https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00921-z
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
From the slow to the rapid neutron capture process
1
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
2
GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Planckstrasse 1, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
Received:
13
October
2022
Accepted:
9
January
2023
Published online:
30
January
2023
This contribution starts with memories about Franz Käppeler, as a human being and a scientist, his impact on neutron capture nucleosynthesis via experiments and astrophysical studies, before extending from his focus (the s-process) to the r-process, discussing its mechanism, related astrophysical sites and examining in a concluding section its role during galactic evolution.
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