We announce that the 17th Russbach School on Nuclear Astrophysics will again take place at the village of Rußbach am Paß Gschütt, southeast of Salzburg, Austria. The school dates will be from March 13 (arrival and registration) to March 19 (departure) 2022.

Title: Nuclear Astrophysics with DRAGON

Abstract:

Title: Gravitational Laboratories for Nuclear Physics

This JINA-INT workshop will bring together researchers working on topics related to the thermal evolution of neutron stars, and transient and burst phenomena hosted by accreting and magnetized neutron stars.  

The hybrid meeting will involve a small group of in-person attendees at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington, and online participants from around the world. 

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.

The mission of CUWiP is to encourage undergraduate women to persist or start a career in physics by proving them with the opportunity to learn about career paths in physics, experience a professional conference, and discuss challenges and concerns. This conference was initiated in 2006 and research data indicate that CUWiP is effective in meeting its goals. It is being supported by in part from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

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

Our main goal is to connect researchers interested in the origin of isotopes working on presolar grain measurements, stellar chemical abundances, nucleosynthesis, and galactic chemical evolution to understand the origin of the isotopes. This will be a short two-half-day online workshop consisting of invited presentations. We will then organize a series of open online discussion sessions over the rest of the year on focused topics.

Nuclei in the Cosmos is the most important international meeting in the field of nuclear astrophysics. It brings together nuclear experimentalists, nuclear theorists, astronomers, theoretical astrophysicists, cosmo-chemists, and others interested in the scientific questions at the interface of nuclear physics and astrophysics. These questions concern, for example, the origin of the elements in the cosmos and the nuclear reactions that occur in the big bang, in stars, and in stellar explosions.

NIC school is a traditional satellite meeting intended to educate young students and postdocs, motivating them with the most recent progress as well as unresolved quests in nuclear astrophysics. Topics include Astrophysics, Observation, and Nuclear Physics.

Lecturers include:

M. Aliotta(Edinburgh), R. Diehl(MPIE), A. Heger(Monash), A. Karakas(Monash), T. Kajino(BUAA), N. Liu(WUSTL), A. Spyrou(MSU), and N. Vassh(ND)

(α,n) reactions play a pivotal role in a variety of astrophysical sites and mass regions, and they can help us understand the origin of the elements. Their astrophysical rates are the main nuclear physics uncertainty in the weak r-process (also known as the α-process), which occurs in the neutrino driven ejecta of core-collapse supernovae and can explain the production of the lighter heavy elements, that are observed in metal poor stars. The 22Ne(α,n)25Mg and 13C(α,n)16O reactions are the main neutron sources for the s- and the i-processes.

Embracing the virtual nature of the workshop, the meeting will be broken into three half-day sessions. No parallel sessions are planned. Zoom will be used for the primary presentation of technical content, while substantial breaks are planned where critical informal discussion can take place in Gather.Town. Gather.Town allows us to invite you for a virtual coffee and exciting discussions.

Planned topics of discussion include:

We would like to invite you to participate in an online IReNA sponsored workshop on all things R-matrix that will be held from June 21 - 24, 2021. This meeting will have an abbreviated format and will focus on presentations by young and early career researchers.

The aim of this meeting is to bring together a diverse group of researchers with representatives from experiment and theory who utilize the R-matrix formalism for a variety of purposes.

Talks will span a wide range of topics covering experimental, theoretical, evaluation developments using R-matrix.

Professor Anna Watts

University of Amsterdam

Hosted by Chiranjib Mondal