TALYS: modeling of nuclear reactions

A Koning, S Hilaire, S Goriely - The European Physical Journal A, 2023 - Springer
TALYS is a software package for the simulation of nuclear reactions below 200 MeV. It is
used worldwide for the analysis and prediction of nuclear reactions and is based on state-of …

Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

JJ Cowan, C Sneden, JE Lawler, A Aprahamian… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
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) …

Equations of state for supernovae and compact stars

M Oertel, M Hempel, T Klähn, S Typel - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
A review is given of various theoretical approaches for the equation of state (EoS) of dense
matter, relevant for the description of core-collapse supernovae, compact stars, and compact …

The process: Nuclear physics, stellar models, and observations

F Käppeler, R Gallino, S Bisterzo, W Aoki - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Nucleosynthesis in the s process takes place in the He-burning layers of low-mass
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and during the He-and C-burning phases of massive …

The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries

M Arnould, S Goriely, K Takahashi - Physics Reports, 2007 - Elsevier
The r-process, or the rapid neutron-capture process, of stellar nucleosynthesis is called for to
explain the production of the stable (and some long-lived radioactive) neutron-rich nuclides …

Nucleosynthesis in massive stars with improved nuclear and stellar physics

T Rauscher, A Heger, RD Hoffman… - The Astrophysical …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Nucleosynthesis and remnants in massive stars of solar metallicity

SE Woosley, A Heger - Physics Reports, 2007 - Elsevier
Hans Bethe contributed in many ways to our understanding of the supernovae that happen
in massive stars, but, to this day, a first principles model of how the explosion is energized is …

The p-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: astrophysics and nuclear physics status

M Arnould, S Goriely - Physics Reports, 2003 - Elsevier
The p-process of stellar nucleosynthesis is aimed at explaining the production of the stable
neutron-deficient nuclides heavier than iron that are observed up to now in the solar system …

Astronuclear Physics: A tale of the atomic nuclei in the skies

M Arnould, S Goriely - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
A century ago, nuclear physics entered astrophysics, giving birth to a new field of science
referred to as “Nuclear Astrophysics”. With time, it developed at an impressive pace into a …

Improved predictions of nuclear reaction rates with the TALYS reaction code for astrophysical applications

S Goriely, S Hilaire, AJ Koning - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2008 - aanda.org
Context. Nuclear reaction rates of astrophysical applications are traditionally determined on
the basis of Hauser-Feshbach reaction codes. These codes adopt a number of …