Frontiers 2010
Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics
October 21-23, 2010
Abbey Resort, Lake Geneva WI
Preliminary Program & Talks
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Speaker |
Institute |
Title |
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October 21 |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch boxes at the Abbey |
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Session 1 |
Chair |
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13:00-13:05 |
Welcome |
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13:05-13:35 |
Pignatari, Marco |
Basel |
s-process |
13:35-13:50 |
deBoer, James |
ND |
Photoexcitation of astrophysically important states in 26Mg --- Ground-state-transition partial widths |
13:50-14:05 |
Best, Andreas |
ND |
Determination of the stellar reaction rates of O-17(a,n)Ne-20 and O-17(a, g)Ne-21 |
14:05-14:20 |
Talwar, Rashi |
ND |
Low-energy cluster resonances near the alpha-threshold of stellar neutron sources |
14:20-14:35 |
Lu, Wenting |
ND |
The 93Zr beam development for AMS measurement |
14:35-14:50 |
Van Schelt, Jonathon |
U.Chicago |
Beginning precision mass measurements at CARIBU with the CPT |
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14:50-15:20 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 |
Chair |
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15:20-15:35 |
Lascar, Daniel |
ANL |
CPT Mass Measurements at CARIBU |
15:35-15:50 |
Kontos, Antonios |
ND |
Design and development of a jet gas target system for the St. George Recoil Mass Separator |
15:50-16:05 |
Bucher, Brian |
ND |
A Study of 12C(12C,n)23Mg |
16:05-16:20 |
Fang, Xiao |
ND |
Carbon Fusion Reaction |
16:20-16:35 |
Ugalde, Claudio |
ANL |
The Superheated Target for Astrophysics Research |
16:35-16:50 |
Li, Qian |
ND |
Recent Measurements of the 14N(p,g)15O reaction |
16:50-17:05 |
Tan, Wanpeng |
ND |
Systematic study of alpha-optical potential via elastic scattering for p-process |
17:05-17:35 |
Discussion + Announcement |
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17:35 |
Transfer to Yerkes Observatory |
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18:00 |
Dinner at Yerker Observatory |
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19:30-20:00 |
After Dinner Surprise |
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20:00-Late |
Star Party |
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| October 22 |
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7:00-8:15 |
Breakfast |
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Session 3 |
Chair |
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8:30-9:00 |
Townsley, Dean |
Alabama |
Thermonuclear supernovae |
9:00-9:30 |
Nordhaus, Jason |
Princeton |
Core Collapse supernovae |
9:30-9:45 |
Chamulak, David |
ANL |
The Effect of Metallicity on Nucleosynthesis in Type Ia Supernovae |
9:45-10:00 |
Kim, Yeunjin |
U.Chicago |
Supernova Ia Model: unsteady detonation |
10:00-10:15 |
Richardson, Chris |
MSU |
The Structure of Laminar C/O Flames in Type Ia Supernovae at Low Densities |
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10:15-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4 |
Chair |
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10:45-11:00 |
Quinn, Stephen |
MSU |
A Gamma-Summing NaI Detector for p-process Reactions |
11:00-11:15 |
Rantsiou, Emmanouela |
Princeton |
Induced Rotation in 3D Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae : Implications for Pulsar Spins |
11:15-11:30 |
Robertson, Daniel |
ND |
New measurements of the 40Ca(a,g)44Ti reaction |
11:30-11:45 |
Magkotsios, Georgios |
ND |
Nucleosynthesis trends of supernovae diagnostics |
11:45-12:00 |
Cole, Arthur |
Kalamazoo College |
Comparing Measured Gamow-Teller Strength Distributions and the Corresponding Electron Capture Rates to those Calculated with Models for pf-shell Nuclei Relevant to Pre-Supernova Stars |
12:00-12:15 |
Discussion + Announcement |
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12:15-13:45 |
Lunch at the Abbey |
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Session 5 |
Chair |
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13:45-14:15 |
Deibel, Catherine |
ANL |
X-RAY Bursts |
14:15-14:45 |
Steiner, Andrew |
MSU |
Neutron Stars |
14:45-15:00 |
Cyburt, Richard |
MSU |
A modern 15O(a,g)19Ne reaction rate for X-ray burst models |
15:00-15:15 |
Deibel, Alex |
MSU |
Magnetar Oscillations: Observing the Physics of the Neutron Star Crust |
15:15-15:30 |
George, Sebastian |
MSU |
Mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei at the NSCL |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 6 |
Chair |
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16:00-16:15 |
Keek, Laurens |
Minnesota |
Thermonuclear superbursts from accreting neutron stars |
16:15-16:30 |
Del Santo, Marcelo |
MSU |
68Se rp-process waiting point |
16:30-16:45 |
Meisel, Zachary |
MSU |
Simulation of Silicon Detector Response forbeta-delayed Proton Emission |
16:45-17:00 |
Patel, Darshana |
ND |
Isotopic Dependence of Giant Monopole Resonance (GMR) in the 106-116Cd isotopes and the asymmetry term in nuclear incompressibility |
17:00-17:15 |
Athanassiadou, Themis |
ASU |
Ni-56 production in collisions of two white dwarfs |
17:15-17:30 |
Becerril, Ana |
MSU |
Identification of isomers in the 100Sn region |
17:30-18:00 |
Discussion + Announcement |
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18:00-Late |
Dinner at the Abbey |
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| October 23 |
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7:00-8:15 |
Breakfast |
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Session 7 |
Chair |
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8:30-9:00 |
O'Shea, Brian |
MSU |
Galactic Chemical Evolution |
9:00-9:15 |
Jacobson, Heather |
MSU |
Open Clusters and the Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disk |
9:15-9:30 |
Pereira, Jorge |
MSU |
The neutron long counter NERO for studies of beta-delayed neutron emission in the r-process |
9:30-9:45 |
Smith, Karl |
ND |
Beta decay and neutron emission studies of r-process nuclei near 137Sb |
9:45-10:00 |
Peruta, Carolyn |
MSU |
Modelign GCE |
10:00-10:15 |
Derris, Monica |
MSU |
Characterizing the Milky Way Stellar Halo for Galaxy Formation and Evolution Models |
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10:15-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 8 |
Chair |
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10:45-11:00 |
Sobeck, Jennnifer |
U.Chicago |
Galactic Chemical Evolution of the Fe-Peak and Transition Elements |
11:00-11:15 |
Moller, Peter |
LANL |
Global Predictions of Nuclear Fission Properties for Astrophysics |
11:15-11:30 |
Chajecki, Zbigniew |
MSU |
Two-particle correlations and their sensitivity to the symmetry energy |
11:30-11:45 |
Coupland, Daniel |
MSU |
The influence of transport variables on isospin transport ratios |
11:45-12:00 |
Discussion + Announcement |
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12:00 |
End of conference |
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Meal on your own budget and location |
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October 1, 2010
Registration Closed! |
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