The Physics of the s-Process
May 29 - June 12, 2005
Center for Physics
Aspen, Colorado, USA
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Principle Organizers:
Falk Herwig, (LANL) ( fherwig@t6.lanl.gov )
Rene Reifarth, (LANL) ( reifarth@lanl.gov )
James Truran, (Chicago, JINA) ( jtruran@uchicago.edu )
Michael Wiescher, (Notre Dame, JINA) ( wiescher.1@nd.edu )
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Half of the elements heavier than iron are made by the slow neutron
capture process (s-process) during He core burning of massive stars
and during He-shell burning of low mass AGB stars. The intent of this
workshop is to address the wide range of questions associated with
the reliable interpretation and modeling of the s-process. This includes
the nuclear physics of neutron capture processes near the line of
stability, observation of s-process abundances in stars and planetary
nebulae as well as in stardust grains, and the astrophysical modeling
of of the s-process sites. This workshop intends to strengthen the
communication and collaboration between these four research directions
to improve our understanding of s-process nucleosynthesis.
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The
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
Aug. 9, 2004
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