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Refereed Papers

Year Authors Title (Click for more details) Journal (PDF)
2024 M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, J. Miller, K. Lund, et al. Nuclear uncertainties associated with the ejecta of a neutron-star black-hole accretion disk submitted
2024 T. M. Sprouse, K. Lund, J. Miller, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Emergent nucleosynthesis from a 1.2 second long simulation of a black-hole accretion disk ApJ 962 79
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 D. E. M. Hoff, K. Kolos, G. W. Misch, D. Ray, et al. Direct mass measurements to inform the behavior of $^{128m}$Sb in nucleosynthetic environments PRL 131 262701
2023 M. Li, T. M. Sprouse, B. S. Meyer, M. Mumpower Atomic masses with Machine Learning for the astrophysical r process PLB 138385
2023 M. Ristic, E. Holmbeck, R. T. Wollaeger, O. Korobkin, et al. Constraining inputs to realistic kilonova simulations through comparison to observed $r$-process abundances ApJ 956 1
2023 M. Mumpower, M. Li, T. M. Sprouse, B. S. Meyer, et al. Bayesian averaging for ground state masses of atomic nuclei in a Machine Learning approach Fr. in Phys.
2023 E. Holmbeck, J. Barnes, K. Lund, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Superheavy elements in kilonovae ApJL 951 L13
2023 S. Curtis, J. Miller, C. Frohlich, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Nucleosynthesis in outflows from black hole-neutron star merger disks with full GR$\nu$RMHD ApJL 945 L13
2023 E. Holmbeck, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower Nucleosynthesis and observation of the heaviest elements EPJA 59 28
2022 M. Mumpower, T. Kawano, T. M. Sprouse $\beta^{-}$-delayed fission in the coupled Quasi-particle Random Phase Approximation plus Hauser-Feshbach approach PRC 106 065805
2022 C. J. Fontes, C. L. Fryer, R. T. Wollaeger, M. Mumpower, et al. Actinide opacities for modeling the spectra and light curves of kilonovae MNRAS stac2792
2022 M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, A. Lovell, A. T. Mohan Physically Interpretable Machine Learning for nuclear masses PRCL 106 021301
2022 A. Lovell, A. T. Mohan, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower Nuclear masses learned from a probabilistic neural network PRC 106 014305
2022 H. F. Li, S. Naimi, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, et al. First application of mass measurement with the Rare-RI Ring reveals the solar $r$-process abundance trend at $A=122$ and $A=123$ PRL 128 152701
2022 T. M. Sprouse, G. W. Misch, M. Mumpower Isochronic evolution and the radioactive decay of $r$-process nuclei ApJ 929 22
2021 G. W. Misch, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, A. J. Couture, et al. Sensitivity of neutron-rich nuclear isomer behavior to uncertainties in direct transitions Symmetry 13 1831
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 T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Following nuclei through nucleosynthesis: a novel tracing technique PRC 104 015803
2021 G. W. Misch, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower Astromers in the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei ApJL 913 L2
2021 E. Holmbeck, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, et al. Reconstructing masses of merging neutron stars from stellar r-process abundance signatures ApJ 909 21
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 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 J. Miller, T. M. Sprouse, C. L. Fryer, B. R. Ryan, et al. Full transport general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics for nucleosynthesis in collapsars ApJ 902 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 T. M. Sprouse, R. Navarro Perez, R. Surman, M. Mumpower, et al. Propagation of statistical uncertainties of Skyrme mass models to simulations of $r$-process nucleosynthesis PRC 101 055803
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
2020 J. Wu, S. Nishimura, P. Möller, M. Mumpower, et al. $\beta$-decay half-lives of 55 neutron-rich isotopes beyond the $N=82$ shell gap PRC rapid communication
2020 O. Korobkin, A. Hungerford, C. L. Fryer, M. Mumpower, et al. Gamma-rays from kilonova: a potential probe of r-process nucleosynthesis ApJ 889 2
2019 E. Holmbeck, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, et al. Actinide-rich and actinide-poor r-process enhanced metal-poor stars do not require separate r-process progenitors ApJ 881 1
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 B. Côtè, C. L. Fryer, K. Belczynski, O. Korobkin, et al. The origin of r-process elements in the Milky Way ApJ 855 2
2017 M. Mumpower, T. Kawano, J. L. Ullmann, M. Krticka, et al. Estimation of M1 scissors mode strength for deformed nuclei in the medium to heavy mass region by statistical Hauser-Feshbach model calculations PRC 96 024612


Conference Proceedings

Year Authors Title (Click for more details) Journal (PDF)
2022 M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, T. Kawano, M. W. Herman, et al. Nuclear data activities for medium mass and heavy nuclei at Los Alamos EPJ WoC
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 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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