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      • Brookhaven National Laboratory
      • Libby McCutchan
      • Alejandro Sonzogni
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      • Nicolas Schunck
      • Ramona Vogt
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      • Toshihiko Kawano
      • Patrick Talou
      • Anna Hayes-Sterbenz
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List of Talks

1 - N. Vassh, Exposing the astrophysical conditions of r-process events through observable signatures of lanthanide and actinide production, Network for Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Collaboration Online Seminar, 06/02/2020

2 - N. Vassh, Impact of examining neutron-rich lanthanides and pushing the bounds into neutron-rich actinides on r-process nucleosynthesis calculations, FRIB First Experiments: Proposal Preparation Workshop, JINA-CEE organized event, 05/05/2020

3 - N. Vassh, The impact of fissioning nuclei on r-process nucleosynthesis observables, APS Virtual April Meeting 2020, L04 Invited Session: Sensitive Reaction Studies for Nuclear Astrophysics, 04/19/2020

4 - N. Vassh, Examining lanthanide production in merger accretion disk winds: nuclear masses and the rare-earth peak, Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division Seminar, 02/24/2020

5 - R. Vogt, Modeling fission events in the lab and the universe, Physics Department Colloquium, San Diego State University, 01/24/2020

6 - N. Vassh, r-process nucleosynthesis studies meet the next generation of observation and experiment, Michigan State University, FRIB Theory Seminar, 12/02/2019

7 - Rebecca Surman, r process: synthesizing observations, simulation, and nuclear physics, RPA workshop, MIT, 11/21/2019

8 - Rebecca Surman, Nuclear structure of exotic nuclei and astrophysical nucleosynthesis, Gogny 2019, LLNL, 11/12/2019

9 - N. Vassh, Potential signatures of fission in the r-process, Washington University, Nuclear Theory Seminar, 11/08/2019

10 - Rebecca Surman, Neutron star mergers and the origins of the heaviest elements, colloquium, Penn State University, 10/24/2019

11 - Rebecca Surman, Forging the heaviest elements, colloquium, Illinois State University, 10/22/2019

12 - N. Vassh, Macroscopic-Microscopic fission yields for nucleosynthesis, APS DNP 2019 Fall Meeting, 10/16/2019

13 - N. Vassh, Examining lanthanide production in merger accretion disk winds: nuclear masses and the rare-earth peak, APS DNP 2019 Fall Meeting, 10/16/2019

14 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, Fission Product Yields (FPY) Workshop 2019, Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 10/02/2019

15 - R. Surman, Fission and the origins of the heaviest elements, International Workshop on Fission Product Yields 2019, 10/02/2019

16 - R. Vogt, Fission Modeling for Correlated Observables, Notre Dame nuclear physics seminar, 09/16/2019

17 - N. Vassh, r-process nucleosynthesis in compact object mergers, Microphysics In Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (MICRA) Workshop, August 12-16, 08/16/2019

18 - R. Surman, Nuclear data for neutron-capture nucleosynthesis, Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics Opportunities at ATLAS 2019, 07/12/2019

19 - R. Surman, The nuclear physics of r-process abundance patterns, ECT* Workshop: Nuclear and astrophysics aspects for the rapid neutron capture process in the era of multimessenger observations, 07/04/2019

20 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, Institute for Nuclear Theory, S@INT Seminar, June 6, 06/06/2019

21 - N. Vassh, Identifying the neutron-rich nuclei that most influence heavy element abundances: fission and the rare-earth peak, JINA Frontiers Conference, May 22-24, 05/22/2019

22 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, SouthEast Laboratory Astrophysics Community (SELAC) Conference, May 13-16, 05/14/2019

23 - R. Surman, Nuclear physics and the GW170817 kilonova, APS April Meeting 2019, 04/13/2019

24 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, R-process Sources in the Universe JINA-CEE conference, March 27-30, 03/27/2019

25 - R. Vogt, Detailed Modeling of Fission and Some Implications for the Astrophysical r process, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study colloquium, 03/07/2019

26 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, University of Maryland, Nuclear Physics Seminar, March 6, 03/06/2019

27 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, University of California - San Diego, Astrophysics Seminar, Feb. 6, 02/06/2019

28 - G. McLaughlin, Neutrino and Nuclear Physics of the r-process, Colloquium, APC Laboratory, Paris, France December 14, 12/14/2018

29 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Nov. 19, 11/19/2018

30 - R. Surman, GW170817 and the origins of the heaviest elements, Colloquium, Department of Physics, Rutgers University, 7 Nov. 2018, 11/07/2018

31 - N. Vassh, The formation of the rare-earth peak in neutron star mergers, 5th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, 23-27 Oct. 2018, 10/23/2018

32 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, TU Darmstadt, Theory Seminar Oct. 18, 10/18/2018

33 - N. Vassh, Examining the origin of the r-process rare earth peak with Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Uncertainty Quantification at the Extremes (ISNET-6), TU Darmstadt, 8-12 Oct. 2018, 10/08/2018

34 - G. McLaughlin, Neutrino and Nuclear Physics of the r-process, Colloquium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA October, 10/05/2018

35 - R. Surman, The microphysics of the GW170817 kilonova, Colloquium, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 26 Sep. 2018, 09/26/2018

36 - R. Surman, Nuclear physics and the r process, To 2020 and Beyond: Radionuclide Astronomy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 20-22 August 2018, 08/20/2018

37 - M. Mumpower, Recent progress on Los Alamos nuclear structure, reaction and fission models, Nuclear Structure 2018, MSU, Aug., 08/15/2018

38 - N. Vassh, Fission and lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, FRIB and the GW170817 kilonova, MSU, Jul. 16-27, 07/18/2018

39 - N. Schunck, Theories of Nuclear Fission, FRIB and the GW170817 kilonova, MSU, Jul. 16-27, 07/16/2018

40 - M. Mumpower, Fission in the r-process, Ariel Science Week, Triumf, Vancouver, Jul., 07/16/2018

41 - G. McLaughlin, Neutron Star Mergers, Workshop on Quantum Kinetic Equations, Santa Fe, NM, July 1-7, 07/01/2018

42 - N. Vassh on behalf of M. Mumpower, Fission properties relevant for GW170817, 15th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, June 24-29, 06/29/2018

43 - G. McLaughlin, Theoretical aspects of nuclear astrophysics, National Nuclear Physics Summer School, June 17-30, 06/28/2018

44 - P. Jaffke, Correlations between the fission fragment yields and the prompt fission gamma-ray spectrum, 15th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna, June 11-15, 06/11/2018

45 - M. Verriere, First comparison between microscopic and macroscopic-microscopic potential energy surfaces for the description of fission, 15th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna, June 11-15, 06/11/2018

46 - R. Surman, Understanding the r process through nuclear data, 232nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Denver, CO, June 3-7, 06/03/2018

47 - N. Vassh, Studying lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis, Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP), May 29 - June 03, 2018, Indian Wells, CA, 05/29/2018

48 - N. Vassh, Fission and the formation of the r-process rare-earth abundance peak in neutron star mergers, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics Seminar, May 3, 05/03/2018

49 - G. McLaughlin, Nuclear and neutrino physics of the r-process, APS April meeting, April 14-17, 04/14/2018

50 - R. Surman, The astrophysical origins of the heaviest elements, Colloquium, MSU, Apr. 5, 04/05/2018

51 - N. Vassh, Reverse engineering properties of neutron-rich lanthanides by examining the r-process rare earth abundance peak, NT-JINA Symposium: "First multi-messenger observations of a neutron star merger and its implications for nuclear physics", 03/14/2018

52 - M. Mumpower, Beta-delayed and neutron induced fission in the dynamical ejecta of mergers, NT-JINA Symposium: "First multi-messenger observations of a neutron star merger and its implications for nuclear physics", 03/14/2018

53 - G. McLaughlin, Neutrino flavor transformation in compact object mergers and its effect on element synthesis", NT-JINA Symposium: "First multi-messenger observations of a neutron star merger and its implications for nuclear physics", INT, Mar. 12-14, 03/12/2018

54 - N. Vassh, Fission and the formation of the r-process rare-earth abundance peak in neutron star mergers, University of Notre Dame, Nuclear Physics Seminar, March 5, 03/05/2018

55 - N. Vassh, Fission and the Formation of the r-process Rare-Earth Abundance Peak in Neutron Star Mergers, MSU FRIB Theory Seminar March 1, 03/01/2018

56 - N. Vassh, ission and the formation of the r-process rare-earth abundance peak in neutron star mergers, Nuclear Science Division Seminar, LBNL, Feb., 02/15/2018

57 - R. Surman, r-process nucleosynthesis and radioactivity in merger ejecta, KITP Program GW170817: The First Double Neutron Star Merger, Kavli Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, Dec. 5-8, 12/07/2017

58 - N. Vassh, Recent results of reverse engineering nuclear masses from solar r-process abundances and the challenges faced in the presence of fissioning nuclei, DNP Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, Oct. 25-28, 10/25/2017

59 - G. McLaughlin, Impact of Neutrino Oscilltion on Nucleosynthesis in Neutron Star Merger Remnants, 2017 QuEPCO - Quantum Effects on Precision Cosmological Observations, Santa FE, NM, Aug. 22-24, 08/22/2017

60 - G. McLaughlin, Matter Neutrino Resonance Transitions above A Neutron Star Merger Remnant, The Summer Institute for Neutrino Theory, Blacksburg, VA, Jul. 23-29, 07/23/2017

61 - P. Jaffke, Implementing and testing theoretical fission fragment yields in a Hauser-Feshbach statistical decay framework, Scientific Workshop on Nuclear Fission Dynamics and the Emission of Prompt Neutrons and Gama Rays, Varna, Bulgaria, June 20-22, 06/20/2017

62 - R. Surman, Astrophysical Alchemy, Colloquium, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, Apr., 04/15/2017