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DTSTART:20160204T203000Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160106T223212Z
LOCATION:5310 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Forging the Heaviest Elements\, NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/C
 osmo) Forum\, Rebecca Surman\, Notre Dame
DESCRIPTION:While the origins of the light (hydrogen\, helium) and int
 ermediate mass(carbon through iron) elements found in our solar system
  are well understood\, we still don't know where roughly half of the e
 lements heavier than iron were made.  From the solar system abundance 
 pattern of these nuclei\, we can tell they were synthesized via rapid 
 neutron captures in the r-process of nucleosynthesis. Exactly where th
 e appropriate astrophysical conditions for the r-process exist\, howev
 er\, is still uncertain. Here we will discuss the two most popular pot
 ential astrophysical sites---core-collapse supernovae and neutron star
  mergers---and describe how progress in open issues in neutrino and nu
 clear physics may be the key to unlocking this longstanding mystery.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3843
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