Rebecca Surman

Rebecca Surman

Senior Investigator

About University of Notre Dame

Contact rsurman@nd.edu

Research Publications

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. (multiple N3AS authors).

2018.

Research Themes

Nucleosynthesis