Rebecca Surman

Senior Investigator

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Research Publications

Collective neutrino oscillations and heavy-element nucleosynthesis in supernovae: exploring potential effects of many-body neutrino correlations

A. Baha Balantekin, Michael J. Cervia, Amol V. Patwardhan, Rebecca Surman, Xilu Wang.

2023.
r-Process Radioisotopes from Near-Earth Supernovae and Kilonovae

Xilu Wang, Adam M. Clark, John Ellis, Adrienne F. Ertel, Brian D. Fields, Zhenghai Liu, Jesse A. Miller, Rebecca Surman.

2021.
Kilonovae across the nuclear physics landscape: The impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on r-process-powered emission

Jennifer Barnes, Y. L. Zhu, K. A. Lund, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M.R. Mumpower, R. Surman.

2020.
Modeling Kilonova Light Curves: Dependence on Nuclear Inputs

Y. L. Zhu, K. Lund, J. Barnes, T. M. Sprouse, N. Vassh, G. C. McLaughlin, M. R. Mumpower, R. Surman.

2020.
MeV Gamma Rays from Fission: A Distinct Signature of Actinide Production in Neutron Star Mergers

Xilu Wang, Nicole Vassh, Trevor Sprouse, Matthew Mumpower, Ramona Vogt, Jorgen Randrup, Rebecca Surman.

2020.
The R-process Alliance: The Peculiar Chemical Abundance Pattern of RAVE J183013.5−455510

Vinicius M. Placco, Rafael M. Santucci, Zhen Yuan, Mohammad K. Mardini, Erika M. Holmbeck, Xilu Wang, Rebecca Surman, Terese T. Hansen, et al.

2020.
Coproduction of Light and Heavy r-process Elements via Fission Deposition

Nicole Vassh, Matthew R. Mumpower, Gail C. McLaughlin, Trevor M. Sprouse, Rebecca Surman.

2019.
Sandblasting the r-Process: Spallation of Ejecta from Neutron Star Mergers

Xilu Wang, Brian D. Fields, Matthew Mumpower, Trevor Sprouse, Rebecca Surman, Nicole Vassh.

2019.
FRIB and the GW170817 Kilonova

Ani Aprahamian, et al.

2018.

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Nucleosynthesis

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Rebecca Surman

Rebecca Surman

Collective neutrino oscillations and heavy-element nucleosynthesis in supernovae: exploring potential effects of many-body neutrino correlations

r-Process Radioisotopes from Near-Earth Supernovae and Kilonovae

Kilonovae across the nuclear physics landscape: The impact of nuclear physics uncertainties on r-process-powered emission

Modeling Kilonova Light Curves: Dependence on Nuclear Inputs

MeV Gamma Rays from Fission: A Distinct Signature of Actinide Production in Neutron Star Mergers

The R-process Alliance: The Peculiar Chemical Abundance Pattern of RAVE J183013.5−455510

Coproduction of Light and Heavy r-process Elements via Fission Deposition

Sandblasting the r-Process: Spallation of Ejecta from Neutron Star Mergers

FRIB and the GW170817 Kilonova

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