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Determination of alpha spectroscopic factors for unbound 17O states (2017)
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De Séréville, N., Meyer, A., Hammache, F., Laird, A. M., & Pignatari, M. (2017). Determination of alpha spectroscopic factors for unbound 17O states. EPJ Web of Conferences, 165, 01022. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716501022

© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. It has been recently suggested that hydrogen ingestion into the helium shell of massive stars could lead to high 13 C and 15 N excesses when the blast of a core collapse supernova (ccSN) passes through... Read More about Determination of alpha spectroscopic factors for unbound 17O states.

Pop III i-process nucleosynthesis and the elemental abundances of SMSS J0313-6708 and the most iron-poor stars (2017)
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Clarkson, O., Herwig, F., & Pignatari, M. (2018). Pop III i-process nucleosynthesis and the elemental abundances of SMSS J0313-6708 and the most iron-poor stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 474(1), L37-L41. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx190

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We have investigated a highly energetic H-ingestion event during shell He burning leading to H-burning luminosities of log (L H /L ⊙ ) ~ 13 in a 4... Read More about Pop III i-process nucleosynthesis and the elemental abundances of SMSS J0313-6708 and the most iron-poor stars.

The C12(α,γ)O16 reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning (2017)
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reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning. Reviews of Modern Physics, 89(3), Article ARTN 035007. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.89.035007

The creation of carbon and oxygen in our Universe is one of the forefront questions in nuclear astrophysics. The determination of the abundance of these elements is key to our understanding of both the formation of life on Earth and to the life cycle... Read More about The C12(α,γ)O16 reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning.

Precise measurement of the thermal and stellar Fe 54 (n,γ) Fe 55 cross sections via accelerator mass spectrometry (2017)
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Wallner, A., Buczak, K., Belgya, T., Bichler, M., Coquard, L., Dillmann, I., …Pignatari, M. (2017). Precise measurement of the thermal and stellar Fe 54 (n,γ) Fe 55 cross sections via accelerator mass spectrometry. Physical Review C, 96(2), Article ARTN 025808. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.025808

© 2017 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the a... Read More about Precise measurement of the thermal and stellar Fe 54 (n,γ) Fe 55 cross sections via accelerator mass spectrometry.

Convective–reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O–C shell mergers (2017)
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Ritter, C., Andrassy, R., Côté, B., Herwig, F., Woodward, P. R., Pignatari, M., & Jones, S. (2018). Convective–reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O–C shell mergers. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 474(1), L1-L6. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx126

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We address the deficiency of odd-Z elements P, Cl, K and Sc in Galactic chemical evolution models through an investigation of the nucleosynthesis... Read More about Convective–reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O–C shell mergers.

The neutron capture process in the He shell in core-collapse supernovae: Presolar silicon carbide grains as a diagnostic tool for nuclear astrophysics (2017)
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Pignatari, M., Hoppe, P., Trappitsch, R., Fryer, C., Timmes, F., Herwig, F., & Hirschi, R. (2018). The neutron capture process in the He shell in core-collapse supernovae: Presolar silicon carbide grains as a diagnostic tool for nuclear astrophysics. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 221, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.005

Carbon-rich presolar grains are found in primitive meteorites, with isotopic measurements to date suggesting a core-collapse supernovae origin site for some of them. This holds for about 1-2 % of presolar silicon carbide (SiC) grains, so-called Type... Read More about The neutron capture process in the He shell in core-collapse supernovae: Presolar silicon carbide grains as a diagnostic tool for nuclear astrophysics.

Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning (2017)
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Liu, N., Nittler, L. R., Pignatari, M., Alexander, C. M. O., & Wang, J. (2017). Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning. The Astrophysical journal, 842(1), L1. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74e5

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We report C, N, and Si isotopic data for 59 highly 13 C-enriched presolar submicron-to micron-sized SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite, including eight putative nova grains (PNGs)... Read More about Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning.

Iron and nickel isotope compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae (2017)
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Kodolányi, J., Stephan, T., Trappitsch, R., Hoppe, P., Pignatari, M., Davis, A. M., & Pellin, M. J. (2018). Iron and nickel isotope compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 221, 127-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.029

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. We report the carbon, silicon, iron, and nickel isotope compositions of twenty-five presolar SiC grains of mostly supernova (SN) origin. The iron and nickel isotope compositions were measured with the new Chicago Instrument for L... Read More about Iron and nickel isotope compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae.

Observing the metal-poor solar neighbourhood: A comparison of galactic chemical evolution predictions (2017)
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Mishenina, T., Pignatari, M., Côté, B., Thielemann, F., Soubiran, C., Basak, N., …Herwig, F. (2017). Observing the metal-poor solar neighbourhood: A comparison of galactic chemical evolution predictions. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 469(4), 4378-4399. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1145

© 2017 The Authors. Atmospheric parameters and chemical compositions for 10 stars with metallicities in the region of -2.2 < [Fe/H] < -0.6 were precisely determined using high-resolution, high signal-tonoise, spectra. For each star, the abundance... Read More about Observing the metal-poor solar neighbourhood: A comparison of galactic chemical evolution predictions.

A chemical signature from fast-rotating low-metallicity massive stars: ROA 276 in ω Centauri (2017)
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Yong, D., Norris, J. E., Da Costa, G. S., Stanford, L. M., Karakas, A. I., Shingles, L. J., …Pignatari, M. (2017). A chemical signature from fast-rotating low-metallicity massive stars: ROA 276 in ω Centauri. The Astrophysical journal, 837(2), 176. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6250

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present a chemical abundance analysis of a metal-poor star, ROA 276, in the stellar system ω Centauri. We confirm that this star has an unusually high [Sr/Ba] abundance ratio. Additio... Read More about A chemical signature from fast-rotating low-metallicity massive stars: ROA 276 in ω Centauri.

Neutron spectroscopy of 26 Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22 Ne( α , n ) 25 Mg (2017)
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Kivel, N., Karadimos, D., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Krtička, M., Kopecky, S., …Schillebeeckx, P. (2017). Neutron spectroscopy of 26 Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22 Ne( α , n ) 25 Mg. Physics letters. B, 768, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.02.025

This work reports on accurate, high-resolution measurements of the 25 Mg(n,γ) 26 Mg and 25 Mg(n,tot) cross sections in the neutron energy range from thermal to about 300 keV, leading to a significantly improved 25 Mg(n,γ) 26 Mg parametrization. The r... Read More about Neutron spectroscopy of 26 Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22 Ne( α , n ) 25 Mg.

NanoSIMS isotope studies of rare types of presolar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite: Implications for supernova models and the role of 14C (2017)
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Hoppe, P., Pignatari, M., Kodolányi, J., Gröner, E., & Amari, S. (2018). NanoSIMS isotope studies of rare types of presolar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite: Implications for supernova models and the role of 14C. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 221, 182-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.051

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. We have conducted a NanoSIMS ion imaging survey of about 1800 presolar silicon carbide (SiC) grains from the Murchison meteorite. A total of 21 supernova (SN) X grains, two SN C grains, and two putative nova grains were identifie... Read More about NanoSIMS isotope studies of rare types of presolar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite: Implications for supernova models and the role of 14C.

Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na (2017)
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Uberseder, E., Heil, M., Käppeler, F., Lederer, C., Mengoni, A., Bisterzo, S., …Wiescher, M. (2017). Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na. Physical Review C, 95(2), 025803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.025803

The cross section of the ²³Na(n,γ)²⁴Na reaction has been measured via the activation method at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. NaCl samples were exposed to quasistellar neutron spectra at kT = 5.1 and 25 keV produced via the ¹⁸O(p,n)¹... Read More about Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na.

i-process Nucleosynthesis and Mass Retention Efficiency in He-shell Flash Evolution of Rapidly Accreting White Dwarfs (2017)
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Denissenkov, P. A., Herwig, F., Battino, U., Ritter, C., Pignatari, M., Jones, S., & Paxton, B. (2017). i-process Nucleosynthesis and Mass Retention Efficiency in He-shell Flash Evolution of Rapidly Accreting White Dwarfs. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 834(2), L10. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/834/2/l10

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Based on stellar evolution simulations, we demonstrate that rapidly accreting white dwarfs (WDs) in close binary systems are an astrophysical site for the intermediate neutron-capture pr... Read More about i-process Nucleosynthesis and Mass Retention Efficiency in He-shell Flash Evolution of Rapidly Accreting White Dwarfs.