Gail McLaughlin

Orford, R., Vassh, N., Clark, J. A., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M. R., Ray, D., … Yan, X. L. (2022). Searching for the origin of the rare-earth peak with precision mass measurements across Ce-Eu isotopic chains. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.L052802

Barnes, J., Zhu, Y. L., Lund, K. A., Sprouse, T. M., Vassh, N., McLaughlin, G. C., … Surman, R. (2021). Kilonovae Across the Nuclear Physics Landscape: The Impact of Nuclear Physics Uncertainties on r-process-powered Emission. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0aec

Vassh, N., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M. R., & Surman, R. (2021). Markov Chain Monte Carlo Predictions of Neutron-rich Lanthanide Properties as a Probe of r-process Dynamics. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 907(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd035

Zhu, Y. L., Lund, K. A., Barnes, J., Sprouse, T. M., Vassh, N., McLaughlin, G. C., … Surman, R. (2021). Modeling Kilonova Light Curves: Dependence on Nuclear Inputs. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 906(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc69e

Holmbeck, E. M., Frebel, A., McLaughlin, G. C., Surman, R., Fernandez, R., Metzger, B. D., … Sprouse, T. M. (2021). Reconstructing Masses of Merging Neutron Stars from Stellar r-process Abundance Signatures. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 909(1). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd720

Holmbeck, E. M., Surman, R., Frebel, A., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M. R., Sprouse, T. M., … Beers, T. C. (2020). Characterizing r-Process Sites through Actinide Production. NUCLEAR PHYSICS IN ASTROPHYSICS IX (NPA-IX). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012020

Vassh, N., Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., Sprouse, T. M., & Surman, R. (2020). Coproduction of Light and Heavyr-process Elements via Fission Deposition. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 896(1). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab91a9

Sprouse, T. M., Perez, R. N., Surman, R., Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Schunck, N. (2020). Propagation of statistical uncertainties of Skyrme mass models to simulations of r-process nucleosynthesis. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 101(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.055803

Holmbeck, E. M., Frebel, A., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M. R., Sprouse, T. M., & Surman, R. (2019). Actinide-rich and Actinide-poor r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Stars Do Not Require Separate r-process Progenitors. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 881(1). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab2a01

Schilbach, T. S. H., Caballero, O. L., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2019). Black hole accretion disk diffuse neutrino background. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 100(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.043008

Richers, S. A., McLaughlin, G. C., Kneller, J. P., & Vlasenko, A. (2019). Neutrino quantum kinetics in compact objects. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 99(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123014

Horowitz, C. J., Arcones, A., Cote, B., Dillmann, I., Nazarewicz, W., Roederer, I. U., … Wang, M. (2019). [Review of r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, 46(8). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ab0849

Zhu, Y., Wollaeger, R. T., Vassh, N., Surman, R., Sprouse, T. M., Mumpower, M. R., … Barnes, J. (2018). Californium-254 and Kilonova Light Curves. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 863(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad5de

Deaton, M. B., O'Connor, E., Zhu, Y. L., Bohn, A., Jesse, J., Foucart, F., … McLaughlin, G. C. (2018). Elastic scattering in general relativistic ray tracing for neutrinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 98(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.103014

Vlasenko, A., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2018). Matter-neutrino resonance in a multiangle neutrino bulb model. Physical Review D, 97(8). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.083011

Orford, R., Vassh, N., Clark, J. A., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M. R., Savard, G., … Sharma, K. S. (2018). Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich neodymium and samarium isotopes and their role in understanding rare-earth peak formation. Physical Review Letters, 120(26). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.262702

Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., Surman, R., & Steiner, A. W. (2017). Reverse engineering nuclear properties from rare earth abundances in the r process. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 44(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/44/3/034003

Arcones, A., Bardayan, D. W., Beers, T. C., Bernstein, L. A., Blackmon, J. C., Messer, B., … Fields, B. D. (2017). White paper on nuclear astrophysics and low energy nuclear physics Part 1: Nuclear astrophysics. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 94, 1–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2016.12.003

Shafer, T., Engel, J., Frohlich, C., McLaughlin, G. C., Mumpower, M., & Surman, R. (2016). Beta decay of deformed r-process nuclei near A=80 and A=160, including odd-A and odd-odd nuclei, with the Skyrme finite-amplitude method. Physical Review C, 94(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.94.055802

Caballero, O. L., Zielinski, T., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2016). Black hole spin influence on accretion disk neutrino detection. Physical Review D, 93(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.93.123015

Zhu, Y. L., Perego, A., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2016). Matter-neutrino resonance transitions above a neutron star merger remnant. Physical Review D, 94(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.94.105006

Stapleford, C. J., Vaananen, D. J., Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Shapiro, B. T. (2016). Nonstandard neutrino interactions in supernovae. Physical Review D, 94(9). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.94.093007

Malkus, A., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2016). Symmetric and standard matter neutrino resonances above merging compact objects. Physical Review D, 93(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.93.045021

Mumpower, M. R., Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Aprahamian, A. (2016). [Review of The impact of individual nuclear properties on r-process nucleosynthesis]. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 86, 86–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2015.09.001

Mumpower, M. R., Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Aprahamian, A. (2016). The impact of individual nuclear properties on r-process nucleosynthesis (vol 86C, pg 86, 2015). Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 87, pp. 116–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2015.12.002

Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., Surman, R., & Steiner, A. W. (2016). The link between rare-earth peak formation and the astrophysical site of the R process. Astrophysical Journal, 833(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/282

Vaananen, D., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2016). Uncovering the matter-neutrino resonance. Physical Review D, 93(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.93.105044

Malkus, A., Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2015). Neutrino oscillation above a black hole accretion disk. Nuint12: 8th international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in the few-gev region, 1663. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919479

Caballero, L., Surman, R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2015). Neutrinos and the synthesis of heavy elements: The role of gravity. Cgs15 - capture gamma-ray spectroscopy and related topics, 93. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159303002

Patton, K. M., Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2015). Stimulated neutrino transformation through turbulence on a changing density profile and application to supernovae. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 91(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.91.025001

McLaughlin, G. (2015). Theory and phenomenology of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. Xxvi international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics (neutrino 2014), 1666. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915590

Surman, R., Caballero, O. L., McLaughlin, G. C., Just, O., & Janka, H. T. (2014). Production of Ni-56 in black hole-neutron star merger accretion disc outflows. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/41/4/044006

Surman, R., Mumpower, M., Sinclair, R., Jones, K. L., Hix, W. R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2014). Sensitivity studies for the weak r process: neutron capture rates. AIP Advances, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4867191

Surman, R., Mumpower, M., Cass, J., Bentley, I., Aprahamian, A., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2014). Sensitivity studies forr-process nucleosynthesis in three astrophysical scenarios. EPJ Web of Conferences, 66, 07024. https://doi.org/10.1051/EPJCONF/20146607024

Patton, K. M., Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2014). Stimulated neutrino transformation through turbulence. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 89(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.073022

Caballero, O. L., Malkus, A. C., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. A. (2014). The influence of neutrinos on the nucleosynthesis of accretion disc outflows. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/41/4/044004

Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Patton, K. M. (2014). Turbulence and its effects upon neutrinos. Workshop on dark matter, neutrino physics and astrophysics cetup 2013: viith international conference on interconnections between particle physics and cosmology ppc 2013, 1604, 204–209. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883432

Patton, K. M., Mclaughlin, G. C., & Scholberg, K. (2013). [Review of Prospects for using coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering to measure the nuclear neutron form factor]. International Journal of Modern Physics. E, Nuclear Physics, 22(6). https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218301313300130

Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Patton, K. M. (2013). Stimulated neutrino transformation in supernovae. 11th conference on the intersections of particle and nuclear physics (cipanp 2012), 1560, 176–178. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826746

Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Patton, K. M. (2013). Stimulated neutrino transformation with sinusoidal density profiles. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 40(5). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/40/5/055002

Malkus, A., Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2013). nu s and nucleosynthesis from accretion disks. 11th conference on the intersections of particle and nuclear physics (cipanp 2012), 1560, 336–340. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826787

Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2012). Formation of the rare-earth peak: Gaining insight into late-time r-process dynamics. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 85(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.85.045801

Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2012). Influence of neutron capture rates in the rare earth region on the r-process abundance pattern. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 86(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.86.035803

Caballero, O. L., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2012). NEUTRINO SPECTRA FROM ACCRETION DISKS: NEUTRINO GENERAL RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. The Astrophysical Journal, 745(2), 170. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/170

Malkus, A., Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2012). Neutrino oscillations above black hole accretion disks: Disks with electron-flavor emission. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 86(8). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.86.085015

Patton, K., Engel, J., McLaughlin, G. C., & Schunck, N. (2012). Neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering as a probe of neutron density distributions. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 86(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.86.024612

Mumpower, M. R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2012). The Rare Earth Peak: An Overlooked r-Process Diagnostic. The Astrophysical Journal, 752(2), 117. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/117

Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., Friedland, A., & Duan, H. Y. (2011). Collective oscillations and r-process nucleosynthesis. Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings, Supplements, 217, 121–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.04.081

McLaughlin, G. C. (2011). Neutrinos from Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts: Nucleosynthesis and Detection. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 221, 179–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.117

Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Sabbatino, N. (2011). Nucleosynthesis of nickel-56 from gamma-ray burst accretion disks. Astrophysical Journal, 743(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/743/2/155

Duan, H. Y., Friedland, A., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2011). The influence of collective neutrino oscillations on a supernova r process. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/38/3/035201

Kizivat, L. T., Martinez-Pinedo, G., Langanke, K., Surman, R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2010). gamma-ray bursts black hole accretion disks as a site for the nu p process. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 81(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.81.025802

Caballero, O. L., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2009). Detecting neutrinos from black hole-neutron star mergers. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 80(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.80.123004

Gava, J., Kneller, J., Volpe, C., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2009). Dynamical collective calculation of supernova neutrino signals. Physical Review Letters, 103(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.103.071101

Beun, J., Blackmon, J. C., Hix, W. R., McLaughlin, G. C., Smith, M. S., & Surman, R. (2009). Neutron capture on Sn-130 during r-process freeze-out. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/36/2/025201

Surman, R., Beim, J., McLaughlin, G. C., & Hix, W. R. (2009). Neutron capture rates near A=130 that effect a global change to the r-process abundance distribution. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 79(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.79.045809

Amanik, P. S., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2009). Nuclear neutron form factor from neutrino-nucleus coherent elastic scattering. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/36/1/015105

Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2009). Three flavor neutrino oscillations in matter: Flavor diagonal potentials, the adiabatic basis, and the CP phase. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 80(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.80.053002

Beun, J., McLaughlin, G. C., Surman, R., & Hix, W. R. (2008). Fission cycling in a supernova r process. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 77(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.77.035804

Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., Sabbatino, N., & Hix, W. R. (2008). Nucleosynthesis in Outflows from Kerr Black Hole Accretion Disks. Presented at the FIRST STARS III: First Stars II Conference. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905566

Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Brockman, J. (2008). Oscillation effects and time variation of the supernova neutrino signal. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 77(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.77.045023

Surman, R., Beun, J., McLaughlin, G. C., Kane, S., & Hix, W. R. (2008). The role of neutrinos in r-process nucleosynthesis in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/35/1/014059

Jachowicz, N., McLaughlin, G. C., & Volpe, C. (2008). Untangling supernova-peutrino oscillations with beta-beam data. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 77(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.77.055501

Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., Ruffert, M., Janka, H. T., & Hix, W. R. (2008). r-process nucleosynthesis in hot accretion disk flows from black hole-neutron star mergers. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 679(2), L117–120. https://doi.org/10.1086/589507

Amanik, P. S., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2007). Manipulating a neutrino spectrum to maximize the physics potential from a low-energy beta beam. Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, 75(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.75.065502

McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2007). Supernova neutrinos: The accretion disk scenario. Physical Review. D, Particles and Fields, 75(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.75.023005

Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2006). Monte Carlo neutrino oscillations. Physical Review. D, Particles and Fields, 73(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.73.056003

Kneller, J. P., McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. A. (2006). Neutrino scattering, absorption and annihilation above the accretion discs of gamma ray bursts. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 32(4), 443–462. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/32/4/004

Surman, R., McLaughlin, G. C., & Hix, W. R. (2006). Nucleosynthesis in the outflow from gamma-ray burst accretion disks. Astrophysical Journal, 643(2), 1057–1064. https://doi.org/10.1086/501116

Jachowicz, N., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2006). On the importance of low-energy beta beams for supernova neutrino physics. In Z. Fülöp, G. Gyürky, & E. Somorjai (Eds.), The 2nd International Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics (pp. 43–48). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32843-2_5

Jachowicz, N., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2006). Reconstructing supernova-neutrino spectra using low-energy beta beams. Physical Review Letters, 96(17). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.172301

Jachowicz, N., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2006). Understanding supernova-neutrino physics using low-energy beta-beams. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 57(1), 350–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2005.11.013

McLaughlin, G. (2005). Feature Articles: Exploding Stars, Neutrinos, and Nucleosynthesis. Nuclear Physics News, 15(3), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10506890500454840

Surman, R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2005). Neutrino interactions in the outflow from gamma-ray burst accretion disks. Astrophysical Journal, 618(1), 397–402. https://doi.org/10.1086/425901

McLaughlin, G. C., & Surman, R. (2005). Prospects for obtaining an r process from gamma ray burst disk winds. Nuclear Physics. A, 758, 189C–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.05.036

Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2004). Effect of bound dineutrons upon big bang nucleosynthesis. Physical Review. D, Particles and Fields, 70(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.70.043512

McLaughlin, G. C. (2004). Neutrino-lead cross section measurements using stopped pions and low energy beta beams. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.70.045804

Surman, R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2004). Neutrinos and nucleosynthesis in gamma-ray burst accretion disks. Astrophysical Journal, 603(2), 611–623. https://doi.org/10.1086/381672

Pruet, J., Surman, R., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2004). On the contribution of gamma-ray bursts to the Galactic inventory of some intermediate-mass nuclei. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 602(2), L101–104. https://doi.org/10.1086/382730

McLaughlin, G. C., & Volpe, C. (2004). Prospects for detecting a neutrino magnetic moment with a tritium source and beta-beams. Physics Letters. B, 591(04-Mar), 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.02.073

Fetter, J., Mclaughlin, G. C., Balantekin, A. B., & Fuller, G. M. (2003). Active-sterile neutrino conversion: consequences for the r- process and supernova neutrino detection. Astroparticle Physics, 18(5), 433–448. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00156-1

Kneller, J. P., & McLaughlin, G. C. (2003). Big bang nucleosynthesis and Lambda(QCD). Physical Review. D, Particles and Fields, 68(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.68.103508

Boyd, R. N., Mclaughlin, G. C., Murphy, A. S., & Smith, P. F. (2003). Science from detection of neutrinos from supernovae. Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 29(11), 2543–2567. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/29/11/009

Engel, J., Mclaughlin, G. C., & Volpe, C. (2003). What can be learned with a lead-based supernova-neutrino detector? Physical Review. D, Particles and Fields, 67(1), 013005–013001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.67.013005

McLaughlin, G. C., & Wijers, R. (2002). Delayed nickel decay in gamma-ray bursts. Astrophysical Journal, 580(2), 1017–1023. https://doi.org/10.1086/343858