Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics

JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics, 20 March 2026

Volume 24, Issue 12 (29 Articles)

# 1 - A low mass and radius neutron star candidate in XTE J1810-189?
- Shoutao Ban, Helei Liu, Zhaosheng Li, Yupeng Chen, Guoliang L"u, Akira Dohi, Tomoshi Takeda, Hongbin Fan, Chunhua Zhu, Renxin Xu
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12962
# 2 - Confirming Nunki as the closest core collapse progenitor candidate to the Sun
- Idel Waisberg, Boaz Katz
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17011
# 3 - Does supernova feedback regulate the star formation rate in dwarf galaxies?
- D. Whitworth, E. V'azquez-Semadeni, J. Ballesteros-Paredes, G. O. G'omez
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12821
# 4 - First detailed optical spectroscopic observations of the supernova remnants G107.7-5.1 and G150.3+4.5
- Ebru Aktekin, Hicran Bak{i}c{s}, Volkan Bak{i}c{s}, Aytap Sezer
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15815
# 5 - High-Frequency Gravitational Waves from Phase Transitions in Nascent Neutron Stars
- Katarina Bleau, Joachim Kopp, Jiheon Lee, Jorinde van de Vis
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18153
# 6 - Nuclear pasta in hot neutron-star matter and proto-neutron stars
- Jian Zhou, Junbo Pang, Hong Shen, Jinniu Hu
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16220
# 7 - Optical transients from non-explosive double white-dwarf mergers: the case of a central neutron star remnant
- Ridha Fathima M. M., Alexandre M. R. Almeida, Mattia Bulla, Jaziel G. Coelho, Cristiano Guidorzi, Jorge A. Rueda
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17505
# 8 - SN 2025adpq: A Type Ia supernova in a collisional ring formed during a major galaxy merger
- Brendan O'Connor, Xander J. Hall, Tomas Cabrera, Lei Hu, Antonella Palmese, Louis-Gregory Strolger, Ariel J. Amsellem, Akash Anumarlapudi, Igor Andreoni, Saul Baltasar, Jonathan Carney, David A. Coulter, James Freeburn, Julius Gassert, Xiaosheng Huang, Keerthi Kunnumkai, Justin D. R. Pierel, Mathew R. Siebert, Christopher J. Storfer
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15899
# 9 - Matter radii from interaction cross sections using microscopic nuclear densities
- A. J. Smith, K. Godbey, C. Hebborn, W. Nazarewicz, F. M. Nunes, P. -G. Reinhard
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18862
# 10 - The N=126 Factory: A New Multi-Nucleon Transfer Reaction Facility
- A. A. Valverde, M. S. Martin, W. S. Porter, A. M. Houff, M. Brodeur, J. A. Clark, Y. Cho, A. Jacobs, R. A. Knaack, F. K"ohler, K. K"onig, O. S. Kubiniec, A. LaLiberte, B. Liu, B. Maass, A. Mitra, P. Mueller, C. M"uller-Gatermann, W. N"ortersh"auser, M. B. Oberling, J. Palmes, C. Quick, E. S. C. Ribeiro, J. Rohrer, G. Savard, J. Spahn
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12359
# 11 - How well known is the compressibility of nuclear matter?
- J. Margueron, E. Khan
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12456
# 12 - Isentropic hybrid stars in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model: effects of neutrino trapping
- Andrea Sabatucci, Armen Sedrakian
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19085
# 13 - Threshold-Aligned Pygmy Dipole Strength in Astrophysical $(n,gamma)$ and $(gamma,n)$ Reactions
- T. Ghosh, A. Kaur, N. Paar
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12928
# 14 - Lanthanide impact on the infrared spectra of nebular phase kilonovae
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 547, Issue: 3
- https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag441/8507259?rss=1
# 15 - AI and the PhD student: friend or foe?
- Linda Nordling
- Nature
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00843-y
# 16 - Enrichment by the first stars in a relic dwarf galaxy
- Anirudh Chiti
- Nature Astronomy
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02802-z
# 17 - Continuum quasiparticle random-phase approximation for ($n,γ$) reactions on neutron-rich nuclei: Collectivity and resonances in low-energy cross sections
- Teruyuki Saito, Masayuki Matsuo
- Physical Review C
- http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/4ltc-ns32
# 18 - Inner crusts of neo-neutron stars: Exotic light nuclei, diffusional and thermodynamical stability
- Mikhail V. Beznogov, Adriana R. Raduta
- Physical Review C
- http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/yyrc-p7lj
# 19 - Decay properties of new isotopes ²³⁵Bk and ²³¹Am
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269326002194?dgcid=rss_sd_all
# 20 - Nuclear physics of X-ray bursts
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370157326000906?dgcid=rss_sd_all
# 21 - Evolution of Low-mass Population III Stars: Convection, Mass Loss, Nucleosynthesis, and Neutrinos
- Thiago Ferreira, Earl P. Bellinger, Ebraheem Farag, Christopher J. Lindsay
- The Astrophysical Journal
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae47bf
# 22 - Nuclear Reactions in the Early Stage of Binary Mergers and Their Connections to Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Rita K. Y. Lau
- The Astrophysical Journal
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4b31
# 23 - Synchrotron Radiation from NGC 470 HLX1—a Hidden Hyperluminous Accreting Neutron Star?
- Tanuman Ghosh, Shiv Sethi, Gulab Chand Dewangan, Matteo Bachetti, Vikram Rana, Ranjeev Misra
- The Astrophysical Journal
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4343
# 24 - Illuminating the Mass Gap through a Deep Optical Constraint on the Neutron Star Merger Candidate S250206dm
- Zhengyan Liu, Zelin Xu, Ji-an Jiang, Wen Zhao, Zhiping Jin, Zigao Dai, Dezheng Meng, Xuefeng Wu, Daming Wei, Runduo Liang
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4d14
# 25 - SPIRIT Solver: Accelerating r-process Nucleosynthesis with Sparse Preconditioning
- Nazeef, Aditya Kumar, Chong Qi
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae47f9
# 26 - StarNet: An In Situ Surrogate Model of Primordial Star Formation and Feedback for Astrophysical Simulations
- Azton Wells, Michael L. Norman
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae42c5
# 27 - Cross section measurements of large angle fragments production in the interaction of carbon ion beams with thin targets
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01693-4
# 28 - Influence of secondary neutrons on alpha-particle induced reaction cross section measurement below the Coulomb barrier
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01803-w
# 29 - Optimization algorithms in machine learning for advancing studies of odd-mass nuclei
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01818-3