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) …

The rapid neutron capture process (r process) is believed to be responsible for about half of
the production of the elements heavier than iron and contributes to abundances of some …

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 …

The content of neutron-capture (trans-iron-peak) elements in the low-metallicity Galactic
halo varies widely from star to star. The differences are both in bulk amount of the neutron …

The main purpose of the present manuscript is to review the structural evolution along the
isotonic and isotopic chains around the “traditional” magic numbers 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and …

Background: r-process nucleosynthesis models rely, by necessity, on nuclear structure
models for input. Particularly important are β-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei. At …

The β-decay half-lives of 110 neutron-rich isotopes of the elements from Rb 37 to Sn 50
were measured at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The 40 new half-lives follow …

Atomic physics techniques for the determination of ground-state properties of radioactive
isotopes are very sensitive and provide accurate masses, binding energies, Q-values …

Recent developments in precision mass spectrometry of radioactive isotopes (RI) and some
selected related physics subjects are reviewed. In the last decades, besides conventional …

The nuclear structure in regions of the Segré chart which are of astrophysical importance is
reviewed. The main emphasis is put on those nuclei that are relevant for stellar …