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Shell-model studies of the astrophysical rp -process reactions S 34 (p,γ) Cl 35 and Cl 34g,m (p,γ) Ar 35 (2020)
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Richter, W. A., Brown, B. A., Longland, R., Wrede, C., Denissenkov, P., Fry, C., …Reifarth, R. (2020). Shell-model studies of the astrophysical rp -process reactions S 34 (p,γ) Cl 35 and Cl 34g,m (p,γ) Ar 35. Physical Review C, 102(2), Article 025801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.025801

© 2020 American Physical Society. Background: Dust grains condensed in the outflows of presolar classical novae should have been present in the protosolar nebula. Candidates for such presolar nova grains have been found in primitive meteorites and ca... Read More about Shell-model studies of the astrophysical rp -process reactions S 34 (p,γ) Cl 35 and Cl 34g,m (p,γ) Ar 35.

Origin of Large Meteoritic SiC Stardust Grains in Metal-rich AGB Stars (2020)
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Dell'Agli, F., D'Orazi, V., Schönb chler, M., Lugaro, M., Cseh, B., Világos, B., …Nittler, L. R. (2020). Origin of Large Meteoritic SiC Stardust Grains in Metal-rich AGB Stars. The Astrophysical journal, 898(2), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9e74

Stardust grains that originated in ancient stars and supernovae are recovered from meteorites and carry the detailed composition of their astronomical sites of origin. We present evidence that the majority of large (μm-sized) meteoritic silicon carbi... Read More about Origin of Large Meteoritic SiC Stardust Grains in Metal-rich AGB Stars.

Chromium Nucleosynthesis and Silicon-Carbon Shell Mergers in Massive Stars (2020)
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Côté, B., Jones, S., Herwig, F., & Pignatari, M. (2020). Chromium Nucleosynthesis and Silicon-Carbon Shell Mergers in Massive Stars. The Astrophysical journal, 892(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab77ac

We analyze the production of the element Cr in galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models using the NuGrid nucleosynthesis yields set. We show that the unusually large [Cr/Fe] abundance at [Fe/H] ≈ 0 reported by previous studies using those yields and... Read More about Chromium Nucleosynthesis and Silicon-Carbon Shell Mergers in Massive Stars.

The Nucleosynthetic Yields of Core-collapse Supernovae: Prospects for the Next Generation of Gamma-Ray Astronomy (2020)
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Andrews, S., Fryer, C., Even, W., Jones, S., & Pignatari, M. (2020). The Nucleosynthetic Yields of Core-collapse Supernovae: Prospects for the Next Generation of Gamma-Ray Astronomy. The Astrophysical journal, 890(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab64f8

Though the neutrino-driven convection model for the core-collapse explosion mechanism has received strong support in recent years, there are still many uncertainties in the explosion parameters—such as explosion energy, remnant mass, and end-of-life... Read More about The Nucleosynthetic Yields of Core-collapse Supernovae: Prospects for the Next Generation of Gamma-Ray Astronomy.

Isotopic Signatures of Supernova Nucleosynthesis in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains of Type AB with Supersolar 14N/15N Ratios (2019)
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Hoppe, P., Stancliffe, R. J., Pignatari, M., & Amari, S. (2019). Isotopic Signatures of Supernova Nucleosynthesis in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains of Type AB with Supersolar 14N/15N Ratios. The Astrophysical journal, 887(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab521c

We report high-resolution C, N, Al, Si, and S isotope data of 38 presolar SiC grains of type AB. Seventeen of these grains are of subtype AB1 (14N/15N < 440 = solar) and 20 of subtype AB2 (14N/15N ≥ 440), previously proposed to be mainly from superno... Read More about Isotopic Signatures of Supernova Nucleosynthesis in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains of Type AB with Supersolar 14N/15N Ratios.

The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints (2019)
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Den Hartogh, J. W., Hirschi, R., Lugaro, M., Doherty, C. L., Battino, U., Herwig, F., …Eggenberger, P. (2019). The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 629, Article A123. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935476

Aims. We investigate the s-process during the AGB phase of stellar models whose cores are enforced to rotate at rates consistent with asteroseismology observations of their progenitors and successors. Methods. We calculated new 2 M⊙ , Z  =  0.01 mode... Read More about The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints.

A direct measurement of the 17O(α,γ)21Ne reaction in inverse kinematics and its impact on heavy element production (2019)
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Taggart, M. P., Akers, C., Laird, A. M., Hager, U., Ruiz, C., Hutcheon, D. A., …Williams, M. (2019). A direct measurement of the 17O(α,γ)21Ne reaction in inverse kinematics and its impact on heavy element production. Physics letters. B, 798, Article 134894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134894

© 2019 The Authors During the slow neutron capture process in massive stars, reactions on light elements can both produce and absorb neutrons thereby influencing the final heavy element abundances. At low metallicities, the high neutron capture rate... Read More about A direct measurement of the 17O(α,γ)21Ne reaction in inverse kinematics and its impact on heavy element production.

NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03 (2019)
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Battino, U., Tattersall, A., Lederer-Woods, C., Herwig, F., Denissenkov, P., Hirschi, R., …Pignatari, M. (2019). NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(1), 1082-1098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2158

© 2019 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. The production of the neutron-capture isotopes beyond iron that we observe today in the Solar system is the result of the combined contribution of the r-process, the s-process, and possibly the i-p... Read More about NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03.

Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae? (2019)
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Hoppe, P., Pignatari, M., & Amari, S. (2019). Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae?. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 373-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_68

Primitive solar system materials contain presolar grains that formed in the winds of evolved stars and in the ejecta of stellar explosions. Here, we report on NanoSIMS measurements of C-, N-, Al–Mg-, Si-, and S-isotopic compositions of 10 submicromet... Read More about Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae?.

Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process (2019)
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Battino, U., Travaglio, C., Pignatari, M., & Lederer-Woods, C. (in press). Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_29

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The production of the proton-rich isotopes beyond iron that we observe today in the solar system is still uncertain. Thermonuclear supernovae (SNe Ia) exploding within the single-degenerate scenario have been p... Read More about Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process.

Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo (2019)
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Wehmeyer, B., Fröhlich, C., Pignatari, M., & Thielemann, F. K. (in press). Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_15

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The origin of the heaviest elements is still a matter of debate. For the rapid neutron capture process (“r-process”), multiple sites have been proposed, e.g., neutron star mergers and (sub-classes) of supernova... Read More about Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo.

H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars (2019)
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Clarkson, O., Herwig, F., Andrassy, R., Woodward, P., Pignatari, M., & Mao, H. (in press). H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_56

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. We report on our ongoing investigation into the nucleosynthetic and hydrodynamic nature of mixing at the interface between the H- and He-convection zones in massive Pop III stars. Studying recent a grid of 26 1... Read More about H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars.

The i-process yields of rapidly accreting white dwarfs from multicycle He-shell flash stellar evolution models with mixing parametrizations from 3D hydrodynamics simulations (2019)
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Denissenkov, P. A., Herwig, F., Woodward, P., Andrassy, R., Pignatari, M., & Jones, S. (2019). The i-process yields of rapidly accreting white dwarfs from multicycle He-shell flash stellar evolution models with mixing parametrizations from 3D hydrodynamics simulations. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(3), 4258-4270. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1921

© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society We have modelled the multicycle evolution of rapidly accreting CO white dwarfs (RAWDs) with stable H burning intermittent with strong He-shell flash... Read More about The i-process yields of rapidly accreting white dwarfs from multicycle He-shell flash stellar evolution models with mixing parametrizations from 3D hydrodynamics simulations.

Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes (2019)
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Côté, B., Lugaro, M., Reifarth, R., Pignatari, M., Világos, B., Yagüe, A., & Gibson, B. K. (2019). Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes. The Astrophysical journal, 878(2), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab21d1

The presence of short-lived (∼ Myr) radioactive isotopes in meteoritic inclusions at the time of their formation represents a unique opportunity to study the circumstances that led to the formation of the Solar System. To interpret these observations... Read More about Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes.

Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production (2019)
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Wehmeyer, B., Wehmeyer, B., Fröhlich, C., Fröhlich, C., Côté, B., Côté, B., …Thielemann, F. K. (2019). Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(2), 1745-1753. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1310

Rapid neutron capture process (r-process) elements have been detected in a large fraction of metal-poor halo stars, with abundances relative to iron (Fe) that vary by over two orders of magnitude. This scatter is reduced to less than a factor of 3 in... Read More about Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production.

Neutron star mergers might not be the only source of r-process elements in the Milky Way (2019)
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Côté, B., Eichler, M., Arcones, A., Hansen, C. J., Simonetti, P., Frebel, A., …Matteucci, F. (2019). Neutron star mergers might not be the only source of r-process elements in the Milky Way. The Astrophysical journal, 875(2), 106. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab10db

Probing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challenge. We review the observational evidence that probes the properties of r-process sites, and address them using galactic chemical evolution simulations, bin... Read More about Neutron star mergers might not be the only source of r-process elements in the Milky Way.

Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron capture elements: Sr (2019)
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Mishenina, T., Pignatari, M., Gorbaneva, T., Bisterzo, S., Travaglio, C., Thielemann, F. K., & Soubiran, C. (2019). Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron capture elements: Sr. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(3), 3846-3864. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz178

The enrichment history of heavy neutron-capture elements in the Milky Way disc provides fundamental information about the chemical evolution of our Galaxy and about the stellar sources that made those elements. In this work we give new observational... Read More about Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron capture elements: Sr.

Nucleosynthetic yields from neutron stars accreting in binary common envelopes (2019)
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Keegans, J. D., Fryer, C. L., Jones, S. W., Côté, B., Belczynski, K., Herwig, F., …Diget, C. A. (2019). Nucleosynthetic yields from neutron stars accreting in binary common envelopes. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(1), 620-639. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz368

© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. Massive-star binaries can undergo a phase where one of the two stars expands during its advanced evolutionary stage as a giant and envelops its com... Read More about Nucleosynthetic yields from neutron stars accreting in binary common envelopes.

Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru (2019)
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Mishenina, T., Pignatari, M., Gorbaneva, T., Travaglio, C., Côté, B., Thielemann, F., & Soubiran, C. (2019). Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(2), 1697-1708. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2202

© 2019 The Author(s). We present new observational data for the heavy elements molybdenum (Mo, Z = 42) and ruthenium (Ru, Z = 44) in F-, G-, and K-stars belonging to different substructures of the Milky Way. The range of metallicity covered is -1.0 <... Read More about Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru.

Remnants and ejecta of thermonuclear electron-capture supernovae: Constraining oxygen-neon deflagrations in high-density white dwarfs (2018)
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Jones, S., Röpke, F. K., Fryer, C., Ruiter, A. J., Seitenzahl, I. R., Nittler, L. R., …Belczynski, K. (2019). Remnants and ejecta of thermonuclear electron-capture supernovae: Constraining oxygen-neon deflagrations in high-density white dwarfs. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622, Article A74. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834381

The explosion mechanism of electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) remains equivocal: it is not completely clear whether these events are implosions in which neutron stars are formed, or incomplete thermonuclear explosions that leave behind bound ONeFe w... Read More about Remnants and ejecta of thermonuclear electron-capture supernovae: Constraining oxygen-neon deflagrations in high-density white dwarfs.