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Theoretical nuclear astrophysics
Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics activities range from nuclear physics issues (e.g. cross section predictions for strong and weak interaction processes and properties of nuclei far from stability) to numerical simulations of explosive astrophysical events (e.g. supernovae , X-ray bursts, and binary neutron star mergers). A major focus exists on nucleosynthesis contributions of these objects to galactic evolution.
The main activity of our group are theoretical calculations of electromagnetic interactions, mostly in collisions of atoms and ions. At low energies we study excitation or ionization of common and exotic atoms, with focus also on the semi-classical regime and transition to chaos. At higher energies we study Coulomb excitation of so-called halo nuclei, multiple pair and antihydrogen production, and the use of relativistic heavy ion collisions for photon-photon or photon-hadron interactions.
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