Name: International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos XVIII (NIC XVIII)
Start: 2025-06-15T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-20T13:00:00+02:00
Location: Girona

International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos XVIII (NIC XVIII)

from Sunday 15 June 2025 (19:00) to Friday 20 June 2025 (13:00)

Monday 9 June 2025
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Thursday 12 June 2025
Friday 13 June 2025
Saturday 14 June 2025
Sunday 15 June 2025

Monday 16 June 2025
08:30 Opening - Jordi José (UPC) Jordi Jose (UPC)
Opening
- Jordi José (UPC)
- Jordi Jose (UPC)
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Nuclear Astrophysics: Perspectives and Challenges - Roland Diehl
Nuclear Astrophysics: Perspectives and Challenges
- Roland Diehl
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
09:30 - 10:00
Contributions

09:30 Solar System Elemental Abundances - Katharina Lodders (Dept of Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.) Katharina Lodders Maria Bergemann (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany) Maria Bergemann
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
10:45 - 13:00
Contributions

10:45 Abundances of EMP stars - Miho Ishigaki (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)

11:15 Deriving Progenitors of Extremely Metal-poor Stars with Nucleosynthesis Yields of Massive Stars - Ruizheng Jiang (National Astronomical Observatories, CAS)

11:30 The heavies in CEMP - Sophie Van Eck (Université libre de Bruxelles)

11:45 Nucleosynthetic Isotope Variations in Meteorites - Larry Nittler (Arizona State University)

12:15 Examinating evidence for a shorter $^{146}$Sm-$^{142}$Nd chronology in the early solar system - Yibin Qian (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

12:30 FLASH Poster Session I
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:00
Contributions

14:15 R-Process Alliance: unveiling the abundance patterns of ten r-II stars through homogeneous spectral analysis - Mila Racca (Stockholm University)

14:30 3D NLTE abundance of iron-peak and neutron-capture elements within GCE context - Nicholas Storm (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)

14:45 Nature's Fission Fragment Distribution - Erika Holmbeck (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
15:00
15:00 - 16:15
Contributions

15:00 The Beta-Oslo Method and Neutron-Capture Reactions - Ann-Cecilie Larsen (University of Oslo)

15:30 Determining neutron-induced reaction cross sections with surrogate reactions in inverse kinematics at heavy-ion storage rings - Camille Berthelot (LP2I (ex-CENBG), Bordeaux, France)

15:45 FLASH Session II
16:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 19:15
Contributions

17:00 Role of Exotic Nuclei Away from Stability - Shunji Nishimura (RIKEN)

17:30 Experimental investigation on the γ-emission probability of the unbound states in 131Sn through 130Sn(d,p)131Sn reaction measurement for understanding r-process - Thomas Chillery (LUNA, LNGS)

17:45 The results of the $^{204}$Tl and $^{205}$Tl neutron capture cross section measurement at n_TOF (CERN) and their impact to the s-process-only $^{204}$Pb and $^{205}$Pb production - Adrià Casanovas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC))

18:00 Underground Measurements of $^{14}$N(p,$\gamma$)$^{15}$O and Other Key Reactions for Nuclear Astrophysics - Gy. Gyürky (HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI))

18:30 Underground Measurements of the 16O(p,γ)17F Reaction at LUNA - Duncan Robb (The University of Edinburgh)

18:45 FLASH Session III
Tuesday 17 June 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Contributions

08:30 Direct measurement of the carbon-carbon fusion cross section at stellar energies - Yunzhen Li (Institute of Modern Physics)

08:45 Investigation of $^{31}$P levels near the proton threshold by Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence and the impact on the $^{30}$Si(p,$\gamma$)$^{31}$P thermonuclear rate - David Gribble (UNC Chapel Hill, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)
09:00
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Atomic Physics Inputs for Kilonova Modelling - Andreas Flörs (GSI Helmholtzzentrum for Heavy Ion Research)

09:30 Mass Measurements of Exotic Neutron-Deficient Nuclides Below $^{100}$Sn at IGISOL and Their Astrophysical Implications - zhuang ge (University of Jyväskylä)

09:45 Comprehensive Atomic Data for Kilonova Spectral Modeling Beyond the Photospheric Phase - Ricardo Ferreira da Silva (LIP/FCUL)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
10:45 - 12:00
Contributions

10:45 Presolar Grains as Probes of Type II Supernova Nucleosynthesis - Nan Liu (Boston University)

11:15 Correlated heavy isotope signatures in presolar SiC - Andrew Davis (University of Chicago)

11:30 Effects of Metallicity on Graphite, TiC, and SiC Condensation in Carbon Stars - Gabrielle Adams (Washington University in St. Louis)

11:45 Origin of Rare Isotopes in Presolar Grains as the Probe of Neutrino Mass Hierarchy and Supernova Nucleosynthesis - Yudong Luo (Peking University)
12:00
12:00 - 13:00
Contributions

12:00 Nucleosynthesis in Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars - A Choplin

12:30 FLASH Session IV
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 16:00
Contributions

14:15 Nucleosynthesis and wind yields of Very Massive Stars - Erin Higgins (Queen's University Belfast)

14:45 The Role of Carbon-Oxygen Shell Interactions in the Nucleosynthesis and Final Fate of Massive Stars - Lorenzo Roberti (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud)

15:00 Comparing the Elemental Yields from Low-Mass Single and Binary Star Populations - Zara Osborn (Monash University)

15:15 Common Envelope Nucleosynthesis: investigation into how nucleosynthesis can vary across different neutron star common envelope binaries - Alexander Hall-Smith (the University of York)

15:30 FLASH Session V
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45
16:45
16:45 - 18:00
Contributions

16:45 Nuclear Theory Challenges for Nuclear Astrophysics - Stephane Goriely (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

17:15 Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification of Alpha Elastic Scattering to Constrain the $\alpha$ Optical Model - Caleb Marshall (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory)

17:30 FLASH Session VI
18:00

18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday 18 June 2025
08:30 Microscopic Description of β-Decay Rates of R-Process Nuclei
Microscopic Description of β-Decay Rates of R-Process Nuclei
08:30 - 08:45
Contributions

08:30 Microscopic description of $\beta$-decay rates of r-process nuclei - Diana Alvear Terrero (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
08:45
08:45 - 09:45
Contributions

08:45 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Early Universe - Brian D. Fields

09:15 Neutron induced reactions for BBN: the Trojan Horse approach - Rosario Gianluca Pizzone (University of Catania and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

09:30 Ending the second cosmological Li problem - Ella Wang (Stockholm University)
09:45
09:45 - 10:45
Contributions

09:45 Nucleosynthesis in core-collapse supernovae - Almudena Arcones (TU Darmstadt & GSI)

10:15 Neutron Star Mergers and Kilonovae: r-Process and Gravitational Waves - Andreas Bauswein (GSI Darmstadt)
10:45 Brunch
Brunch
10:45 - 12:00

12:00 Excursions
Excursions
12:00 - 20:00
Thursday 19 June 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:30
Contributions

08:30 Trans-Fe elements from Type Ia Supernovae - Umberto Battino (University of Naples "Federico II")

08:45 Probing Pair-Instability Supernovae via 56Ni Decay Signatures - RYO SAWADA (The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, UT)

09:00 3D Simulations of White Dwarf-Main Sequence Star Collisions - Christian J. T. van der Merwe (University of Cape Town, South Africa, and 2South African Astronomical Observatory,)

09:15 Neutrino-Mass Hierarchy and The Roles of Radioactive Nuclear Reactions in Explosive Nucleosynthesis of Supernovae, Collapsars and Mergers - Toshitaka Kajino (Beihang University, University of Tokyo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
09:30
09:30 - 10:00
Contributions

09:30 Collective neutrino oscillations and the heavy-element nucleosynthesis in supernova - Xilu Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

09:45 Neutrino Oscillations in Post-Merger Disks - Kelsey Lund (UC Berkeley)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:45
10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Contributions

10:45 The equation of state of neutron-star matter - Anthea Francesca Fantina (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL))

11:15 New Constraints on the Neutron Star Equation of State - Melissa Mendes (TU Darmstadt)

11:30 Core-collapse supernova simulations based on the new HWS EOS - Gerard Navó (Universitat de València)
11:45
11:45 - 13:00
Contributions

11:45 Nucleosynthesis in Explosive H-Burning Scenarios - Hendrik Schatz Hendrik Schatz

12:15 H-triggered X-ray Bursts on Slowly Accreting Neutron Stars - Sierra Casten (Michigan State University)

12:30 Experimental study of the $^{15}$O($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^{19}$Ne reaction for understanding type I X-ray bursts - Nicolas de Séréville

12:45 Weak rp-process nucleosynthesis in low-metallicity novae explosions - Thanassis Psaltis (TUNL)
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:15
Contributions

14:15 Recent Advances in Galactic Chemical Evolution - G Cescutti

14:45 Galactic chemical Evolution with short lived radioactive isotopes - Benjamin Wehmeyer (University of Wroclaw)

15:00 26Al: how to model a short-lived radioactive isotope - from a 1D to a 2D approach - Arianna Vasini (Università dell'Insubria - Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia)
15:15
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions

15:15 Nuclear Astrophysics at the Bellotti Facility, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso - Matthias Junker (INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)

15:45 Nuclear Astrophysics at JUNA - Weiping Liu (Southern university of science and technology)
16:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 18:30
Contributions

17:00 Nuclear astrophysics activities at CENS - Kevin Hahn (Institute for Basic Science)

17:15 Direct measurement of neutron capture on radioactive isotopes at CERN n_TOF - Cesar Domingo Pardo (IFIC (CSIC-UV))

17:30 Nuclear Astrophysics at FRIB - Chris Wrede

18:00 Investigating explosive nucleosynthesis through measurements of ($\alpha$,n) and (p,n) reactions using SECAR - Pelagia Tsintari (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University)

18:15 Nuclear Astrophysics with Stored Highly Charged Radioactive Ions - Yury Litvinov (GSI Darmstadt)
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 19:20
Friday 20 June 2025
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Measuring decays of excited states in $^{26}$Si to improve reaction rate calculations of $^{22}$Mg$(\alpha, p)^{25}$Al relevant to type I X-ray bursts - J.W. Brummer (iThemba LABS, Cape Town, South Africa)

09:15 The E1 and E2 capture amplitudes in 12C(α, γ)16O around the 2.42 MeV resonance. - K. Chakraborty (Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy)

09:30 Neutron-Induced Reactions in a High-Density Inertial Confinement Plasma and Their Nuclear Astrophysics Nexus - Michael Paul (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
09:45

09:45 - 10:15

10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:45
Contributions

11:00 Exploring dense matter physics with gravitational wave detections of neutron stars - Lami Suleiman (California State University, Fullerton)

11:30 Quark-Matter Equation of State Effects during Binary Neutrons Star Mergers - Grant Mathews (University of Notre Dame)

11:45 Inference of multi-channel r-process element enrichment in the Milky Way using neutron star merger observations - Hsin-Yu Chen (The University of Texas at Austin)

12:00 Gravitational Waves and Nucleosynthesis of Binary Neutron-Star Simulations - Giuseppe Rivieccio (Universitat de Valencia)

12:15 Constraining Skyrme-based neutron star equation of state from multi-messenger observations - Arunava Mukherjee (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

12:30 3D core-collapse supernova models with phenomenological treatment of neutrino flavor instabilities - Kanji Mori (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
12:45 Closing Remarks - Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo (GSI) Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Technische Universität Darmstadt) Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo (GSI Helmholtzzentrum for Heavy Ion Research)
Closing Remarks
- Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo (GSI)
- Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo
- Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Technische Universität Darmstadt)
- Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo (GSI Helmholtzzentrum for Heavy Ion Research)
12:45 - 12:55
12:55 Farewell - Jordi Jose (UPC) Jordi José (UPC)
Farewell
- Jordi Jose (UPC)
- Jordi José (UPC)
12:55 - 13:00