Difficulties in Probing Nuclear Physics: A Study of Ti and Ni

Hungerford, Aimee; Fryer, Christopher L.; Timmes, Francis X.; Young, Patrick; Bennett, Michael; Diehl, Steven; Herwig, Falk; Hirschi, Raphael; Pignatari, Marco; Magkotsios, Georgios; Rockefeller, Gabriel

Abstract

The nucleosynthetic yield from a supernova explosion depends upon a variety of effects: progenitor evolution, explosion process, details of the nuclear network, and nuclear rates. Especially in studies of integrated stellar yields, simplifications reduce these uncertainties. But nature is much more complex, and to actually study nuclear rates, we will have to understand the full, complex set of processes involved in nucleosynthesis. Here we discuss a few of these complexities and detail how the NuGrid collaboration will address them.

Citation

Hungerford, A., Fryer, C. L., Timmes, F. X., Young, P., Bennett, M., Diehl, S., Herwig, F., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Magkotsios, G., & Rockefeller, G. (2008, July). Difficulties in Probing Nuclear Physics: A Study of Ti and Ni. Paper presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos
• Start Date: Jul 27, 2008
• End Date: Aug 1, 2008
• Publication Date: Nov 28, 2008
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/404363
• Publisher URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.4645v1
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.4645v1