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SUMMARY:National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Seminar
DESCRIPTION:
 Samuel Giuliani from ECT Trento, Italy, will be 
 speaking.\n
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 The presentation is titled "r-process 
 nucleosynthesis and the production of 
 heavy elements: A nuclear physics perspective."\n
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 About 
 half of the chemical elements heavier 
 than iron that found in nature are produced 
 during the rapid neutron-capture process 
 (r process). In August 2017, the observation 
 of the kilonova light curve, an electromagnetic 
 transient produced by the radioactive decay 
 of r-process nuclei synthesized during the 
 merger of two neutron stars, marked the beginning 
 of a new era for r-process studies where 
 nucleosynthesis predictions can be directly 
 confronted with astronomical observations. In 
 order to extract information about the ejecta 
 composition producing such light curves, accurate 
 nuclear astrophysics simulations are 
 required. In particular, the modeling of nuclear 
 structure properties of neutron-rich nuclei 
 and related sensitivity studies addressing 
 the impact of theoretical uncertainties are 
 crucial ingredients to properly understand the 
 nucleosynthesis of heavy elements in the universe. 
 In this talk, I will present some recent 
 network calculations based on nuclear input 
 obtained within the Density Functional Theory 
 (DFT) framework.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.nscl.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory\n
 Contact phone: 517-355-9671\n
 Contact email: nscl.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.nscl.msu.edu/apps/seminars.php\n
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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