NUCLEOSYNTHESIS

CTA scientists study the origin of the elements, from nuclear reaction networks to the astrophysical sites that synthesize nuclei in stars, supernovae, and compact-object mergers.

Codes

CTA scientists are co-developers on a number of nuclear reaction network and nucleosynthesis codes.

SkyNet

CTA contact: Jonas Lippuner

A modular nuclear reaction network for computing nucleosynthesis.

PRISM

LANL contact: Matt Mumpower

A nuclear reaction network used for r-process nucleosynthesis studies.

NuGrid

LANL contact: Sam Jones

A collaboration and toolset for stellar nucleosynthesis and post-processing of simulations.

Data

Nucleosynthesis data sets produced by CTA scientists. The links below lead to the public data archives.

Stellar Grid

Reference: Andrews et al., LA-UR-19-30411

Yields from a grid of stellar explosions with three progenitors.

PEOPLE