Gail C. McLaughlin
North Carolina State University
Friday, September
19, 2008
4:00 pm in SPL 57
Stellar Explosions, Neutrinos and Nucleosynthesis
Abstract: We explore the element synthesis that occurs in hot outflows from supernovae, gamma ray bursts and compact object mergers. These environments have intense neutrino fluxes, and we elucidate the role that neutrinos play in determining the final element abundance distributions. We also comment on uncertainties which stem from astrophysical conditions, neutrino properties and nuclear data.
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