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Sunday 5th August 2012
Registration Open
Aboriginal Welcome to the Land Ceremony
Opening
Introductory overview of “Nuclei in the Cosmos”	Michael Wiescher(60', invited)
Digital Re-typesetting and Re-publication of Al Cameron's seminal 1957 Chalk River Report	Daid Kahl
Welcome Reception
Monday 6th August 2012
Registration
Session 1. Nuclear reaction rates and stellar abundances I Chair : George Dracoulis
Underground experiments and their impact on stellar modelling	Gianluca Imbriani(30', invited)
Evolution and nucleosynthesis of low-mass stars	Richard Stancliffe(30', invited)
A surprise in 6Li(p,gamma)7Be reaction at low energies	Jianjun He
Exploring mechanisms inhibiting nuclear fusion	Maurits Evers
The first determination of the 14N/15N ratios in Galactic AGB carbon stars	Ruben Pedro Hedros
The Fluorine destruction in stars: first experimental study of the19F(p,alpha_0 ) 16O reaction at astrophysical energies	Marco La Cognata
Coffee Break
Session 2. Nuclear reaction rates and stellar abundances II Chair: Iris Dillmann
The triple alpha reaction	Edward Brown(20', invited)
Nuclear astrophysics in hot dense dynamic plasmas	Dennis McNabb(20', invited)
Rotational Mixing and Light Element Depletion in the Era of Asteroseismology	Marc Pinsonneault
New experimental results for the triple-alpha reaction	Hans Fynbo
Metallicities in Stars - what solar neutrinos can do	Kai Zuber
Lunch including 1-hour informal session on "Online Support 1 - Inputs for Astrophysics"
JINA	Richard Cyburt
KADONIS	Iris Dillmann
STARLIB	Anne Sallaska
JINA R-Matrix Projects	Richard deBoer
MESA/NuGrid Physics Package	Marco Pignatari
Session 3. Nuclear reaction rates and stellar abundances III Chair: Shigeru Kibono
Unable to attend	Frank Strieder (20', invited)
Pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis of massive stars	Raphael Hirschi(30', invited)
Direct and indirect techniques for reaction rate measurements	Alison Laird (20', invited)
New indirect study of the ¹²C¹⁶O reaction via the ¹²C(⁷Li,t)¹⁶O transfer reaction	Fairouz Hammache
Measuring radiative capture rates at DRAGON	Ulrike Hager
Metallicities in Stars - what solar neutrinos can do	Kai Zuber
Probing electron captures on 56 Ni: A new technique to extract Gamow-Teller strengths of unstable nuclei	George Perdikakis
Coffee Break
Session 4. The s process I Chair: Amanda Karakas
The s process in AGB stars and in massive stars	Marco Pignatari(30', invited)
On a physical model for the formation of the neutron source for s-processing	Sara Palmerini
The s-process in globular cluster M22: hints for higher-mass polluters	Ian Roederer
One minute poster presentations -
Comparing Experimental and Calculated Electron-capture Rates of pf-shell Nuclei in Explosive Stellar Environments	Arthur Cole
The Detailed Chemical Abundance Patterns of M31 Globular Clusters	Janet Colucci
Large sample stellar abundance analyses of Globular Cluster giant stars	Peter Cottrell
A Novel Approach to Model Hybrid Stars	Veronica Dexheimer
Final Fates of Super Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars	Carolyn Doherty
Parametric Studies of the R-Process in Supernova Shocks	Marius Eichler
Constraining nova observables: direct measurement of 33S(p,?)34Cl in inverse kinematics	Jennifer Fallis
Fast Fragmentation Measurements with MoNA and LISA	Joseph Finck
Using neutron-capture abundances as a tracer of Galactic halo formation	Cherie Fishlock
Direct measurement of 4He(12C,16O)? reaction in inverse kinematics	Kunihiro Fujita
A new equation of state with abundances of all nuclei in core collapse simulations of massive stars	Shun Furusawa
Poster viewing with drinks	Odd Nubmered
Tuesday 7th August 2012
Session 5. The s process II Chair: Maurizio Busso
Neutron sources and neutron poisons in the s process	Joachim Goerres (20', invited)
Neutron-induced reactions for the s process, and the case of Fe and Ni isotopes	Claudia Lederer(25', invited)
New Insights from Observations of Trans-Iron Elements in Planetary Nebulae: AGB Nucleosynthesis and Initial Stellar Composition	Harriet Dinerstein
New 90,91,92,93,94,96Zr neutron capture cross-sections	Giuseppe Tagliente
First Experimental Constraint on the 59 Fe(n,gamma)60Fe Reaction via Coulomb Dissociation	Ethan Uberseder
One minute poster presentations -
The elusive origin of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor stars	Carlo Abate
A new experiment on the 2H(?,?)6Li reaction	Michael Anders
Thermal nucleation of antikaon condensed matter in hot and neutrino-trapped matter	Sarmistha Banik
Role of hyperon equation of state in core collapse supernova	Sarmistha Banik
One-proton breakup reactions of proton-rich psd-shell nuclei for relevant reaction rates in explosive hydrogen burning	Adriana Banu
The other hydrodynamics: modelling gas target properties	Lothar Buchmann
Analysis of low energy elastic scattering data in 7Be+p	Lothar Buchmann
Krypton Isotopic compositions in mainstream SiC stardust grains	Joelene Buntain
Modeling the Li abundances of RGB and AGB stars with a new estimate for the 7Be half-life	Maurizio Busso
Using the National Ignition Facility for Measuring Stellar Nuclear Reactions	Dennis McNabb
Variations of nuclear binding with quark masses	Manuel Carrillo-Serrano
A parametrization of the nucleosynthesis in Type Ia supernovae	David Chamulak
Solar System 48Ca, 50Ti and 138La isotopic variations: mixing between grains condensed from the ejecta of n–rich SNe-Ia and O/Ne zone of SNe-II	Hsin-Wei Chen
A Low-energy Platform for Nuclear Astrophysics Studies	Siza CHen
Neutron transfer reactions with tin beams and r-process nucleosynthesis	Jolie Cizewski
Coffee Break
Session 6. Nuclear properties for astrophysics Chair: Ani Aprahamian
Nuclear masses for astrophysics	Klaus Blaum(30', invited)
Storage ring mass and lifetime spectrometry for nuclear astrophysics	Yuri Litinov
Beta-decay half-lives and delayed neutron emission of r-process nucleiin the vicinity of 78Ni	Miguel Magurga-Flores
Recent mass measurements for the r process at JYFLTRAP	Anu Kankainen
The resonances of 18Ne seen through proton decay	Lidia Ferreira
Lunch including 1 - hour informal session on "Online Support 2 - Tools for Astrophysics"
SAGA: Stellar Abundances for Galatic Archeology	Takuma Suda
SSPP: SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline	Tim Beers
INSPECT: Interactive NLTE Spectroscopy	Karin Lind
WEBNUCLEO.org	Brad Meyer
MESA/NuGrid	Pavel Denisenkov
Session 7. High density matter Chair: Andrew Melatos
The theory of high density matter	Jirina Stone (30', invited)
Constraints from observation of massive neutron star to properties of quark matter in quark and hybrid stars	Irina Sagert(20', invited)
Is the neutron star's inner crust unique?	Edward Brown
Nuclear processes in the crust of accreting neutron stars	Hendrik Schatz
Implications for compact stars of soft nuclear equation-of-state from heavy-ion data	Laura Tolos
Coffee Break
Session 8. Novae and XRB I Chair: Alexander Heger
Nucleosynthesis in classical novae and X-ray bursts	Anuj Parikh (30', invited)
Neutron Star Masses and Radii, X-ray Bursts, and their Connection to the Equation of State of Dense Matter	Andrew Steiner(20', invited)
Nova Framework: A New Tool For Modeling of Nova Outbursts and Nucleosynthesis	Pavel Denissenkov
Observations of X-ray burst	Duncan Galloway
Poster viewing
Wednesday 8th August 2012
Session 9. Novae and XRB II Chair: Jolie Cizewski
Observations and models of X-ray bursts	Laurens Keek(20', invited)
Flame Spread Mechanisms in Type I Bursts	Yuri Cavecchi
Radioactive Ion Beam studies of alaphap process waiting points in X-Ray Bursts	Catherine Deibel
X-ray bursts Sensitivities	Richard Cyburt
One minute poster presentations -
Low energy ?-scattering experiment on 64Zn and the ? -nucleus optical potential for heavy element nucleosynthesis	Daniel Galaviz
Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics VI Conference	Daniel Galaviz
Simulating (successfully?) the Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of Disk Galaxies	Brad Gibson
Producing matter in the baryonic sector from neutralinos in small H2 clumps over cosmological ages	Edmond Giraud
Cross section measurement of the 3He(?,?)7Be reaction at high energies	Gy Gyürky
Heavy elements in the early Galaxy	Terese Hansen
Potential problem with structure of low-mass, low-metallicity stars	Stuart Heap
The Galactic R Coronae Borealis Stars: The C2 Swan Bands, The Carbon Problem, and The 12C/13C Ratio	B.P Hema
A new approach to investigate (p,n) cross sections at astrophysical relevant energies	Daniel Galaviz
Dwarf galaxies and the cosmic chemical matter cycle	Gerhard Hensler
Database for nuclear EoS	Chikako Ishizuka
Rare presolar graphite grains from evolved low- and intermediate-mass stars	Manavi Jadhav
A History of Galactic Nucleosynthesis Using APOGEE Abundances and Kepler Asteroseismology	Jennifer Johnson
Experimental study of resonant states in 26Si and 27P via elastic scattering of 25Al+p and 26Si+p	Hyo Soon Jung
Measurement of the 30S+? system for type I X-ray bursts	Daid Kahl
Neutrino nucleosynthesis for heavy nuclides in supernovae	Toshitaka Kajino
Pair conversion spectroscopy of the Hoyle state and carbon production in stars	Tibor Kibedi
Elastic alpha scattering experiments and the alpha-nucleus optical potential at low energies	Gábor Kiss
The astrophysically important resonances in 20Na and 30S	Gunvor Koldste
Study of level structure on 26Si for the astrophysical interest in 26Al production	Tetsuro Komatsubara
The mass of 82Zn and its presence in the crust of neutron stars	Klaus Blaum
Gamma-ray multiplicity study in 40,43,44Ca(n,g) reactions using DANCE at LANSCE	Hye Young Lee
Two- and three-dimensional simulations of core-collapse supernovae with CHIMERA	Eric Lentz
Study of the primordial Lithium abundance at CIAE	Zhihong Li
Neodymium Isotopic Composition in Single SiC Grains from the Murchison Meteorite	Nan Liu
Coffee Break
Session 10. SNIa and the p process I Chair: TBC
Overview of SNIa	Friedrich Roepke (30', invited)
The p process in SNIa	Wolfgang Hillebrandt(20', invited)
Cross section measurements via X-ray counting for ? process studies	Gabor Kiss
On Determining the Metallicity of Individual SNIa Progenitors	Soma De
One minute poster presentations -
Effect of light in the space	Ariel Peveri
Lithium-Rich Stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	Sarah Martell
?-delayed proton emission of 69Kr and the 68Se rp-process waiting point	Zachary Meisel
Nucleosynthesis analysis of a post double degenerate white dwarf merger object - clues to understanding R Coronae Borealis stars	Athira Menon
Weak Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium and the Production of Neutron-Rich Iron-Group Isotopes	Bradley Meyer
The ReAccelerator Facility ReA for Rare Isotopes	Fernando Montes
New Elements in old tools: nucleosynthesis in N-body codes	Guido Moyano Loyola
The r-process in the neutrino-induced relativistic jet of a gamma-ray burst	Ko Nakamura
Core-Collapse Supernovae via the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition as an Origin of Heavy Elements	Nobuya Nishimura
Non-uniform structures in low-density nuclear matter and neutron star crust	Minoru Okamoto
The study of nucleosynthesis by means of scandium45 + p reaction	Takahiro Onishi
Inelastic electronic and atomic collisions in stellar atmospheres	Yeisson Osorio
Study on low-energy resonances of 22Ne (?,?) 26Mg using 22Ne + 6Li reaction	Shuya Ota
The sensitivity of nucleosynthesis in models of Type Ia supernovae to variations in thermonuclear reaction-rates	Anuj Parikh
Error Analysis of Ia Supernova and Query on Cosmic Dark Energy	Qiuhe Peng
The relationship of electron Fermi energy with strong magnetic fields and the x-ray lominisity of magnetars	Qiuhe Peng
Theory of PIL	Ariel Peveri
Progenitor evolution of Type Ia supernovae and the influence of triple stars	Onno Pols
High Resolution Integrated Light Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters	Charli Sakari
STARLIB: A next-generation reaction-rate library for nuclear astrophysics	Anne Sallaska
The Sulfur Anomaly in Planetary Nebulae and Post-AGB Stars	Luke Shingles
Carbon, nitrogen and barium abundances of giant branch stars of ? Centauri using spectral matching	Jeffrey Simpson
The Distribution Of Metals In Cosmological Hydrodynamical Simulations Of Dwarf Disk Galaxies?	Kate Pilkington
Group Photo
Packed Lunch and Group Excursions
Thursday 9th August 2012
Session 11. SNIa and the p process II Chair: Chiaki Kobayashi
Experiments for the astrophysical p process	Gyorgy Gyurky(30', invited)
Shorter half-life of p-process 146Sm measured and 146Sm/142Nd chronology of Solar System	Michael Paul
Astrophysical reaction rates shape proton-rich, explosive nucleosynthesis	Thomas Rauscher
Sub-Chandrasekhar models for Type Ia supernovae and astrophysical transients	Michael Fink
One minute poster presentations -
Modelling CO in the circumstellar envelope of IRAS15194-5115	Christina Smith
AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis at Low-Metallicity Constrained by the Star Formation History of Our Galaxy	Takuma Suda
Electron Capture Reactions and ?-decays in Astrophysical Processes	Toshio Suzuki
Variational Method for Nuclear Matter with an Explicit Energy Functional	Masatoshi Takano
Quark beta decay in an inhomogeneous chiral phase and cooling of hybrid stars	Toshitaka Tatsumi
Supernova properties in the early universe	Nozomu Tominaga
Abundance Evolution in Rotating Magnetised Stars	Christopher Tout
Iron Isotopic Abundances in Presolar SiC Grains – A Tracer for Galactic Chemical Evolution	Reto Trappitsch
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group: star formation history and s-process enrichment	Claudia Travaglio
Beta decay of 26P to determine the 25Al(p, ?)26Si reaction rate in novae	Chris Wrede
The power of chemical tagging for studying Galactic evolution	Elizabeth Wylie-de Boer
Recent astrophysical studies at the low-energy RI beam separator CRIB	Hidetoshi Yamaguchi
Background reduction systems for direct measurement of 4He(12C,16O)? reaction	Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
Is PSCNe possible within the local universe?	Norhasliza Yusof
Coffee Break
Session 12. Core collapse SN, mergers and the r process I Chair: Karlheinz Langanke
Core-collapse explosion models	Adam Burrows(30', invited)
Weak interactions in astrophysics	Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo(20', invited)
Gravitational waves and black hole and neutron star formation in core collapse supernovae	Christian Ott(25', invited)
Highly r-Process Enhanced Stars: New Perspectives on Old Stars	Timothy Beers
Meaurement of the Astrophysically Important 40Ca(alpha,gamma)44Ti Reaction	Daniel Robertson
Lunch
Session 13. Core collapse SN, mergers and the r process II Chair: Richard Boyd
The obstacles of the r process, the nuclear requirements, and the still missing convincing sites	Almudena Arcones(30', invited)
Modelling the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars	Luciano Rezzolla(30', invited)
Evolution of Very Massive Stars and Type Ic Supernovae	Takashi Yoshida
r-Process in Jet Ejecta of Magnetorotational Core Collapse Supernovae	Friedrich Thielemann
Nucleosynthesis from Black-Hole Accretion Disks: Neutrino Flavor Transformation	Gail McLaughlin
Coffee Break
Session 14. Core collapse SN, mergers and the r process III Chair: Chris Sneden
A systematic experimental study of r-process nuclei	Shunji Nishimura(30', invited)
Observations of SN light curves and implications for nucleosynthesis	Daniel Kasen(20', invited)
The synthesis of light n-capture elements at low metallicity	Carla Frohlich
The second r-process	Camilla Hansen
Nucleosynthesis in Hypernovae and Other Unusual Supernovae, compared with the Abundance Patterns of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars	Ken'ichi Nomoto
Observationally determined abundances in Core Collapse SNe and dust	John Danziger
Conference Dinner
Friday 10th August 2012
Session 15. The early universe Chair: Jennifer Johnson
Observational evidence for the first stars and constraints on stellar models	Wako Aoki (30', invited)
Nuclear aspects of Big Bang nucleosynthesis	Taka Kajino(20', invited)
Near-pristine gas at high redshifts: a window on early nucleosynthesis	Max Pettini(30', invited)
Chemical Yields and Structural/Nucleosynthetic Evolution of Ultra Metal-poor Low-mass Stars	Simon Campbell
The two cosmological Li problems : 6Li and 7Li abundances inmetal-poor halo star	Karen Lind
Influence of the variation of fundamental constants on the primordial nucleosynthesis	Alain Coc
LUNA data on the 2H(a,y)6Li reaction and Big Bang nucleosynthesis	Carlo Gustavino
Coffee Break
Session 16. Galaxy evolution Chair: Francesca Matteucci
Astroarcheology	Ken Freeman(30', invited)
Galactic chemical evolution	Gabriele Cescutti(20', invited)
Abundances in globular clusters	David Yong(20', invited)
The Galactic Terrestrial Zone	Brad Gibson
Timescales for Chemical Evolution: Ages with a New Technique	Courtney Epstein
Lunch
Speech	Brian Schmidt (30', invited)
Poster Prizes
Session 17. Radioactivity and meteorites Chair: Kujeet Marhas
Radioactivity in the Universe	Roland Diehl(20', invited)
The early solar system	Meenakshi "Mini" Wadhwa(20', invited)
Lessons from stardust grains	Larry Nittler(20', invited)
Nucleosynthetic signatures in meteoritic materials	Maria Schonbachler(20', invited)
On the origin of high-density presolar graphite grain	Ernst Zinner
Ni isotope systematics in chondrules from unequilibrated chondrites toconstraint 60Fe in the early Solar system	Ritesh Mishra