https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01842-3
Editorial
Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics
Editorial preface to the Topical Collection
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Untermarkt 20, 02826, Görlitz, Germany
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Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wrocław, Max Born place 9, 50-204, Wrocław, Poland
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Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik (IKTP), Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract
Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics studies the production of the chemical elements in astrophysical scenarios ranging from primordial nucleosynthesis to stellar explosions and mergers. This field has seen impressive progress in recent years, both in theory and experiment, as evidenced by the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics conference series. This Topical Collection assembles invited contributions drawn from the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics XI (NPA-XI) conference in Dresden in September 2024, as well as additional papers invited by the Guest Editors. They cover the following four thematic areas: cosmic nucleosynthesis, element synthesis processes in stars, latest stages of stellar evolution, and special topics. A short review of new European facilities for nuclear astrophysics is given, from the FAIR facility in Darmstadt to underground ion accelerators to accelerator mass spectrometers.
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