Thermonuclear Reaction Rate Libraries and Software Tools for Nuclear Astrophysics Research

  • Michael S. Smith
  • , Richard Cyburt
  • , Hendrik Schatz
  • , Michael Wiescher
  • , Karl Smith
  • , Scott Warren
  • , Ryan Ferguson
  • , Eric Lingerfelt
  • , Kim Buckner
  • , Caroline D. Nesaraja

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Abstract

Thermonuclear reaction rates are a crucial input for simulating a wide variety of astrophysical environments. A new collaboration has been formed to ensure that astrophysical modelers have access to reaction rates based on the most recent experimental and theoretical nuclear physics information. To reach this goal, a new version of the REACLIB library has been created by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), now available online at http://www.nscl.msu.edu/∼nero/db. A complementary effort is the development of software tools in the Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, online at nucastrodata.org, to streamline, manage, and access the workflow of the reaction evaluations from their initiation to peer review to incorporation into the library. Details of these new projects will be described.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrigin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies - 10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies
Subtitle of host publicationFrom the Dawn of Universe to the Formation of Solar System, OMEG 2007
EditorsToshitaka Kajino, Takuma Suda, Takaya Nozawa, Akira Ohnishi, Masayuki Y. Fujimoto, Shigeru Kubono, Kiyoshi Kato
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages466-468
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9780735405370
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies: From the Dawn of Universe to the Formation of Solar System, OMEG 2007 - Sapporo, Japan
Duration: Dec 4 2007Dec 7 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1016
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies: From the Dawn of Universe to the Formation of Solar System, OMEG 2007
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySapporo
Period12/4/0712/7/07

Keywords

  • Evaluations
  • Nuclear data
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Reaction rate
  • Software
  • Stellar modeling

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