| Sunday, October 7th, 2012 |
| 8.00am-9.00am |
Registration |
| 9.00am-10.00am |
Chair: Richard Cyburt |
| Laurens Keek |
Michigan State University |
Superburst
ignition on neutron stars |
| Jeremy Stevens |
Michigan State University |
Sensitivity of Carbon Synthesis in
Accreting Neutron Stars |
| Andrew Steiner |
INT/U. Washington |
The
Accreted Neutron Star Crust and the Nuclear Symmetry Energy |
| 10.00am-10.30am |
Coffee break |
| 10.30am-11.30am |
Chair: Richard Cyburt |
| Daniel Coupland |
MSU/NSCL |
Density
dependence of the symmetry energy with emitted neutrons and protons |
| Simin Mahmoodifar |
University of Maryland |
Impact
of r-mode oscillations on the cooling of neutron stars |
| Alex Deibel |
Michigan State University |
Magnetar
Oscillations: Observing the Physics of the Magnetized Neutron
Star Crust |
| Ernazar Abdikamalov |
California Institute of Technology |
Correlated
gravitational wave and neutrino signals from general-relativistic
rapidly rotating iron core collapse |
| 11.30am-1.00am |
Lunch (Phillips Snyder Dining
Hall) |
| 1.00pm-2.00pm |
Chair: Xiao-Dong Tang |
| Athira Menon |
University of Victoria |
Nucleosynthesis in long term evolution
of merged low-mass WDs |
| Marco Pignatari |
University of Basel |
The slow neutron capture process in
intermediate mass stars: warnings and perspectives |
| Thomas Rauscher |
University of Basel |
A solution to the gamma-process alpha-potential mystery |
| Grant Mathews |
University of Notre Dame |
Frontiers in Big Bang Cosmology and Nucleosynthesis |
| 2.00am-2.30am |
Coffee break |
| 2.30pm-4.45pm |
Chair: Remco Zegers |
| Manoel Couder |
University of Notre Dame |
Studying
radiative capture with recoil separators |
| Sunil Devi |
Indiana University South Bend |
Detection
system for the St. George recoil mass separator |
| Wenting Lu |
University of Notre Dame |
The current status of Zr-Nb isobar
separation experiment for 93Zr AMS measurement |
| Andreas Best |
University of Notre Dame/LBNL |
Neutron
background characterization of deep underground laboratories |
| Zbigniew Chajecki |
NSCL/MSU |
Fission
barriers for heavy exotic nuclei |
| Karen Ostdiek |
University of Notre Dame |
Complications
in the measurement of the half life of Iron-60 |
| Fang Xiao |
University of Notre Dame |
Experimental
investigations of stellar 12C +12C fusion
toward extremely low energies by direct and indirect methods |
| Yunju Li |
University of Notre Dame |
How
to measure the total cross sections for 12C + 12C
reaction at astrophysical energies? |
| 5.00pm-7.00pm |
Poster Session |
| Monday, October 8th, 2012 |
| 9.00am-10.00am |
Chair: Thomas Rauscher |
| Anne Sallaska |
UNC/TUNL |
STARLIB:
A Next-Generation Reaction-Rate Library for Nuclear Astrophysics |
| Pavel Denisenkov |
University of Victoria |
MESA/NuGrid
Models of Nova Outbursts and Nucleosynthesis |
| Richard deBoer |
University of Notre Dame |
Comprehensive
Analysis of 16O Compound Nucleus Reactions |
| 10.00am-10.30am |
Coffee break |
| 10.30am-11.30am |
Chair: Thomas Rauscher |
| Carolyn Peruta |
Michigan State University |
Galactic Chemical Evolution: A New Stellar Feedback Model |
| Matt Bowers |
University of Notre Dame |
Implications
of the 33S(α, ρ)36Cl reaction
on Early Solar system production |
| Yoav Kashiv |
University of Notre Dame |
A
Shorter Measured 146Sm Half-Life and Implications for
146Sm-142Nd Chronology in the Solar System |
| Ethan Uberseder |
University of Notre Dame |
First
Experimental Constraint on the 59Fe(n, γ)60Fe
Reaction via Coulomb Dissociation |
| 11.30am-1.00am |
Lunch (Akers Hall) |
| 1.00pm-3.00pm |
Chair: Georgios Perdikakis |
| Catherine Deibel |
Louisiana State University |
When
Stars Go BOOM: Explosive Nucleosynthesis |
| Chris Wrede |
MSU/NSCL |
Nova
nucleosynthesis via beta delayed gamma decay at NSCL |
| Sergio Almarez-Calderon |
Argonne National Laboratory |
The
level structure of 30S and its astrophysical implications |
| Christoph Langer |
NSCL |
Experimental
investigations of important bottleneck reactions in the rp process |
| Alexander Long |
University of Notre Dame |
Measurements
of Resonance States in 30S and 38Ca Nuclei
using the (ρ, t) Reaction, and Reaction Rates in the ap-Process |
| Justyna Marganiec |
EMMI/GSI |
Coulomb
breakup of 17Ne and the 15O(2ρ, γ)17Ne
cross section |
| Qian Li |
University of Notre Dame |
The
Cross Section of 14N(ρ, γ)15O |
| 3.00am-3.30am |
Coffee break |
| 3.30pm-5.00pm |
Chair: Chris Wrede |
| Stephen Quinn |
Michigan State University |
Cross
section measurements of (ρ, γ) reactions using the SuN
detector |
| Matthew Mumpower |
University of Notre Dame |
The
Rare Earth Peak: An Overlooked r-Process Diagnostic |
| Jorge Pereira |
NSCL |
Inferring nuclear structure trends of r-process nuclei from beta-decay measurements |
| David Chamulak |
|
Nucleosynthesis
from Asymetrical Explosions in Type Ia Supernovae |
| Yeunjin Kim |
University of Chicago |
Mixing in Helium-Accreting CO
White Dwarfs |
| Rashi Talwar |
University of Notre Dame |
Stellar
neutron sources and s-Process in Massive Stars |
