The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

Like all true stars, massive stars are gravitationally confined thermonuclear reactors whose
composition evolves as energy is lost to radiation and neutrinos. Unlike lower-mass stars …

We substantially update the capabilities of the open-source software instrument Modules for
Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). MESA can now simultaneously evolve an …

Presupernova Evolution and Explosive Nucleosynthesis of Rotating Massive Stars in the
Metallicity Range −3 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ 0 - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use …

The last decade has witnessed both quantitative and qualitative progress in shell-model
studies, which have resulted in remarkable gains in our understanding of the structure of the …

Stellar physics and evolution calculations enable a broad range of research in astrophysics.
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) is a suite of open source, robust …

Advances in our understanding and the modeling of stellar core-collapse and supernova
explosions over the past 15 years are reviewed, concentrating on the evolution of …

We present the first calculations to follow the evolution of all stable nuclei and their
radioactive progenitors in stellar models computed from the onset of central hydrogen …

Gravitational-wave detections are starting to allow us to probe the physical processes in the
evolution of very massive stars through the imprints they leave on their final remnants …

A statistical model for the equation of state and the composition of supernova matter is
presented. It consists of an ensemble of nuclei and interacting nucleons in nuclear statistical …