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Refereed Papers

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2025 M. Li, M. Mumpower, N. Vassh, W. S. Porter, et al. Constraining nuclear mass models using r-process observables with multi-objective optimization
2025 Y. Saito, I. Dillmann, R. Krucken, M. Mumpower, et al. Emulation of the final r-process abundance pattern with a neural network
2024 D. Ray, N. Vassh, B. Liu, A. A. Valverde, et al. Mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclides using the Canadian Penning Trap to inform predictions in the r-process rare-earth peak region
2024 M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, J. Miller, K. Lund, et al. Nuclear uncertainties associated with the ejecta of a black-hole accretion disk
2024 Y. Saito, I. Dillmann, R. Krucken, M. Mumpower, et al. Uncertainty quantification of mass models using Ensemble Bayesian Model Averaging
2024 N. Vassh, X. Wang, M. Lariviere, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Thallium-208: a beacon of in situ neutron capture nucleosynthesis
2023 I. U. Roederer, N. Vassh, E. Holmbeck, M. Mumpower, et al. Element abundance patterns in stars indicate fission of nuclei heavier than uranium
2023 K. Lund, J. Engel, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, et al. The influence of beta decay rates on r-process observables
2022 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Solar data uncertainty impacts on MCMC methods for r-process nucleosynthesis
2022 I. U. Roederer, J. J. Cowan, M. Pignatari, T. C. Beers, et al. The r-process alliance: abundance universality among some elements at and between the first and second r-process peaks
2022 R. Orford, N. Vassh, J. Clark, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Searching for the origin of the rare-earth peak with precision mass measurements across Ce–Eu isotopic chains
2022 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman The need for a local nuclear physics feature in the neutron-rich rare-earths to explain solar $r$-process abundances
2021 J. Barnes, Y. Zhu, K. Lund, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Kilonovae across the nuclear physics landscape: the impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on r-process-powered emission
2021 T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Following nuclei through nucleosynthesis: a novel tracing technique
2021 E. Holmbeck, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, et al. Reconstructing masses of merging neutron stars from stellar r-process abundance signatures
2021 B. Côtè, M. Eichler, A. Yague, N. Vassh, et al. Constraining the rapid neutron-capture process with meteoritic 129-I and 247-Cm
2021 N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Markov Chain Monte Carlo predictions of neutron-rich lathanide properties as a probe of $r$-process dynamics
2021 Y. Zhu, K. Lund, J. Barnes, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Modeling kilonova light curves: dependence on nuclear inputs
2020 X. Wang, N. Vassh, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, et al. MeV gamma rays from fission: a distinct signature of actinide production in neutron star mergers
2020 J. Miller, T. M. Sprouse, C. L. Fryer, B. R. Ryan, et al. Full transport general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics for nucleosynthesis in collapsars
2020 S. Nikas, G. Perdikakis, M. Beard, R. Surman, et al. Propagation of Hauser-Feshbach uncertainty estimates to r-process nucleosynthesis: benchmark of statistical property models for neutron rich nuclei far from stability
2020 N. Vassh, M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Co-production of light and heavy $r$-process elements via fission deposition
2020 T. M. Sprouse, R. Navarro Perez, R. Surman, M. Mumpower, et al. Propagation of statistical uncertainties of Skyrme mass models to simulations of $r$-process nucleosynthesis
2020 X. Wang, B. D. Fields, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Sandblasting the $r$-process: spallation of ejecta from neutron star mergers
2020 M. Vilen, J. M. Kelly, A. Kankainen, M. Brodeur, et al. Exploring the mass surface near the rare-earth abundance peak via precision mass measurements at JYFLTRAP
2020 O. Korobkin, A. Hungerford, C. L. Fryer, M. Mumpower, et al. Gamma-rays from kilonova: a potential probe of r-process nucleosynthesis
2019 A. Gade, B. Sherrill, D. Ahn, S. Ahn, et al. FRIB 400: the scientific case for the 400 MeV/u energy upgrade of FRIB
2019 E. Holmbeck, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, et al. Actinide-rich and actinide-poor r-process enhanced metal-poor stars do not require separate r-process progenitors
2019 C. Horowitz, A. Arcones, B. Côtè, I. Dillmann, et al. r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos
2019 N. Vassh, R. Vogt, R. Surman, J. Randrup, et al. Using excitation-energy dependent fission yields to identify key fissioning nuclei in r-process nucleosynthesis
2018 E. Holmbeck, R. Surman, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, et al. Actinide production in neutron-rich ejecta of a neutron star merger
2018 M. Mumpower, T. Kawano, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, et al. $\beta$-delayed fission in $r$-process nucleosynthesis
2018 A. Aprahamian, R. Surman, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. FRIB and the GW170817 kilonova
2018 Y. Zhu, R. T. Wollaeger, N. Vassh, R. Surman, et al. Californium-254 and kilonova light curves
2018 M. Vilen, J. M. Kelly, A. Kankainen, M. Brodeur, et al. Improving $r$-process calculations for the rare-earth abundance peak via mass measurements at JYFLTRAP
2018 R. Orford, N. Vassh, J. Clark, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich neodymium and samarium isotopes and their role in understanding rare-earth peak formation
2018 B. Côtè, C. L. Fryer, K. Belczynski, O. Korobkin, et al. The origin of r-process elements in the Milky Way
2017 A. Spyrou, A. C. Larsen, S. Liddick, F. Naqvi, et al. Neutron-capture rates for explosive nucleosynthesis: the case of $^{68}$Ni$(n,\gamma)^{69}$Ni
2017 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, A. W. Steiner Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the $r$ process
2016 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, A. W. Steiner The link between rare earth peak formation and the astrophysical site of the $r$ process
2016 T. Shafer, J. Engel, C. Fröhlich, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. $\beta$ decay of deformed $r$-process nuclei near $A=80$ and $A=160$, including odd-A and odd-odd nuclei, with the Skyrme finite-amplitude method
2016 S. Liddick, A. Spyrou, B. P. Crider, F. Naqvi, et al. Experimental neutron capture rate constraint far from stability
2016 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, G. C. McLaughlin, A. Aprahamian The impact of individual nuclear properties on $r$-process nucleosynthesis
2015 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, D. L. Fang, M. Beard, et al. The impact of individual nuclear masses on $r$-process abundances
2015 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, D. L. Fang, M. Beard, et al. The impact of uncertain nuclear masses near closed shells on the $r$-process abundance pattern
2014 M. Mumpower, J. Cass, G. Passucci, R. Surman, et al. Sensitivity studies for a main $r$ process: $\beta$-decay rates
2014 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, R. Sinclair, K. Jones, et al. Sensitivity studies for a weak $r$ process: neutron capture rates
2014 A. Aprahamian, I. Bentley, M. Mumpower, R. Surman Sensitivity studies for a main $r$ process: nuclear masses
2012 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman The influence of neutron capture rates in the rare earth region of the $r$-process abundance pattern
2012 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman The rare earth peak: an overlooked $r$-process diagnostic
2012 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman Formation of the rare earth peak: gaining insight into late-time $r$-process dynamics


Conference Proceedings

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2020 N. Vassh, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, R. Surman, et al. Probing the fission properties of neutron-rich actinides with the astrophysical $r$ process
2020 X. Wang, B. D. Fields, M. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse, et al. Spallation of r-Process Nuclei Ejected from a Neutron Star Merger
2020 E. Holmbeck, R. Surman, A. Frebel, G. C. McLaughlin, et al. Characterizing $r$-process sites through actinide production
2019 Y. Zhu, T. M. Sprouse, M. Mumpower, N. Vassh, et al. The nuclear physics uncertainty of kilonova heating rates and the role of fission
2019 M. Mumpower, N. Vassh, T. M. Sprouse, P. Jaffke, et al. Fission properties relevant for GW170817
2018 R. Surman, M. Mumpower Masses and lifetimes for $r$-process nucleosynthesis: FRIB outlook
2017 A. C. Larsen, A. Spyrou, S. Liddick, M. Guttormsen, et al. Novel techniques for constraining neutron-capture rates relevant to heavy-element nucleosynthesis
2017 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, A. Aprahamian Systematic and statistical uncertainties in simulated r-process abundances due to uncertain nuclear masses
2017 M. Mumpower, G. C. McLaughlin, R. Surman, A. W. Steiner The rare earth peak and the astrophysical location of the $r$ process
2015 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, A. Aprahamian Uncorrelated nuclear mass uncertainties and $r$-process abundance predictions
2014 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, A. Aprahamian Variances in $r$-process predictions from uncertain nuclear rates
2014 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, A. Aprahamian The impact of global nuclear mass model uncertainties on $r$-process abundance predictions
2014 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, A. Aprahamian Nuclear masses near $N=82$ that influence $r$-process abundances
2014 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, A. Aprahamian The sensitivity of $r$-process nucleosynthesis to individual $\beta$-delayed neutron emission probabilities
2013 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, J. Cass, A. Aprahamian The sensitivity studies for $r$-process nucleosynthesis in three astrophysical scenarios
2013 R. Surman, M. Mumpower, J. Cass, A. Aprahamian The sensitivity of $r$-process nucleosynthesis to the properties of neutron-rich nuclei
2012 R. Surman, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, W. Hix, et al. Neutron captures and the $r$-process nucleosynthesis
2012 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, G. C. McLaughlin The rare earth peak: a new $r$-process diagnostic
2010 M. Mumpower, R. Surman, G. C. McLaughlin Neutron captures and the rare earth peak
2010 R. Surman, G. C. McLaughlin, M. Mumpower, W. Hix, et al. Neutron capture in the $r$-process


arXiv Papers

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