List of Preprints (submitted articles)

1 - Astromers in the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei
G. Wendell Misch, T. M. Sprouse, M. R. Mumpower
Submitted to ApJS (2020)
arXiv:2011.11889

2 - Following nuclei through nucleosynthesis: a novel tracing technique
T. M. Sprouse, M. R. Mumpower, R. Surman
Submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2020)
arXiv:2008.06075

3 - Kilonovae across the nuclear physics landscape: The impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on r-process-powered emission
Jennifer Barnes, Y. L. Zhu, K. A. Lund, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. R. Mumpower, and R. Surman
Submitted to ApJ (2021)
arXiv:2010.11182

List of Articles

1 - Modeling Kilonova Light Curves: Dependence on Nuclear Inputs
Y. L. Zhu, K. Lund, J. Barnes, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. R. Mumpower, R. Surman
ApJ 906, 94 (2021)

2 - Improvements to the macroscopic-microscopic approach of nuclear fission
Marc Verriere, Matthew R. Mumpower
Phys. Rev. C 103, 034617 (2021)

3 - Reconstructing Masses of Merging Neutron Stars from Stellar r-process Abundance Signatures
Erika M. Holmbeck, Anna Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, Rebecca Surman, Rodrigo Fernández, Brian D. Metzger, Matthew R. Mumpower, and T. M. Sprouse
ApJ 909, 21 (2021)

4 - Propagation of Statistical Uncertainties of Skyrme Mass Models to Simulations of r-Process Nucleosynthesis
T. M. Sprouse, R. Navarro Perez, R. Surman, M. R. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, N. Schunck
Phys. Rev. C 101, 055803 (2020)

5 - Coproduction of Light and Heavy r-process Elements via Fission Deposition
N. Vassh, M.R. Mumpower, G.C. McLaughlin , T.M. Sprouse, and R. Surman
ApJ 896, 28 (2020)

6 - Sandblasting the r-process: Spallation of Ejecta from Neutron Star Mergers
X. Wang, B.D. Fields, M.R. Mumpower, T.M. Sprouse, R. Surman, and N. Vassh
ApJ 893:92, (2020)

7 - Primary fission fragment mass yields across the chart of nuclides
M. R. Mumpower, P. Jaffke, M. Verriere, and J. Randrup
Phys. Rev. C 101, 054607 (2020)

8 - The Time-Dependent Generator Coordinate Method in Nuclear Physics
M. Verriere and D. Regnier
Front. Phys. 8, 233 (2020)

9 - Global description of β-decay with the axially deformed Skyrme finite-amplitude method: Extension to odd-mass and odd-odd nuclei
E. M. Ney, J. Engel, T. Li (李通), and N. Schunck
Phys. Rev. C 102, 034326 (2020)

10 - Characterizing r-Process Sites through Actinide Production
Erika M. Holmbeck, Rebecca Surman, Anna Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, Matthew R. Mumpower, Trevor M. Sprouse, Toshihiko Kawano, Nicole Vassh, Timothy C. Beers
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1668, 012020 (2020)

11 - MeV Gamma Rays from Fission: A Distinct Signature of Actinide Production in Neutron Star Mergers
Xilu Wang, Nicole Vassh, Trevor Sprouse, Matthew Mumpower, Ramona Vogt, Jorgen Randrup and Rebecca Surman
ApJL 903, L3 (2020)

12 - Markov Chain Monte Carlo Predictions of Neutron-rich Lanthanide Properties as a Probe of r-process Dynamics
N. Vassh, G.C. McLaughlin, M.R. Mumpower, and R. Surman
ApJ 907, 98 (2020)

13 - Astromers: Nuclear Isomers in Astrophysics
G. Wendell Misch, Surja K. Ghorui, Projjwal Banerjee, Yang Sun, Matthew R. Mumpower
ApJS 252, 2 (2020)

14 - 129I and 247Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements
B. Côté, M. Eichler, A. Yagüe, N. Vassh, M.R. Mumpower, B. Világos, B. Soós, A. Arcones, T.M. Sprouse, R. Surman, M. Pignatari, B. Wehmeyer, T. Rauscher, and M. Lugaro
Science 371, 945 (2020)

15 - Actinide Production in the Neutron-rich Ejecta of a Neutron Star Merger
Erika M. Holmbeck, Trevor M. Sprouse, Matthew R. Mumpower, Nicole Vassh, Rebecca Surman, Timothy C. Beers and Toshihiko Kawano
ApJ 870, 23 (2019)

16 - Number of Particles in Fission Fragments
Marc Verriere, Nicolas Schunck, Toshihiko Kawano
Phys. Rev. C 100, 024612 (2019)

17 - Using excitation-energy dependent fission yields to identify key fissioning nuclei in r-process nucleosynthesis
Nicole Vassh, Ramona Vogt, Rebecca Surman, Jorgen Randrup, Trevor Sprouse, Matthew Mumpower, Patrick Jaffke, David Shaw, Erika Holmbeck, Yonglin Zhu, Gail McLaughlin
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 46, 065202 (2019)

18 - Actinide-rich and Actinide-poor r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Stars Do Not Require Separate r-process Progenitors
Erika M. Holmbeck, Anna Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, Matthew R. Mumpower, Trevor M. Sprouse and Rebecca Surman
ApJ 881, 5 (2019)

19 - Revealing fine structure in the antineutrino spectra from a nuclear reactor
A.A. Sonzogni, M. Nino, E.A. McCutchan
Phys. Rev. C 98, 014323 (2018)

20 - Californium-254 and Kilonova Light Curves
Y. Zhu, R.T. Wollaeger, N. Vassh, R. Surman, T.M. Sprouse, M.R. Mumpower, P. Moeller, G.C. McLaughlin, O. Korobkin, T. Kawano, P.J. Jaffke, E.M. Holmbeck, C.L. Fryer, W.P. Even, A.J. Couture, J.Barnes
ApJL L23, 863 (2018)

21 - β-delayed Fission in r-process Nucleosynthesis
M. R. Mumpower, T. Kawano, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, E. M. Holmbeck, R. Surman, and P. Möller
ApJ 869, 14 (2018)

22 - The Origin of r-process Elements in the Milky Way
Benoit Côté, Chris L. Fryer, Krzysztof Belczynski, Oleg Korobkin, Martyna Chruślińska, Nicole Vassh, Matthew R. Mumpower, Jonas Lippuner, Trevor M. Sprouse, Rebecca Surman, and Ryan Wollaeger
ApJ 855, 99 (2018)

23 - Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Neodymium and Samarium Isotopes and Their Role in Understanding Rare-Earth Peak Formation
R. Orford, N. Vassh, J. A. Clark, G. C. McLaughlin, M. R. Mumpower, G. Savard, R. Surman, A. Aprahamian, F. Buchinger, M. T. Burkey, D. A. Gorelov, T. Y. Hirsh, J. W. Klimes, G. E. Morgan, A. Nystrom, and K. S. Sharma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 262702 (2018)

24 - Analysis of the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Flux Changes with Fuel Burnup
A. C. Hayes, Gerard Jungman, E. A. McCutchan, A. A. Sonzogni, G. T. Garvey, and X. B. Wang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 022503 (2018)

25 - 235U(n,f) Independent Fission Product Yield and Isomeric Ratio Calculated with the Statistical Hauser-Feshbach Theory
Shin Okumura, Toshihiko Kawano, Patrick Jaffke, Patrick Talou, Satoshi Chiba
J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 55, 2018 (2018)

26 - Weak magnetism correction to allowed β decay for reactor antineutrino spectra
X. B. Wang and A. C. Hayes
Phys. Rev. C 95, 064313 (2017)

27 - Estimation of M1 scissors mode strength for deformed nuclei in the medium to heavy mass region by statistical Hauser-Feshbach model calculations
M. R. Mumpower, T. Kawano, J. L. Ullmann, M. Krtička, T. M. Sprouse
Phys. Rev. C 96, 024612 (2017)

28 - Effects of Fission Yield Data in the Calculation of Antineutrino Spectra for 235U (n, fission) at Thermal and Fast Neutron Energies
A.A.Sonzogni, E.A.McCutchan, T.D. Johnson, P. Dimitriou
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 132502 (2016)