First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies (2016)
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Tang, X., Bucher, B., Fang, X., Heger, A., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., …Woosley, S. (2016). First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies. EPJ Web of Conferences, 109, 04009. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610904009

© 2016 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences. Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction12C(12C,n)23Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. Past studies have shown large discrepancies between experimental data and theory,... Read More about First direct measurement of 12C (12C,n) 23Mg at stellar energies.

Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937 (2016)
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Sneden, C., Cowan, J. J., Kobayashi, C., Pignatari, M., Lawler, J. E., Den Hartog, E. A., & Wood, M. P. (2016). Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937. The Astrophysical journal, 817(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/817/1/53

We have derived new, very accurate abundances of the Fe-group elements Sc through Zn (Z = 21−30) in the bright main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937 based on high-resolution spectra covering the visible and ultraviolet spectral regions. New or recent l... Read More about Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937.

Origin of the p-process radionuclides ⁹²Nb and ¹⁴⁶Sm in the early solar system and inferences on the birth of the Sun (2016)
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Lugaro, M., Pignatari, M., Ott, U., Zuber, K., Travaglio, C., Gyürky, G., & Fülöp, Z. (2016). Origin of the p-process radionuclides ⁹²Nb and ¹⁴⁶Sm in the early solar system and inferences on the birth of the Sun. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 907-912. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519344113

The abundances of ⁹²Nb and ¹⁴⁶Sm in the early solar system are determined from meteoritic analysis, and their stellar production is attributed to the p process. We investigate if their origin from thermonuclear supernovae deriving from the explosion... Read More about Origin of the p-process radionuclides ⁹²Nb and ¹⁴⁶Sm in the early solar system and inferences on the birth of the Sun.

Experiments with neutron beams for the astrophysical s process (2016)
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Lederer, C., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., …Žugec, P. (2016). Experiments with neutron beams for the astrophysical s process. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 665(1), 012020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/665/1/012020

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Neutron capture cross sections are the key nuclear physics input to study the slow neutron capture process, which is responsible for forming about half of the elemental abundances above Fe. Stellar neu... Read More about Experiments with neutron beams for the astrophysical s process.

Sensitivity study for s process nucleosynthesis in AGB stars (2016)
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Koloczek, A., Thomas, B., Glorius, J., Plag, R., Pignatari, M., Reifarth, R., …Sonnabend, K. (2016). Sensitivity study for s process nucleosynthesis in AGB stars. Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 108(March), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adt.2015.12.001

In this paper we present a large-scale sensitivity study of reaction rates in the main component of the s process. The aim of this study is to identify all rates, which have a global effect on the s process abundance distribution and the three most i... Read More about Sensitivity study for s process nucleosynthesis in AGB stars.

s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities (2015)
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Frischknecht, U., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Maeder, A., Meynet, G., Chiappini, C., …Ekström, S. (2016). s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2), 1803-1825. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2723

Rotation was shown to have a strong impact on the structure and light element nucleosynthesis in massive stars. In particular, models including rotation can reproduce the primary nitrogen observed in halo extremely metal poor (EMP) stars. Additional... Read More about s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities.

H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis (2015)
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Jones, S., Ritter, C., Herwig, F., Fryer, C., Pignatari, M., Bertolli, M. G., & Paxton, B. (2016). H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 3848-3863. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2488

We investigate the evolution of super-AGB (SAGB) thermal pulse (TP) stars for a range of metallicities (Z) and explore the effect of convective boundary mixing (CBM). With decreasing metallicity and evolution along the TP phase, the He-shell flash an... Read More about H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis.

Mn abundances in the stars of the Galactic disc with metallicities -1.0 < [Fe/H] < 0.3 (2015)
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Mishenina, T., Gorbaneva, T. I., Pignatari, M., Thielemann, F., & Korotin, S. (2015). Mn abundances in the stars of the Galactic disc with metallicities -1.0 < [Fe/H] < 0.3. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(2), 1585-1594. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2038

In this work we present and discuss the observations of the Mn abundances for 247 FGK dwarfs, located in the Galactic disc with metallicity -1 < [Fe/H]< +0.3. The observed stars belong to the substructures of the Galaxy thick and thin discs, and to t... Read More about Mn abundances in the stars of the Galactic disc with metallicities -1.0 < [Fe/H] < 0.3.

Carbon-rich presolar grains from massive stars : subsolar ¹²C/¹³C and ¹⁴N/¹⁵N ratios and the mystery of ¹⁵N (2015)
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Pignatari, M., Zinner, E., Hoppe, P., J. Jordan, C., K. Gibson, B., Trappitsch, R., …X. Timmes, F. (2015). Carbon-rich presolar grains from massive stars : subsolar ¹²C/¹³C and ¹⁴N/¹⁵N ratios and the mystery of ¹⁵N. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 808(2), L43. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/808/2/L43

Carbon-rich grains with isotopic anomalies compared to the Sun are found in primitive meteorites. They were made by stars, and carry the original stellar nucleosynthesis signature. Silicon carbide grains of Type X and C and low-density (LD) graphites... Read More about Carbon-rich presolar grains from massive stars : subsolar ¹²C/¹³C and ¹⁴N/¹⁵N ratios and the mystery of ¹⁵N.

Erratum: Ni 62 (n,γ) and Ni 63 (n,γ) cross sections measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN [Phys. Rev. C (2014) 89 (025810)] (2015)
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Tsinganis, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tarrío, D., Tain, J. L., Tagliente, G., Schmidt, S., …Sarmento, R. (2015). Erratum: Ni 62 (n,γ) and Ni 63 (n,γ) cross sections measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN [Phys. Rev. C (2014) 89 (025810)]. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 92(1), Article 019903. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.92.019903

Erratum: Stellar neutron capture cross sections ofNe20,21,22[Phys. Rev. C90, 045804 (2014)] (2015)
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Heil, M., Plag, R., Uberseder, E., Gallino, R., Bisterzo, S., Juseviciute, A., …Pignatari, M. (2015). Erratum: Stellar neutron capture cross sections ofNe20,21,22[Phys. Rev. C90, 045804 (2014)]. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 92(1), Article 019902. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.92.019902

Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach (2015)
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Wehmeyer, B., Pignatari, M., & Thielemann, F. (2015). Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 1970-1981. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1352

For the origin of heavy r-process elements, different sources have been proposed, e.g., core-collapse supernovae or neutron star mergers. Old metal-poor stars carry the signature of the astrophysical source(s). Among the elements dominantly made by t... Read More about Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach.

The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies (2015)
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Bucher, B., Tang, X. D., Fang, X., Heger, A., Alamaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., …Woosley, S. E. (2015). The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies. Physical review letters, 114(25), 251102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.251102

Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction ¹²C(¹²C,n)²³Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. However, past studies have shown large discrepancies between experimental data and theory, leading to an uncertain cross section extrapo... Read More about The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies.

Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility (2015)
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Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., …Wright, T. (2015). Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility. EPJ Web of Conferences, 93, 02009. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159302009

The neutron capture cross section of 58 Ni was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n-TOF at CERN, from 27 meV to 400 keV neutron energy. Special care has been taken to identify all the possible sources of background, with the so-called ne... Read More about Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility.

Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics (2015)
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Bucher, B., Fang, X., Tang, X., Tan, W., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., …Wiescher, M. (2015). Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics. EPJ Web of Conferences, 93, 03009. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159303009

The 12 C+ 12 C reaction is one of the single most important nuclear reactions in astrophysics. It strongly influences late evolution of massive stars as well as the dynamics of type Ia supernovae and x-ray superbursts. An accurate estimation of the c... Read More about Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics.

Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model (2015)
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Göbel, K., Glorius, J., Koloczek, A., Pignatari, M., Reifarth, R., Schach, R., & Sonnabend, K. (2015). Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model. EPJ Web of Conferences, 93, 03006. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159303006

We present a nucleosynthesis sensitivity study for the γ-process in a Supernova type II model within the NuGrid research platform. The simulations aimed at identifying the relevant local production and destruction rates for the p-nuclei of molybdenum... Read More about Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model.

Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite (2015)
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Xu, Y., Zinner, E., Gallino, R., Heger, A., Pignatari, M., & Lin, Y. (2015). Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite. The Astrophysical journal, 799(2), 156. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/156

We report C, Si, N, S, Mg-Al, and Ca-Ti isotopic compositions of presolar silicon carbide (SiC) grains from the SiC-rich KJE size fraction (0.5-0.8 μm) of the Murchison meteorite. One thousand one hundred thirteen SiC grains were identified based on... Read More about Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite.

Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning (2015)
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Jones, S., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Heger, A., Georgy, C., Nishimura, N., …Herwig, F. (2015). Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3115-3129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2657

Massive stars are key sources of radiative, kinetic and chemical feedback in the Universe. Grids of massive star models computed by different groups each using their own codes, input physics choices and numerical approximations, however, lead to inco... Read More about Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning.

MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pignatari, M., Denisenkov, P. A., Herwig, F., & Truran, J. (2014). MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis. In P. Woudt, & V. Ribeiro (Eds.), Stella Novae: Past and future decades

Classical novae are the results of surface thermonuclear explosions of hydrogen accreted by white dwarfs (WDs) from their low-mass main-sequence or red-giant binary companions. Chemical composition analysis of their ejecta shows that nova outbursts o... Read More about MESA and NuGrid simulations of classical nova outbursts and nucleosynthesis.

New insights on Ba overabundance in open clusters : evidence for the intermediate neutron-capture process at play? (2014)
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Mishenina, T., Pignatari, M., Carraro, G., Kovtyukh, V., Monaco, L., Korotin, S., …Herwig, F. (2015). New insights on Ba overabundance in open clusters : evidence for the intermediate neutron-capture process at play?. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(4), 3651-3668. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2337

Recently, an increasing number of studies were devoted to measure the abundances of neutron-capture elements heavier than iron in stars belonging to Galactic Open Clusters (OCs). OCs span a sizeable range in metallicity (−0.6 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ +0.4), and th... Read More about New insights on Ba overabundance in open clusters : evidence for the intermediate neutron-capture process at play?.