Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) "Interpreting the observables and multi messenger signals of r-process nucleosynthesis"

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Department of Physics
Location: Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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Date: Oct 15, 2025 11:00 am
Speaker: Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame)
Contact: Deanna Frye
E-Mail: ddebord@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Physics - Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar; Detangling the origins of the heaviest elements via rapid neutron capture (r-process) nucleosynthesis remains an outstanding problem in nuclear astrophysics. Potential and observed multi-messenger signals such as gamma rays, neutrinos, and kilonovae can provide unprecedented insight into r-process candidate events, augmenting observables such as meteoritic and terrestrial isotopic data and stellar abundance patterns. However, the interpretation of this rich set of r-process data is subject to considerable uncertainties in the nuclear physics of exotic nuclear species. Here we will explore the role of nuclear physics in shaping r-process observables and highlight future opportunities, including those enabled by new radioactive beam facilities such as the N=126 Factory and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

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