Advances in Nuclear Astrophysics
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 192
Special Issue Editors
Interests: experimental nuclear astrophysics; fundamental nuclear properties; nuclear masses and half-lives; nuclear reactions
Interests: nuclear astrophysics; gamma-ray spectroscopy; transfer reactions; direct measurements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The research field of Nuclear Astrophysics is relatively young and lies at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics. In recent years, the field has made tremendous progress and has entered a broad multidisciplinary phase. Various new facilities have produced exciting results, and innovative techniques have been developed. These advancements, along with observations and theoretical developments, have greatly enhanced our understanding of several astrophysical scenarios, including stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis.
However, several open questions remain. For instance, how do nuclei at drip lines behave? How and where are elements produced? How did nucleosynthesis occur in the first stars? How are stars born and how do they die? These and many more questions require further investigation and research.
In the current Special Issue, we aim to provide an overview of the present status of nuclear astrophysics and its interplay with other research fields, such as astroparticle physics, gamma-ray astronomy, cosmology, isotopic abundances in meteorites, and the detection of gravitational waves.
Both reviews and original content will be considered for this Special Issue.
Dr. Ragandeep Singh Sidhu
Prof. Dr. Gavin Lotay
Dr. Jaspreet Singh Randhawa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nuclear astrophysics
- observational astronomy
- nuclear physics
- stellar evolution
- experimental techniques
- fundamental properties
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