuclear physicists is to constrain the nuclear reaction rates which are linked with astronomical observables. Observation of the lightest chemical element with no stable isotopes, technetium, in stellar spectra, was the first evidence that nucleosynthesis is an on-going process in our Galaxy.

Title: Stellar Archaeology as a Time Machine to the First Stars

Title : Non-standard neutron capture processes in massive and AGB stars

Title: Multi-dimensional modelling of heat flow and type I X-ray bursts on the surface of accreting neutron stars

Title: Some Open Questions Related to the Nucleosynthesis of the Heavy Elements

Jorge Piekarewicz

Florida State University

Abstract:

Title: Exploring Axion-like Particles with Nearby Supernovae

Professor Anna Watts

University of Amsterdam

Hosted by Chiranjib Mondal

Dr. Masaomi Ono

RIKEN

Abstract: Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) provides a unique opportunity to unravel the  evolution of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) from the explosions to  their supernova remnants (SNRs) thanks to its proximity and youth. Early  observation of iron lines has indicated matter mixing during the  explosion to convey innermost 56Ni to outer layers. Since the density  structure of the progenitor star affects the matter mixing, it provides  a hint on the properties of the progenitor star.

*Please note that this seminar will take place at 11:00am ET

Bijay Agrawal

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

The tidal deformability inferred from the Gravitational Waves, which are emitted by merging neutron stars, are instrumental in determining the equation of state (EoS) of dense matter. The importance of the observed finite nuclei properties in unveiling the correlations of the tidal deformability with the key EoS parameters will be discussed.

Marsha Carolan

Michigan State University

Abstract:

Are you connected with your “self”? with others? With your past and present?

In this presentation specially dedicated to graduate students and postdocs, we will explore linkages with mental well-being. There will be opportunities for discussion and questions.

Gwen Grinyer

University of Regina

Hosted by: Mansi Saxena (Ohio University)

Gavin Lotay

Samuel Giuliani

(ECT*), Trento, Italy 

About half of the chemical elements heavier than iron that found in nature are produced during the rapid neutron-capture process (r process). In August 2017, the observation of the kilonova light curve, an electromagnetic transient produced by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei synthesized during the merger of two neutron stars, marked the beginning of a new era for r-process studies where nucleosynthesis predictions can be directly confronted with astronomical observations.

Anders Jerkstrand

Stockholm University

Supernovae produce elements across the periodic table and are probes of stellar evolution, explosion physics and compact object formation.