Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics 2023

from Sunday, 21 May 2023 (08:00) to Friday, 26 May 2023 (17:00)
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
21 May 2023
22 May 2023
23 May 2023
24 May 2023
25 May 2023
26 May 2023
AM
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:20
WELCOME - Artemis Tsantiri (FRIB MSU) (until 08:30) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
08:30 Measuring Neutron Skins in Neutron-Rich Nuclei with PREX and CREX - Brendan Reed (IU Bloomington)   ()
09:00 Dependence of ( n , γ ) − ( γ , n ) equilibrium r -process abundances on nuclear physics properties - Mengke Li   ()
09:17 The early evolution of magnetars - Tejas Prasanna (The Ohio State University)   ()
09:34 Hydrogen-Triggered Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts - Sierra Casten (Michigan State University)   ()
09:51 A GADGET for Nova Nucleosynthesis Studies - Tamas Budner (Michigan State University)   ()
10:08 --- Coffee Break ---
10:35 Understanding the nuclear processes on proton-rich side of nuclear chart through synthesis of 196Hg and 26Si(α, p)29P reaction - Kushi Bhatt (Western Michigan University)   ()
11:05 Measurement of the radiative branching ratio of the Hoyle state in $^{12}{\rm C}$ carried out with magnetic selection - Zifeng Luo (Texas A&M University)   (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
11:22 Progress towards Resonance Energy and Partial Widths Determination of the 15N(α, γ)19F at Ecm = 1323 keV - Ruoyu Fang (University of Notre Dame)   (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
11:39 Determining the Structure of Exotic Atomic Nuclei for Astrophysical Explosions - Nisha Singh (Ohio University)   ()
11:56 The Neutron Mean Life and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - Tsung-Han Yeh (TRIUMF)   ()
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:30 Next-Generation Simulations of The Remarkable Deaths of Massive Stars - Carl E. Fields (LANL)   ()
09:00 Core-Collapse Supernovae: the role of the Si/O interface and the connection between explosion and progenitor structure - Luca Boccioli (University of Notre Dame)   ()
09:17 Proto-Neutron Star Convection, the Neutrino-Driven Wind, and the r-Process - Brian Nevins (Michigan State University)   ()
09:34 Extraction of Gamow-Teller Strength Using (d,2He) Reaction in Inverse Kinematics - Zarif Rahman   ()
09:51 Proton ingestion flashes in Type I X-ray bursts - Simon Guichandut (McGill University)   ()
10:08 --- Coffee Break ---
10:25 Modeling astrophysical events with nuclear reaction network - Irin Sultana (Central Michigan University)   ()
10:55 First cross-section measurement of the weak r-process 88Sr(⍺,n)91Zr reaction - Chloé Fougères (Argonne National Laboratory)   ()
11:12 The Abundance Patterns of (now) Disrupted Dwarf Galaxies - Guilherme Limberg (Universidade de São Paulo and University of Chicago)   ()
11:29 The Bare Minimum (Mass) for Multiple Populations - Sam Usman (UChicago)   ()
11:46 Metallicity Distribution Function of the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II - Alice Burington (University of Chicago)   ()
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:30
WELCOME - Artemis Tsantiri (FRIB MSU) Ruchi Garg (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University) (until 08:45) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
08:45 Computational Nuclear Astrophysics - Falk Herwig (University of Victoria)   ()
09:15 The Photometric Revolution – Stellar Parameters and Elemental Abundances for over 50 Million Stars … and Counting - Timothy Beers (University of Notre Dame)   ()
09:32 Transuranic fission fragments in stars - Ian Roederer (University of Michigan)   ()
09:49 Impact of nuclear uncertainties in the r-process nucleosynthesis of heavy elements - Samuel A. Giuliani (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)   ()
10:19 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 Role of neutron-rich nuclei in r-process nucleosynthesis - S. Nishimura (RIKEN)   ()
11:15 Quantified Nuclear Mass Model for Nuclear Astrophysics Simulations - Rahul Jain   ()
11:32 Future Mass measurements for the r-process using Canadian Penning Trap at the N=126 Factory - Biying Liu   ()
11:49 Precision mass measurements for the rapid neutron capture process - Anu Kankainen (University of Jyväskylä)   ()
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:30 Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis from the Births of Black Holes - Brian Metzger   ()
09:00 Observational signature of magneto-rotaional supernovae associated with r-process nucleosynthesis - Nobuya Nishimura (RIKEN)   ()
09:17 Timing the r-process Enrichment of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II - Alexander Ji (University of Chicago)   ()
09:34 Uranium Abundances and Ages of r-process Enhanced Stars with Novel U II Lines - Shivani Shah (University of Florida)   ()
09:51 Nuclear Astrophysics Experiments with Storage Rings - Rene Reifarth (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))   ()
10:21 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 12C – A Node in the Chemical Evolution of the Universe - Michael Wiescher (University of Notre Dame)   ()
11:15 Nucleosynthesis based on modern core-collapse supernova simulations - Andre Sieverding (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics)   ()
11:32 First direct measurement of the 65 keV resonance in the 17O(p,g)18F reaction at LUNA - Giovanni Francesco Ciani (University degli Studi di Bari & INFN Ba)   ()
11:49 Galactic chemical Evolution with short lived radioactive isotopes - Benjamin Wehmeyer (Konkoly Obs & Univ of Hertfordshire)   ()
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:30 Measurements of the Cosmic Ray Nuclei with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) - Yi Jia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)   ()
09:15 Presolar grains from Core-Collapse Supernovae - Marco Pignatari (Konkoly Observatory, CSFK)   ()
10:00 --- Discussion ---
10:20 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 Detection of Core-Collapse Supernova Neutrinos - Kate Scholberg (Duke University)   ()
11:30 Neutrinos from core collapse supernovae and their multimessenger connections - Cecilia Lunardini (Arizona State University)   ()
08:00 --- Registration & Coffee ---
08:30 The Origin of the Elements and their Evolution in Galaxies - Chiaki Kobayashi (University of Hertfordshire)   ()
09:00 The Force Explosion Condition Accurately Predicts Explodability of Core-collapse Supernova Simulations - Mariam Gogilashvili (Department of Physics, Florida State University)   ()
09:17 Low energy studies of Mg + Ne fusion for pycnonuclear burning in an accreting neutron star - Javier Rufino (University of Notre Dame)   ()
09:34 The impact of Neutron-Star Structure and Cooling on Type-I X-ray Bursts - Akira Dohi (RIKEN)   ()
09:51 Sensitivity of He Flames in X-ray Bursts to Nuclear Physics - Zhi Chen (Stony Brook University)   ()
10:08 --- Coffee Break ---
10:35 Direct measurements of (α,n) cross sections relevant for the weak r-process - Melina Avila (Argonne National Laboratory)   ()
11:05 High neutron flux, high deuteron and neutron yields from the interaction of a petawatt laser with a cryogenic deuterium jet - Dr Ou Labun (University of Texas at Austin)   ()
11:22 Impact of the experimentally constrained $^{93}$Sr(n,$\gamma$)$^{94}$Sr reaction for the astrophysical $i$-process - Andrea Richard (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)   ()
11:39 Constraining the i-process with neutron-capture reaction rates - Caley Harris (Michigan State University)   ()
11:56 Constraining the 13C(α,n)16O reaction rate with 16O + n total and elastic scattering cross section measurements - Joseph Derkin (Ohio University)   ()
PM
12:13 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Hands-on - Brian O'Shea (until 14:00) ()
14:00
Hands-on - Kyle Godbey (FRIB) Brian O'Shea (until 15:00) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
15:00 --- Coffee Break ---
15:35
Managing the Work/Life Balance - Rachel Younger (until 16:05) ()
16:05
DEI in Academia - Steven Thomas (until 16:35) ()
16:35 --- Break ---
17:00
Panel Discussion (until 18:00) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
18:00 --- End of Day One of the Junior Workshop ---
12:03 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Outreach - Zach Constan (FRIB) (until 14:30) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
14:30
Scientific Writing and Publishing - Michael Thoennessen (until 15:00) ()
15:00 --- Coffee Break ---
15:35
Public Speaking - Anna Quider (until 16:35) ()
16:35 --- Break ---
17:00
Panel Discussion (until 18:00) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
18:00 --- End of the Junior Workshop ---
12:06 Time-of-Flight Magnetic-Rigidity (TOF-Bρ) Mass Measurements at NSCL and FRIB - Irin Sultana (Central Michigan University)   ()
12:23 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00 Gravitational-Wave Observations and Nuclear Astrophysics - Jocelyn Read (CSU)   ()
14:30 The Nuclear Equation of State from Experiments and Astronomical Observations - Rohit Kumar (FRIB, MSU, Michigan )   ()
14:47 Production of Blue Kilonovae from Hypermassive Neutron Star Remnants - Sanjana Curtis (University of Chicago)   ()
15:04 Searching for counterparts of explosive transients with the GOTO network - Duncan Galloway (Monash University)   ()
15:21 Separation of Neutron Rich Nuclides in White Dwarfs - Matt Caplan (Illinois State University)   ()
15:38 --- Coffee Break ---
16:05
Unconferencing (until 18:00) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
18:00 --- End of Day One of the Main Conference ---
12:06 Model-Independent Measurements α-ANCs for the 12C(α,γ)16O Reaction - Emily Harris (Texas A&M University)   ()
12:23 --- Group Photo ---
12:34 --- Lunch Break & Group Photo ---
14:00 Dwarf galaxies' view of the heavy elements - Asa Skuladottir (INAF)   ()
14:30 On the Prospects for R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Realistic GRRMHD Collapsars - Brandon Barker (Michigan State University)   ()
14:47 New experimental decay properties of very exotic neutron-rich nuclei in the north-east of double magic $^{78}$Ni region. First $^{91-93}$Br $\gamma$ ray spectroscopy. - Roger Caballero Folch (TRIUMF)   ()
15:04 Hitting the Lithium Record with the most Li-Enhanced metal-poor Giant - Rana Ezzeddine (University of Florida)   ()
15:21 Experimental determination of the triple alpha rate - Takahiro KAWABATA (Department of Physics, Osaka University)   ()
15:38 Measuring the $^{15}$O$(\alpha,\gamma)^{19}$Ne Reaction Rate in Type I X-ray Bursts using $^{20}$Mg $\beta$-decay - Mr Tyler Wheeler (Michigan State University)   ()
15:55 --- Break & Transfer to The Graduate ---
17:00
Poster Session (until 19:00) ()
17:00 $^{7}Be$ + p elastic scattering - Mr Bikash Chauhan (Ohio University)   ()
17:00 188,000 Candidate Very Metal Poor Stars in Gaia DR3 XP Spectra - Mr Alex p. Ji (The University of Chicago) Mr Yupeng Yao (The University of Chicago)   ()
17:00 46Mn beta+-decay channel experimental studies at LISE-GANIL and its connection with CCSN - David Godos-Valencia (IFUNAM)   ()
17:00 A Peculiar Metal-Rich Star in the Ultra-Faint Spheroidal Galaxy, Canes Venatici II - Nicholas Barth (University of Florida)   ()
17:00 A search for the space-time variations in the proton-to-electron mass ratio using the [Fe II] transitions - Dr Duc Thong Le (INCOS)   ()
17:00 Active target measurement of the 35Cl(n, p) and 35Cl(n, alpha) cross sections - Mr Justin Warren (Ohio University)   ()
17:00 Atomic Structure Calculations of Neodymium and Uranium for Kilonova Emission Modeling - Dr Andreas Floers (GSI)   ()
17:00 Constraining the 75Zn neutron capture reaction via the β-Oslo method for the weak r-process - Erin Good (FRIB/MSU)   ()
17:00 Constraining the Neutron Capture Rate for 90Sr through beta-Decay into the Short-Lived 91Sr Nucleus - Beau Greaves (University of Guelph)   ()
17:00 Determining the Structure of Exotic Atomic Nuclei for Astrophysical Explosions - Ms Nisha Singh (Ohio University)   ()
17:00 Development of Nuclear Level Density database using different experimental techniques - Mr Rathi Chirag (Ohio University)   ()
17:00 Ejecta of neutron star mergers estimated via kilonova light curve models - Atul Kedia (Rochester Institute of Technology)   ()
17:00 GADGET II TPC for decay spectroscopy studies at FRIB - Ms Ruchi Mahajan (FRIB/MSU)   ()
17:00 Identifying the primordial very metal-poor disk from SMSS and SAGES - Jihye Hong (University of Notre Dame)   ()
17:00 Igniting the Superburst from the Quasi-Persistent Transient KS~1731 - Eric Britt (Michigan State University)   ()
17:00 Joint Parameter Fits of All Observed Neutron Star Crust Cooling Curves - Justin Grace (Michigan State University)   ()
17:00 Light particle spectra of $^{80}$Sr nuclei from different entrance channels - Honey Arora (Central Michigan University)   ()
17:00 Looking to the Future: Upgrading the Low Energy Neutron Detector Array (LENDA) - Cavan Maher (Michigan State University/FRIB)   ()
17:00 Measurement of 12C(α, γ)16O with the ERNA recoil separator - Dr Claudio Santonastaso   ()
17:00 Modeling and nuclear uncertainties of the i process - Dr Pavel Denisenkov (University of Victoria)   ()
17:00 Modeling the Thermal Evolution of MXB 1659-29 - Amber Stinson (Texas A&M University - Commerce)   ()
17:00 Multi-dimensional simulations of flame propagation in X-ray bursts - Eric Johnson (Stony Brook University)   ()
17:00 Nd: How will the neutron-capture cross section affect the i process? - Hannah C. Berg (FRIB/MSU)   ()
17:00 Neutrino Electron Scattering in Dense Astrophysical Environments: A New Frontier in Neutrino Transport - Raghav Chari (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)   ()
17:00 NLTE Stellar Chemical Abundance for Galactic Archaeology - Yangyang Li   ()
17:00 Nuclear Physics of Multi-messenger Sources studied with AT-TPCs in the High Intensity Frontiers - Prof. Moshe Gai (University of Connecticut)   ()
17:00 Observation of change of alpha decay rate under compression - Dr A. Ray (Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata, India)   ()
17:00 Offline Optimization Methods for the SECAR Recoil Separator - Kirby Hermansen (Michigan State University)   ()
17:00 Probing the Galactic Halo with RR Lyrae Stars - Jonathan Cabrera Garcia (University of Notre Dame)   ()
17:00 PXCT: Novel Astrophysical Application of Lifetime Measurement Technique - Joseph Dopfer (Michigan State University)   ()
17:00 Signatures of the First Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Anirudh Chiti (University of Chicago)   ()
17:00 Spectroscopic follow-up of metal-poor stars with anomalous neutron capture element abundances in the GALAH survey - Mr André Rodrigo da Silva (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences)   ()
17:00 Spin distribution measurements in the mass region A∼190. - Ranjan Ranjan   ()
17:00 Studying 11B proton structure via the 10Be(p,n)10B reaction. - Yenuel Jones-Alberty (Ohio University)   ()
17:00 Studying the NiCu Cycle with the GADGET 2 System - Alexander Adams (FRIB/MSU)   ()
17:00 Targeting the solar-abundance problem with a direct measurement of the $^{14}$N($p,\gamma$)$^{15}$O reaction using DRAGON - Sriteja Upadhyayula   ()
17:00 The new Mexican devices for nuclear astrophysics studies and applications - Dr Luis Acosta (Instituto de Física. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)   ()
17:00 The PAH Hypothesis in the Era of JWST - Dr Christine V. Hampton   ()
17:00 Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Ground and Isomeric States in 70Cu - Eleanor Ronning (Michigan State University)   ()
17:00 Understanding the Convecting Mixing Mechanism in Classical Novae - Alexander Smith Clark (Stony Brook University)   ()
17:00 Using Li and heavy elements to study the origin and evolution of the MW halo - Avrajit Bandyopadhyay (University of Florida)   ()
17:00 β-feeding intensities from 133Sn using the Summing NaI (SuN) Total Absorption Spectrometer - Mejdi Mogannam (Michigan State University / FRIB) Artemis Tsantiri (FRIB MSU) Gerard Owens-Fryar (FRIB) Ann-Cecilie Larsen (University of Oslo, Norway) Artemis Spyrou (Michigan State University) Caley Harris (MSU/NSCL) Hannah C. Berg (FRIB/MSU) Belen Monteagudo Godoy (FRIB/MSU) Timilehin. H Ogunbeku (Mississippi State University)   ()
19:00 --- Break ---
19:15 --- Conference Banquet ---
21:15 --- End of Day Two of the Main Conference ---
12:15 --- Discussion ---
12:35 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00 The Compton Spectrometer and Imager - Steven Boggs (University of California, San Diego)   ()
14:45 Title TBA - Carla Fröhlich (North Carolina State University)   ()
15:30 --- Discussion ---
15:50 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15 Prospects for Multimessenger Nuclear Astrophysics with JWST in LVK O4 and Beyond - Maria Drout (University of Toronto)   (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
17:00 Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis in the Multi-Messenger Era - Erika Holmbeck (Carnegie Observatories)   (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
17:45 --- Discussion ---
18:05 --- End of Day Three of the Main Conference ---
12:13 CLOSING REMARKS - Ruchi Garg (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University)   (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
12:30 --- End of the Main Conference ---
13:45
FRIB Tours (until 14:30) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)
15:00
FRIB Tours (until 15:45) (Rm 1300 - Auditorium)