Speaker
Nicolas Schunck
Description
The goal of the FIRE topical collaboration in nuclear theory (2017-2021) was to determine the astrophysical conditions of the rapid neutron capture process (r-process), which is responsible for the formation of heavy elements. This was achieved by including in r-process simulations the most advanced models of fission (spontaneous, neutron-induced, β-delayed) that are beeing developed at LLNL and LANL. The collaboration was composed of LLNL (lead) and LANL for work on fission and nuclear models, BNL for nuclear data management, and the university of Notre Dame and North Carolina State University for r-process simulations. I will give a summary of the results obtained by the collaboration and their impact on nuclear data.