The Leonard E Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics holds frequent seminars on a broad range of ongoing cosmology and gravitation research topics. This seminar will be held on Wednesday 6/1/2016 afternoon at 1:00 PM in KIRC 2175; there is a gathering for a brown bag lunch at 12:30 PM.

Heavy element synthesis in the universe
Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Reiz, Professor, PBSci-Astronomy & Astrophysics Dept., University of California Santa Cruz

The source of about half of the heaviest elements in the Universe has been a mystery for a long time. Although the general picture of element formation is well understood, many questions about the nuclear physics processes and particularly the astrophysical details remain to be answered. Here I focus on advances in our understanding of the origin of the heaviest and rarest elements in the Universe.