Program:
TBA - Program title: FRIB and the GW170817 kilonova
The program will consist of a limited number of talks each morning with plenty of time each afternoon for both informal and more formal discussion. Experimentalist are encouraged to apply for the second week.
Agenda:
Week 1 (July 16 - 22, 2018): Agenda
| Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) | ||||
| 16-20 July 2018 | ||||
| AGENDA | ||||
| Start | Duration | Talk title | Speaker | |
| Monday, 16 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 10:00 AM | 0:20 | 01 | Workshop welcome and logistics | R. Surman |
| 10:20 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Neutron star merger simulations | D. Radice |
| 11:00 AM | 0:40 | 03 | The multi-component and anisotropic nature of kilonovae | A. Perego |
| 11:40 AM | 1:20 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 04 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 05 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 06 | The TEAMS SciDAC collaboration | R. Hix |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, 17 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:30 AM | 0:40 | 01 | The R-Process Alliance -- Progress and Preview | T. Beers |
| 10:10 AM | 0:20 | 02 | Break | |
| 10:30 AM | 0:40 | 03 | Effects of modelling methods on abundance determination uncertainties in r-process stars (LTE vs. Non-LTE) | R. Ezzeddine |
| 11:10 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Input nuclear data for r-process abundance calculations from beta decay | S. Liddick |
| 11:50 AM | 1:10 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 05 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 06 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 07 | Kinematics of highly r-process-enhanced stars | I. Roederer |
| 4:10 PM | 0:20 | 08 | Group discussion | A. Frebel |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Wednesday, 18 July 2018 - 1221B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:30 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Neutrino Microphysics in Mergers | E. O'Connor |
| 10:10 AM | 0:30 | 02 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 03 | Neutrino Oscillations | B. Balantekin |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 04 | r-Process nucleosynthesis in neutron star mergers and GW170817 | J. Lippuner |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 | 05 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | 1:30 | 06 | FRIB tour | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 08 | Constraints on the nuclear equation of state and nucleosynthesis from the GW170817 kilonova | G. Mathews |
| 4:10 PM | 0:40 | 09 | Lower bound on the tidal deformability of neutron stars | S. Han |
| 6:00 PM | Group social dinner | |||
| Thursday, 19 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Lanthanide production in r-process nucleosynthesis | N. Vassh |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Theories of Nuclear Fission | N. Schunck |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Role of fission in r-process nucleosynthesis | S. Giuliani |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Bayesian approach to model-based extrapolation of nuclear observables | W. Nazarewicz |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 1:00 | 08 | Group discussion | |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Friday, 20 July 2018 - 1221A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Beta delayed neutron emission: One or two ? | R. Grzywacz |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Abundances of r-Process Elements in Stars | J. Lawler |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | ||
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | ||
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 1:00 | 08 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
Week 2 (July 23 - 27, 2018): Agenda
| Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) | ||||
| 23-27 July 2018 | ||||
| AGENDA | ||||
| Start | Duration | Talk title | Speaker | |
| Monday, 23 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 | 01 | Registration and coffee | |
| 10:00 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Workshop welcome and logistics | R. Surman, G. Olson |
| 10:20 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Kilonova signatures and the r-process | J. Barnes |
| 11:00 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Theoretical r-process sites and their signatures | M. Eichler |
| 11:40 AM | 1:20 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 08 | GW170817: Implications for the astrophysical site of the r-process | D. Siegel |
| 4:10 PM | 0:40 | Nucleosynthesis and Electromagnetic Transients from Binary Neutron Star Mergers | L. Roberts | |
| 4:50 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, 24 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Neutrino interactions in SN and nucleosynthesis | C. Horowitz |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Accurate Neutrino Transport in Supernova and Neutron Star Merger Simulations | S. Richers |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | The r-processes in supernovae and neutron star mergers | A. Arcones |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Core-collapse supernovae as the initial conditions of neutron star mergers | S. Couch |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 08 | Experimental charged-particle (a,n) reaction studies relevant for the weak r-process | F. Montes |
| 4:10 PM | 0:40 | 09 | Neutron-induced reaction rates away from stability for astrophysics applications | G. Perdikakis |
| 4:50 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Wednesday, 25 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Multiple facets of modelling GW170817 kilonova | O. Korobkin |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Predictive chemical evolution in the era of large surveys: challenges and opportunities | B. O'Shea |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Modeling the Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements | B. Cote |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Nuclear fission properties for neutron star mergers | M. Mumpower |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 1:00 | 08 | Group discussion | |
| 4:30 PM | Break | |||
| 6:00 PM | Group social dinner | |||
| Thursday, 26 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Surrogate neutron capture reaction prospects for weak r process nuclei | J. Cizewski |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Neutron capture reaction constraints for r-process | A. Spyrou |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Experiments for the r process at IGISOL | A. Kankainen |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Examining r-process nucleosynthesis in neutron star mergers through mass measurements with the CPT | J. Clark |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 0:40 | 08 | The Rare-RI Ring Ready to Conquer Terra Incognita: Mass Measurement of r-process Nuclei at RIKEN | S. Naimi |
| 4:10 PM | 0:40 | 09 | Approaching the r-process path with precision mass spectrometry at TITAN | A. Kwiatkowski |
| 4:50 PM | Adjourn | |||
| Friday, 27 July 2018 - 1221 A & B Conference Room | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 0:40 | 01 | Future developments for high precision mass spectrometry to study the r-process. | M. Brodeur |
| 9:40 AM | 0:40 | 02 | Beta decay for the r process | J. Engel |
| 10:20 AM | 0:20 | 03 | Break | |
| 10:40 AM | 0:40 | 04 | Spectra from thermal relativistic nuclear field theory | E. Litvinova |
| 11:20 AM | 0:40 | 05 | Nuclear transitions for r-process studies in relativistic nuclear field theory | C. Robin |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | 06 | Work on contributions to the deliverable | |
| 3:00 PM | 0:30 | 07 | Break | |
| 3:30 PM | 1:00 | 08 | Open work/discussion time | |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
Location and time:
FRIB, East Lansing, MI, July 16-27, 2018.