Session T2: The Link between Neutrinos and the Origin of the Elements
1:30 PM–3:18 PM, Monday, April 18, 2005
Marriott Tampa Waterside Room: Grand Salon F
Sponsoring Unit:
DNP
Chair: Bradley Sherrill
Abstract ID: BAPS.2005.APR.T2.1
Abstract: T2.00001 : Overview: Neutrinos and Nucleosynthesis
1:30 PM–2:06 PM
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Author:
Baha Balantekin
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The astrophysical site of the r-process nucleosynthesis is not yet identified, but the neutrino-driven wind in a core-collapse supernova is one of the leading candidates. Neutrino interactions play a crucial role in such supernovae. Neutrino fluxes control the neutron-to-proton ratio in the high-entropy hot bubble which is where r-process nucleosynthesis is thought to take place. In this talk our current understanding of the role of neutrinos in core-collapse supernovae and the associated r-process nucleosynthesis will be reviewed. This work was supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation Grant No. PHY-0244384 and in part by the University of Wisconsin Research Committee with funds granted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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