Publication List

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Refereed Papers

Year Authors Title (Click for more details) Journal (PDF)
2024 D. Ray, N. Vassh, B. Liu, A. A. Valverde, et al. Mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclides using the Canadian Penning Trap to inform predictions in the r-process rare-earth peak region submitted
2024 M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, J. Miller, K. Lund, et al. Nuclear uncertainties associated with the ejecta of a black-hole accretion disk ApJ 970 173
2024 N. Vassh, X. Wang, M. Lariviere, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Thallium-208: a beacon of in situ neutron capture nucleosynthesis PRL 132 052701
2023 I. U. Roederer, N. Vassh, E. Holmbeck, M. Mumpower, et al. Element abundance patterns in stars indicate fission of nuclei heavier than uranium Science 382 6675 1177
2022 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Solar data uncertainty impacts on MCMC methods for r-process nucleosynthesis Frontiers In Physics
2022 I. U. Roederer, J. J. Cowan, M. Pignatari, T. C. Beers, et al. The r-process alliance: abundance universality among some elements at and between the first and second r-process peaks ApJ 936 84
2022 R. Orford, N. Vassh, J. Clark, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Searching for the origin of the rare-earth peak with precision mass measurements across Ce–Eu isotopic chains PRCL 105, 052802
2022 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman The need for a local nuclear physics feature in the neutron-rich rare-earths to explain solar $r$-process abundances submitted
2021 J. Barnes, Y. Zhu, K. Lund, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Kilonovae across the nuclear physics landscape: the impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on r-process-powered emission ApJ 918 44
2021 B. Côtè, M. Eichler, A. Yague, N. Vassh, et al. Constraining the rapid neutron-capture process with meteoritic 129-I and 247-Cm Science 371 945-948
2021 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Markov Chain Monte Carlo predictions of neutron-rich lathanide properties as a probe of $r$-process dynamics ApJ 907 98
2021 Y. Zhu, K. Lund, J. Barnes, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Modeling kilonova light curves: dependence on nuclear inputs ApJ 906 94
2020 X. Wang, N. Vassh, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, et al. MeV gamma rays from fission: a distinct signature of actinide production in neutron star mergers ApJL 903 1
2020 N. Vassh, M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Co-production of light and heavy $r$-process elements via fission deposition ApJ 896 1
2020 X. Wang, B. D. Fields, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Sandblasting the $r$-process: spallation of ejecta from neutron star mergers ApJ 893 2
2019 N. Vassh, R. Vogt, R. Surman, J. Randrup, et al. Using excitation-energy dependent fission yields to identify key fissioning nuclei in r-process nucleosynthesis J. Phys. G 46 065202
2018 E. Holmbeck, R. Surman, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, et al. Actinide production in neutron-rich ejecta of a neutron star merger ApJ 870 1
2018 M. Mumpower, T. Kawano, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, et al. $\beta$-delayed fission in $r$-process nucleosynthesis ApJ 869 1
2018 A. Aprahamian, R. Surman, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. FRIB and the GW170817 kilonova Whitepaper
2018 Y. Zhu, R. T. Wollaeger, N. Vassh, R. Surman, et al. Californium-254 and kilonova light curves ApJL 863 2
2018 R. Orford, N. Vassh, J. Clark, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich neodymium and samarium isotopes and their role in understanding rare-earth peak formation PRL 120, 262702
2018 B. Côtè, C. L. Fryer, K. Belczynski, O. Korobkin, et al. The origin of r-process elements in the Milky Way ApJ 855 2


Conference Proceedings

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2020 N. Vassh, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, R. Surman, et al. Probing the fission properties of neutron-rich actinides with the astrophysical $r$ process FPY2019
2020 X. Wang, B. D. Fields, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Spallation of r-Process Nuclei Ejected from a Neutron Star Merger NPA-IX proceedings
2020 E. Holmbeck, R. Surman, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Characterizing $r$-process sites through actinide production NPA IX
2019 B. Côtè, P. Denissenkov, F. Herwig, C. L. Fryer, et al. The impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on galactic chemical evolution predictions NPA IX
2019 Y. Zhu, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, N. Vassh, et al. The nuclear physics uncertainty of kilonova heating rates and the role of fission NIC XV ch 92
2019 M. Mumpower, N. Vassh, T. M. Sprouse, P. Jaffke, et al. Fission properties relevant for GW170817 NIC XV ch 20


arXiv Papers

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