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Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis: Metallicity-dependent Yields (2023)
Journal Article
Keegans, J. D., Pignatari, M., Stancliffe, R. J., Travaglio, C., Jones, S., Gibson, B. K., …Few, G. (2023). Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis: Metallicity-dependent Yields. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 268(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ace102

Type Ia supernova explosions (SN Ia) are fundamental sources of elements for the chemical evolution of galaxies. They efficiently produce intermediate-mass (with Z between 11 and 20) and iron group elements - for example, about 70% of the solar iron... Read More about Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis: Metallicity-dependent Yields.

The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars (2023)
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Pignatari, M., Trueman, T. C., Womack, K. A., Gibson, B. K., Côte, B., Turrini, D., …Lugaro, M. (2023). The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(4), 6295-6330. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2167

Theoretical physical-chemical models for the formation of planetary systems depend on data quality for the Sun's composition, that of stars in the solar neighbourhood, and of the estimated 'pristine' compositions for stellar systems. The effective sc... Read More about The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars.

Modelling the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way: Short-lived Radioactive Isotopes from AGB Stars and the impact of SNe Ia (2023)
Thesis
Trueman, T. Modelling the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way: Short-lived Radioactive Isotopes from AGB Stars and the impact of SNe Ia. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4366004

Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of ²⁶Al (2023)
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Laird, A. M., Lugaro, M., Kankainen, A., Adsley, P., Bardayan, D. W., Brinkman, H. E., …Mengoni, A. (2023). Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of 26Al. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 50(3), Article 033002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ac9cf8

The radioisotope 26Al is a key observable for nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy and the environment of the early Solar System. To properly interpret the large variety of astronomical and meteoritic data, it is crucial to understand both the nuclear react... Read More about Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of ²⁶Al.

Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars (2023)
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Battino, U., Lederer-Woods, C., Pignatari, M., Soós, B., Lugaro, M., Vescovi, D., Cristallo, S., Woods, P. J., & Karakas, A. (2023). Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(2), 2436-2444. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad106

The cosmic production of the short-lived radioactive nuclide 26Al is crucial for our understanding of the evolution of stars and galaxies. However, simulations of the stellar sites producing 26Al are still weakened by significant nuclear uncertaintie... Read More about Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars.

Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way (2022)
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Womack, K., Vincenzo, F., Gibson, B., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Brinkman, H. E., …Karakas, A. (2023). Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1543-1556. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3180

Fluorine has many different potential sites and channels of production, making narrowing down a dominant site of fluorine production particularly challenging. In this work, we investigate which sources are the dominant contributors to the galactic fl... Read More about Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way.

Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond (2022)
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Schatz, H., Becerril Reyes, A. D., Best, A., Brown, E. F., Chatziioannou, K., Chipps, K. A., …Pignatari, M. (2022). Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 49(11), Article 110502. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ac8890

Nuclear astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the chemical elements. This white paper summarizes progress and status of... Read More about Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond.

Isotopic ratios for C, N, Si, Al, and Ti in C-rich presolar grains from massive stars (2022)
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Schofield, J., Pignatari, M., Stancliffe, R. J., & Hoppe, P. (2022). Isotopic ratios for C, N, Si, Al, and Ti in C-rich presolar grains from massive stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(2), 1803-1820. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2498

Certain types of silicon carbide (SiC) grains, e.g. SiC-X grains, and low density (LD) graphites are C-rich presolar grains that are thought to have condensed in the ejecta of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe). In this work, we compare C, N, Al, Si, a... Read More about Isotopic ratios for C, N, Si, Al, and Ti in C-rich presolar grains from massive stars.

Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae (2022)
Thesis
Keegans, J. D. (2022). Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224168

This thesis presents the post-processed isotopic yields from 39 SNIa models with masses of 1.4, 1.0 and 0.8 M⊙ and metallicities ranging from a 22Ne mass fraction of 0 to 0.1. In chapter 3 the full yields are presented, along with a description of th... Read More about Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae.

Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium (2022)
Journal Article
Den Hartogh, J., Petö, M. K., Lawson, T., Sieverding, A., Brinkman, H., Pignatari, M., & Lugaro, M. (2022). Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium. The Astrophysical journal, 927(2), Article 220. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4965

Isotope variations of nucleosynthetic origin among solar system solid samples are well documented, yet the origin of these variations is still uncertain. The observed variability of 54Cr among materials formed in different regions of the protoplaneta... Read More about Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium.

The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set (2022)
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Battino, U., Pignatari, M., Tattersall, A., Denissenkov, P., & Herwig, F. (2022). The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set. Universe, 8(3), Article 170. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8030170

Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars play a key role in the chemical evolution of galaxies. These stars are the fundamental stellar site for the production of light elements such as C, N and F, and half of the elements heavier than Fe via the slow neu... Read More about The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set.

The RADIOSTAR Project (2022)
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Lugaro, M., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Yagüe López, A., Brinkman, H., Cseh, B., …Világos, B. (2022). The RADIOSTAR Project. Universe, 8(2), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8020130

Radioactive nuclei are the key to understanding the circumstances of the birth of our Sun because meteoritic analysis has proven that many of them were present at that time. Their origin, however, has been so far elusive. The ERC-CoG-2016 RADIOSTAR p... Read More about The RADIOSTAR Project.

A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics (2022)
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Cross, T. M., Benoit, D. M., Pignatari, M., & Gibson, B. K. (2022). A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics. The Astrophysical journal, 925(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3976

This work presents the first steps to modeling synthetic rovibrational spectra for all molecules of astrophysical interest using a new approach implemented in the Prometheus code. The goal is to create a new comprehensive source of first-principles m... Read More about A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics.

Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution (2022)
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Trueman, T. C. L., Côté, B., Yagüe López, A., Den Hartogh, J., Pignatari, M., Soós, B., …Lugaro, M. (2022). Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution. The Astrophysical journal, 924(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac31b0

Analysis of inclusions in primitive meteorites reveals that several short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) with half-lives of 0.1-100 Myr existed in the early solar system (ESS). We investigate the ESS origin of 107Pd, 135Cs, and 182Hf, which are produced... Read More about Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution.

Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae (2021)
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Lawson, T. V., Pignatari, M., Stancliffe, R. J., Den Hartogh, J., Jones, S., Fryer, C. L., …Lugaro, M. (2022). Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(1), 886-902. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3684

Short-lived radioactive isotopes (SLRs) with half-lives between 0.1 and 100 Myr can be used to probe the origin of the Solar system. In this work, we examine the core-collapse supernovae production of the 15 SLRs produced: 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn, 60F... Read More about Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae.

26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System (2021)
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Brinkman, H. E., Hartogh, J. W., Doherty, C. L., Pignatari, M., & Lugaro, M. (2021). 26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System. The Astrophysical journal, 923(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac25ea

Radioactive nuclei were present in the early solar system (ESS), as inferred from analysis of meteorites. Many are produced in massive stars, either during their lives or their final explosions. In the first paper of this series (Brinkman et al. 2019... Read More about 26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System.

(Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis (2021)
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Ota, S., Christian, G., Catford, W. N., Lotay, G., Pignatari, M., Battino, U., …Wilkinson, R. (2021). (Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis. Physical Review C, 104(5), Article 055806. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.055806

We studied α cluster states in Mg26 via the Ne22(Li6,dγ)Mg26 reaction in inverse kinematics at an energy of 7 MeV/nucleon. States between Ex = 4-14 MeV in Mg26 were populated and relative α spectroscopic factors were determined. Some of these states... Read More about (Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis.

New Thermonuclear Rate of ⁷Li(d,n)2⁴He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem (2021)
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Hou, S. Q., Kajino, T., Trueman, T. C., Pignatari, M., Luo, Y. D., & Bertulani, C. A. (2021). New Thermonuclear Rate of 7Li(d,n)24He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem. The Astrophysical journal, 920(2), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1a11

Accurate 7Li(d,n)24He thermonuclear reaction rates are crucial for precise prediction of the primordial abundances of lithium and beryllium and to probe the mysteries beyond fundamental physics and the standard cosmological model. However, uncertaint... Read More about New Thermonuclear Rate of ⁷Li(d,n)2⁴He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem.

Exploring the link between star and planet formation with Ariel (2021)
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Turrini, D., Codella, C., Danielski, C., Fedele, D., Fonte, S., Garufi, A., …Wolkenberg, P. (in press). Exploring the link between star and planet formation with Ariel. Experimental astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09754-4

The goal of the Ariel space mission is to observe a large and diversified population of transiting planets around a range of host star types to collect information on their atmospheric composition. The planetary bulk and atmospheric compositions bear... Read More about Exploring the link between star and planet formation with Ariel.

UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522 (2021)
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Barbuy, B., Cantelli, E., Muniz, L., Souza, S. O., Chiappini, C., Hirschi, R., …Depagne, E. (2021). UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 654, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140815

Context: NGC 6522 is a moderately metal-poor bulge globular cluster ([Fe/H] -1.0), and it is a well-studied representative among a number of moderately metal-poor blue horizontal branch clusters located in the bulge. The NGC 6522 abundance pattern ca... Read More about UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522.