Nuclear Astrophysics: Cosmic Explosions

Presentations

• Investigating the Synthesis of the Primordial Lithium Isotopes

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 10:30 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • Christel Smith

    • Department of Physics, Arizona State University

  • George Fuller

    • Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego

  • Richard Boyd

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Carl Brune

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University

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• The Death of the Biggest Stars

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 10:42 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • Alexander Heger

    • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  • Brian Crosby

    • Michigan State University

  • Ken Chen

    • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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• Comparison Between Measured and Calculated Gamow-Teller Distributions and the Corresponding Electron Capture Rates for pf-shell Nuclei in Pre-supernova Stars

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 10:54 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • R.G.T. Zegers

  • B.A. Brown

  • A.L. Cole

  • T.S. Anderson

    • Physics Department, Kalamazoo College

  • L. Uher

    • NSCL, JINA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University

  • G.W. Hitt

    • Khalifa University of Science, Technology \& Research

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• New Measurements of the Astrophysically Important $^{44}$Ti Radionuclide Through the $^{40}$Ca($\alpha $,$\gamma )^{44}$Ti Reaction

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 11:06 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Robertson

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Hans-Werner Becker

    • University of Bochum

  • Philippe Collon

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Joachim Goerres

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Michael Wiescher

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Trends in $^{44}$Ti and $^{56}$Ni from Core-Collapse Supernovae

  POSTER

  Nov. 5, 2010, 11:18 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Georgios Magkotsios

    • Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame

  • Francis Timmes

    • School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University

  • Aimee Hungerford

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos

  • Christopher Fryer

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos

  • Patrick Young

    • School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University

  • Michael Wiescher

    • Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame

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• Neutron Matter Properties and the Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relationship

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 11:30 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • Sanjay Reddy

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joseph Carlson

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Stefano Gandolfi

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Constraining phases of quark matter with studies of $r$-mode damping in neutron stars

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 11:42 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • Gautam Rupak

    • Mississippi State University

  • Prashanth Jaikumar

    • California State University Long Beach
    • California State University, Long Beach

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• Neutrino cooling and spin-down of rapidly rotating compact stars

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 11:54 AM – Nov. 5, 2010, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • Prashanth Jaikumar

    • California State University Long Beach
    • California State University, Long Beach

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• Detailed Models of Recurring Superbursts from Neutron Stars

  ORAL

  Nov. 5, 2010, 12:06 PM – Nov. 5, 2010, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Laurens Keek

    • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

  • Alexander Heger

    • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Nov. 5, 2010, 12:18 PM – Nov. 5, 2010, 12:30 PM

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