Name: Astrophysics with Radioactive Isotopes 2026, Traverse City, MI, USA
Start: 2026-05-26T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-30T12:00:00-04:00
Location: The Hagerty Center, Traverse City, Michigan, USA

Astrophysics with Radioactive Isotopes 2026, Traverse City, MI, USA

from Tuesday, 26 May 2026 (08:00) to Saturday, 30 May 2026 (12:00)

Monday, 25 May 2026
Tuesday, 26 May 2026

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Morning I
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 Radioactive Isotope Production: Understanding the Effects of the Supernova Explosion - Chris Fryer (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:40 Physical Conditions for Synthesis of Sc, Ti, and V in Neutrino-driven Supernovae - Ryota Hatami (SOKENDAI/NAOJ)

10:00 Gamma rays as a signature of r-process producing supernovae: remnants and future Galactic explosions - Zhenghai Liu (North Carolina State University)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Morning II
10:50 - 11:50
Contributions

10:50 Radioactive Isotopes in Presolar Supernova Grains - Nan Liu (Boston University)

11:30 Short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System: an update - Andrew M. Davis (University of Chicago)
11:50 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:50 - 14:30
14:30 Afternoon I
14:30 - 15:30
Contributions

14:30 The Future of Gamma-ray Instruments: COSI and the Remaining MeV Gap - Tiffany Lewis

15:10 Toward all-sky gamma-ray line surveys with COSI - Aravind Valluvan (UC San Diego)
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Afternoon II
16:00 - 16:20
Contributions

16:00 When Stars Attack! Astrophysical Implications of Live 60Fe and 244Pu in Terrestrial and Lunar Archives - Brian Fields (University of Illinois)
16:20 Discussion
Discussion
16:20 - 17:00

17:00 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
17:00 - 19:00
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
09:00 Morning I
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 Galactic radioactive links to rocky worlds - Stephen J. Mojzsis (University of Bayreuth, Bavarian Geoinstitute (BGI))

09:40 An alternative source of $^{44}$Ti in Supernova Remnants - Luca Boccioli (UC Berkeley)

10:00 Galactic chemical Evolution with short lived radioactive isotopes - Benjamin Wehmeyer (University of Wroclaw)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Morning II
10:50 - 11:50
Contributions

10:50 Nucleosynthesis in C-O shell mergers in massive stars - Lorenzo Roberti (INFN)

11:30 Radioactive isotope formation in 3D-informed O-C shell mergers - Joshua Issa (University of Victoria)
11:50 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:50 - 14:30
14:30 Afternoon I
14:30 - 15:30
Contributions

14:30 Chemical evolution of Milky Way-like galaxies with zoomed-in cosmological simulations including long-term radioactive elements - Valeria Grisoni (INAF Trieste)

15:10 Chemical Separation of Presolar Grains from Meteorites - Liv Mumma (University of Chicago)
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Afternoon II
16:00 - 16:40
Contributions

16:00 Availability of fast radioactive beams at FRIB for nuclear astrophysics - Daid Kahl (FRIB)
16:40 Discussion
Discussion
16:40 - 17:00
Thursday, 28 May 2026
09:00 Morning I
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: New Progress on Radioactive and Stable Isotopes - Brian Fields (University of Illinois)

09:40 Studying the NiCu Cycle with the GADGET 2 System - Alexander Adams (Michigan State University / Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)

10:00 The Actinide-Boost Star LAMOST J122216.85-063345: A Detailed R-process Abundance Study with Gemini-S/GHOST - Timothy C. Beers (University of Notre Dame)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Morning II
10:50 - 11:50
Contributions

10:50 Radioactivity in supernovae and kilonovae - Anders Jerkstrand (Stockholm University)

11:30 Preparing SECAR for Astrophysically Relevant Radiative Proton Capture Reactions - Kenzie Smith (Michigan State University/FRIB)
11:50 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:50 - 14:30
14:30 Afternoon I
14:30 - 15:10
Contributions

14:30 Constraining 44Ti and 56Ni yields via a direct 13N(α,p)16O measurement - Thanassis Psaltis (Saint Mary's University)
15:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 Afternoon II
15:40 - 16:20
Contributions

15:40 Implications of a weakening N = 126 shell closure away from stability for r-process astrophysical conditions - Mengke Li (UC Berkeley)
16:20 Discussion
Discussion
16:20 - 16:40

18:00 Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 19:30
Friday, 29 May 2026
09:00 Morning I
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 Gamma-ray line signatures of i-process nucleosynthesis: detection prospects with COSI - Falk Herwig (University of Victoria)

09:40 Preparation for isotope measurements of presolar graphite, silicates, and oxides - Gavin Fowler (University of Chicago)

10:00 Studying Explosive Stellar Nucleosynthesis through (α,n) and (p,n) Reactions with SECAR - Pelagia Tsintari (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Morning II
10:50 - 11:50
Contributions

10:50 Uncertainties in the s-Process Nucleosynthesis of K-40 in Low-Mass AGB Stars and Implications for Exoplanets - Pavel Denisenkov (University of Victoria)
12:00 Self-organized excursions / activities in the area
Self-organized excursions / activities in the area
12:00 - 22:00
Saturday, 30 May 2026
09:00 Morning I
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Lifetime Measurements of 23Mg Excited State Significant in Nova Nucleosynthesis of 22Na - Lexanne Weghorn

09:20 From Measured Cross Sections to Stellar Reaction Rates: Quantifying Active-Target Measurement Uncertainties - Chirag Rathi (Texas A&M University)

09:40 In situ isotopic analysis of presolar graphite grains challenge AGB star models - Thomas Stephan (University of Chicago)
10:00 Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
10:00 - 10:30