The origin of heavy elements: a nuclear physics and astrophysics challenge

Project Information

EUROPIUM

Grant agreement ID: 677912

DOI 10.3030/677912

Project closed

EC signature date 7 December 2015

Start date 1 May 2016

End date 31 October 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 446 875,00

EU contribution € 1 446 875,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

Impact of a Magnetic Field on Neutrino–Matter Interactions in Core-collapse Supernovae

Author(s): Takami Kuroda
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 906/2, 2021, Page(s) 128, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abce61

Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars

Author(s): Darach Watson, Camilla J. Hansen, Jonatan Selsing, Andreas Koch, Daniele B. Malesani, Anja C. Andersen, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Almudena Arcones, Andreas Bauswein, Stefano Covino, Aniello Grado, Kasper E. Heintz, Leslie Hunt, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Giorgos Leloudas, Andrew J. Levan, Paolo Mazzali, Elena Pian
Published in: Nature, Issue 574/7779, 2019, Page(s) 497-500, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1676-3

Nucleosynthesis in magneto-rotational supernovae

Author(s): M Reichert, M Obergaulinger, M Eichler, M Á Aloy, A Arcones
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab029

Nuclear physics uncertainties in neutrino-driven, neutron-rich supernova ejecta

Author(s): J. Bliss, A. Arcones, F. Montes, J. Pereira
Published in: Physical Review C, Issue 101/5, 2020, ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.055807

Three-dimensional Core-collapse Supernova Simulations with Multidimensional Neutrino Transport Compared to the Ray-by-ray-plus Approximation

Author(s): Robert Glas, Oliver Just, H.-Thomas Janka, Martin Obergaulinger
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 873/1, 2019, Page(s) 45, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing, American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0423

Nucleosynthesis in 2D core-collapse supernovae of 11.2 and 17.0 M ⊙ progenitors: implications for Mo and Ru production

Author(s): M Eichler, K Nakamura, T Takiwaki, T Kuroda, K Kotake, M Hempel, R Cabezón, M Liebendörfer, F-K Thielemann
Published in: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Issue 45/1, 2018, Page(s) 014001, ISSN 0954-3899
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/aa8891

Magnetorotational Explosion of a Massive Star Supported by Neutrino Heating in General Relativistic Three-dimensional Simulations

Author(s): Takami Kuroda, Almudena Arcones, Tomoya Takiwaki, Kei Kotake
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 896/2, 2020, Page(s) 102, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing, American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9308

Dependence of the outer boundary condition on protoneutron star asteroseismology with gravitational-wave signatures

Author(s): Hajime Sotani, Takami Kuroda, Tomoya Takiwaki, Kei Kotake
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 99/12, 2019, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123024

Low-energy Measurement of the 96 Zr( α,n ) 99 Mo Reaction Cross Section and Its Impact on Weak r -process Nucleosynthesis

Author(s): G. G. Kiss, T. N. Szegedi, P. Mohr, M. Jacobi, Gy. Gyürky, R. Huszánk, A. Arcones
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 908/2, 2021, Page(s) 202, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd2bc

An empirical metallicity tracer in CEMP and C-normal stars

Author(s): D. Singh, C. J. Hansen, J. S. Byrgesen, M. Reichert, H. M. Reggiani
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 634, 2020, Page(s) A72, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936305

Circular polarization of gravitational waves from non-rotating supernova cores: a new probe into the pre-explosion hydrodynamics

Author(s): Kazuhiro Hayama, Takami Kuroda, Kei Kotake, Tomoya Takiwaki
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Issue 477/1, 2018, Page(s) L96-L100, ISSN 1745-3933
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly055

129 I and 247 Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements

Author(s): Benoit Côté, Marius Eichler, Andrés Yagüe López, Nicole Vassh, Matthew R. Mumpower, Blanka Világos, Benjámin Soós, Almudena Arcones, Trevor M. Sprouse, Rebecca Surman, Marco Pignatari, Mária K. Pető, Benjamin Wehmeyer, Thomas Rauscher, Maria Lugaro
Published in: Science, Issue 371/6532, 2021, Page(s) 945-948, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.aba1111

Post-explosion Evolution of Core-collapse Supernovae

Author(s): M. Witt, A. Psaltis, H. Yasin, C. Horn, M. Reichert, T. Kuroda, M. Obergaulinger, S. M. Couch, A. Arcones
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 921/1, 2021, Page(s) 19, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1a6d

First Measurement of Several β -Delayed Neutron Emitting Isotopes Beyond N = 126

Author(s): R. Caballero-Folch, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Agramunt, A. Algora, F. Ameil, A. Arcones, Y. Ayyad, J. Benlliure, I. N. Borzov, M. Bowry, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, G. Cortés, T. Davinson, I. Dillmann, A. Estrade, A. Evdokimov, T. Faestermann, F. Farinon, D. Galaviz, A. R. García, H. Geissel, W. Gelletly, R. Gernhäuser, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, C. Guerrero, M. Heil, C. Hinke, R. Knöbel, I. Kojou
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 117/1, 2016, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.012501

Neutrino pair annihilation above merger remnants: implications of a long-lived massive neutron star

Author(s): A Perego, H Yasin, A Arcones
Published in: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Issue 44/8, 2017, Page(s) 084007, ISSN 0954-3899
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/aa7bdc

The role of weak interactions in dynamic ejecta from binary neutron star mergers

Author(s): D Martin, A Perego, W Kastaun, A Arcones
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Issue 35/3, 2018, Page(s) 034001, ISSN 0264-9381
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa9f5a

Survey of Astrophysical Conditions in Neutrino-driven Supernova Ejecta Nucleosynthesis

Author(s): J. Bliss, M. Witt, A. Arcones, F. Montes, J. Pereira
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 855/2, 2018, Page(s) 135, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaadbe

The impact of different neutrino transport methods on multidimensional core-collapse supernova simulations

Author(s): Kuo-Chuan Pan, Carlos Mattes, Evan P O’Connor, Sean M Couch, Albino Perego, Almudena Arcones
Published in: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Issue 46/1, 2019, Page(s) 014001, ISSN 0954-3899
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/aaed51

Production of Mo and Ru Isotopes in Neutrino-driven Winds: Implications for Solar Abundances and Presolar Grains

Author(s): J. Bliss, A. Arcones, Y.-Z. Qian
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 866/2, 2018, Page(s) 105, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aade8d

r -process nucleosynthesis from matter ejected in binary neutron star mergers

Author(s): Luke Bovard, Dirk Martin, Federico Guercilena, Almudena Arcones, Luciano Rezzolla, Oleg Korobkin
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 96/12, 2017, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: Physical Review C
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.124005

A Linear and Quadratic Time–Frequency Analysis of Gravitational Waves from Core-collapse Supernovae

Author(s): Hajime Kawahara, Takami Kuroda, Tomoya Takiwaki, Kazuhiro Hayama, Kei Kotake
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 867/2, 2018, Page(s) 126, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aae57b

A full general relativistic neutrino radiation-hydrodynamics simulation of a collapsing very massive star and the formation of a black hole

Author(s): Takami Kuroda, Kei Kotake, Tomoya Takiwaki, Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Issue 477/1, 2018, Page(s) L80-L84, ISSN 1745-3933
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly059

Correlated Signatures of Gravitational-wave and Neutrino Emission in Three-dimensional General-relativistic Core-collapse Supernova Simulations

Author(s): Takami Kuroda, Kei Kotake, Kazuhiro Hayama, Tomoya Takiwaki
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 851/1, 2017, Page(s) 62, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa988d

Core-collapse supernovae in the hall of mirrors

Author(s): Rubén M. Cabezón, Kuo-Chuan Pan, Matthias Liebendörfer, Takami Kuroda, Kevin Ebinger, Oliver Heinimann, Albino Perego, Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 619, 2018, Page(s) A118, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833705

Neutron Star Mergers Might Not Be the Only Source of r -process Elements in the Milky Way

Author(s): Benoit Côté, Marius Eichler, Almudena Arcones, Camilla J. Hansen, Paolo Simonetti, Anna Frebel, Chris L. Fryer, Marco Pignatari, Moritz Reichert, Krzysztof Belczynski, Francesca Matteucci
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 875/2, 2019, Page(s) 106, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: AAS
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab10db

Unusual neutron-capture nucleosynthesis in a carbon-rich Galactic bulge star

Author(s): Andreas Koch, Moritz Reichert, Camilla Juul Hansen, Melanie Hampel, Richard J. Stancliffe, Amanda Karakas, Almudena Arcones
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 622, 2019, Page(s) A159, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834241

Equation of State Effects in Core-Collapse Supernovae

Author(s): H. Yasin, S. Schäfer, A. Arcones, A. Schwenk
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 124/9, 2020, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.092701

Extreme r-process Enhanced Stars at High Metallicity in Fornax*

Author(s): M. Reichert, C. J. Hansen, A. Arcones
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 912/2, 2021, Page(s) 157, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abefd8

Probing the Production of Actinides under Different r-process Conditions

Author(s): M Eichler, W Sayar, A Arcones, T Rauscher
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 879/1, 2019, Page(s) 47, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing, American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab24cf

Neutron-capture elements in dwarf galaxies

Author(s): M. Reichert, C. J. Hansen, M. Hanke, Á. Skúladóttir, A. Arcones, E. K. Grebel
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 641, 2020, Page(s) A127, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936930

A new gravitational-wave signature of low-T/|W| instability in rapidly rotating stellar core collapse

Author(s): Shota Shibagaki, Takami Kuroda, Kei Kotake, Tomoya Takiwaki
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Issue 493/1, 2020, Page(s) L138-L142, ISSN 1745-3933
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slaa021

Evolution of neutron capture elements in dwarf galaxies

Author(s): Marta Molero, Donatella Romano, Moritz Reichert, Francesca Matteucci, Almudena Arcones, Gabriele Cescutti, Paolo Simonetti, Camilla Juul Hansen, Gustavo A Lanfranchi
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 505/2, 2021, Page(s) 2913-2931, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1429

r -process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos

Author(s): C J Horowitz, A Arcones, B Côté, I Dillmann, W Nazarewicz, I U Roederer, H Schatz, A Aprahamian, D Atanasov, A Bauswein, T C Beers, J Bliss, M Brodeur, J A Clark, A Frebel, F Foucart, C J Hansen, O Just, A Kankainen, G C McLaughlin, J M Kelly, S N Liddick, D M Lee, J Lippuner, D Martin, J Mendoza-Temis, B D Metzger, M R Mumpower, G Perdikakis, J Pereira, B W O’Shea, R Reifarth, A M Rogers, D M
Published in: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Issue 46/8, 2019, Page(s) 083001, ISSN 0954-3899
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/ab0849