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    • 123-321 models of classical novae 

      José Pont, Jordi; Shore, Steven N.; Casanova Bustamante, Jordi (EDP Sciences, 2020-01-28)
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      Covenantee:   Università di Pisa
      Context. High-resolution spectroscopy has revealed large concentrations of CNO and sometimes other intermediate-mass elements (e.g., Ne, Na, Mg, or Al, for ONe novae) in the shells ejected during nova outbursts, suggesting ...
    • 20 anys de "Física i ciència-ficció" 

      Moreno Lupiáñez, Manuel; José Pont, Jordi (2014-06)
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    • 3D hydrodynamic simulations of white dwarf–main-sequence star collisions – I. Head-on collisions 

      van der Merwe, Christian; Mohamed, Shazrene; José Pont, Jordi; Shara, M.; Kaminski, Tomasz (Oxford University Press, 2024-11-01)
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      Recently inaugurated telescopes, such as the MeerKAT radio telescope and the upcoming Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time, will be able to detect millions of transient events in the night sky. Stellar collisions ...
    • 8è Premi ex-aequo a la Qualitat de la Docència Universitària del Consell Social de la UPC: "La física a través de la Ciència-ficció" 

      Moreno Lupiáñez, Manuel; José Pont, Jordi (2006-02)
      Conference report
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      La ciència-ficció, gènere característic del nostre temps, és una eina magnífica per a l’aprenentatge-ensenyament de la tecnociència, en general, i de la física, en particular. Els mites del gènere com ara King Kong, ...
    • A Trojan horse approach to the production of 18F in Novae 

      la Cognata, M; Pizzone, R; José Pont, Jordi; Hernanz Carbó, Margarita; Cherubini, S; Gulino, M; Rapisarda, G; Spitaleri, C (2017-09-01)
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      Crucial information on nova nucleosynthesis can be potentially inferred from ¿-ray signals powered by 18F decay. Therefore, the reaction network producing and destroying this radioactive isotope has been extensively studied ...
    • Absolute determination of the Na-22(rho, gamma)Mg-23 reaction rate in novae 

      José Pont, Jordi; Caggiano, J. A.; Hutcheon, D. A.; Vockenhuber, C.; Buchmann, L.; Sallaska, A.L.; Wrede, C.; Garcia, A.; Storm,, D. W.; Brown, T. A. D.; Ruiz, C.; Snover, K.A.; Ottewell, D. (2011-03-23)
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      Gamma-ray telescopes in orbit around the earth are searching for evidence of the elusive radionuclide 22Na produced in novae. Previously published uncertainties in the dominant destructive reaction, 22Na(p,γ)23Mg, indicated ...
    • Application of the THM to the investigation of reactions induced by unstable nuclei: the 18F(p,a)15O case 

      LaCognata, M; Pizzone, R; José Pont, Jordi (2019-12-04)
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      The Trojan Horse Method is applied to the investigation of the18F(p,a)15O reaction, by extractingthe quasi free contribution to the2H(18F,a15O)nprocess. For the first time the method is applied to a reaction ofastrophysical ...
    • Beta-decay spectroscopy of S-27 

      José Pont, Jordi (American Physical Society (APS), 2019-06-10)
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    • Binary systems and their nuclear explosions 

      Isern Vilaboy, Jordi; Hernanz Carbó, Margarita; José Pont, Jordi (2011-01)
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    • Binary systems and their nuclear explosions 

      Isern Vilaboy, Jordi; Hernanz Carbó, Margarita; José Pont, Jordi (Springer, 2018-08-01)
      Part of book or chapter of book
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    • Breaking the habit: the peculiar 2016 eruption of the unique recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a 

      Henze, Martin; Darnley, Matt J.; Williams, Steven Charles; Sala Cladellas, Glòria; José Pont, Jordi (2018-04-10)
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    • Classical and recurrent nova models 

      José Pont, Jordi; Casanova Bustamante, Jordi; García-Berro Montilla, Enrique; Hernanz Carbó, Margarita; Shore, Steven N.; Calder, A. (2011)
      Conference lecture
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      Remarkable progress in the understanding of nova outbursts has been achieved through combined efforts in photometry, spectroscopy and numerical simulations. According to the thermonuclear runaway model, novae are powered ...
    • Confirmation of a new resonance in Si 26 and contribution of classical novae to the galactic abundance of Al 26 

      Canete, Laetitia; Doherty, Daniel; Lotay, Gavin; Seweryniak, Dariusz; Campbell, Chris; Carpenter, Michael Patten; Catford, Wilton; Chipps, Kelly A.; Henderson, Jack; Izzard, Robert; Janssens, Robert; Jayatissa, Heshani; José Pont, Jordi (American Physical Society, 2023-09-14)
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      The 25Al(p,¿) reaction has long been highlighted as a possible means to bypass the production of 26Al cosmic ¿ rays in classical nova explosions. However, uncertainties in the properties of key resonant states in 26Si have ...
    • Constraining the 30P(p,¿¿)31S Reaction Rate in ONe Novae via the Weak, Low-Energy, ß-Delayed Proton Decay of 31Cl 

      Budner, Tamas; Friedman, Matt; Wrede, Christopher; Brown, B. Alex; José Pont, Jordi; Perez Loureiro, David; Sun, Lijie; Surbrook, Jason; Ayyad, Yassid; Bardayan, D. W.; Chae, Kyungyuk; Chen, Alan A.; Chipps, Kelly A.; Cortesi, Marco; Glassman, Brent; Hall, Matthew R.; Janasik, Mark; Liang, Jing; O'Malley, Patrick; Pollacco, E.; Psaltis, Athanasios; Stomps, Jordan; Wheeler, Tyler (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2022-05-06)
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      The 30P(p,¿)31S reaction plays an important role in understanding the nucleosynthesis of A=30 nuclides in oxygen-neon novae. The Gaseous Detector with Germanium Tagging was used to measure 31Cl ß-delayed proton decay through ...
    • Coordinated analysis of two graphite grains from the CO3.0 LAP 031117 meteorite: First identification of a CO Nova graphite and a presolar iron sulfide subgrain 

      Haenecour, P.; Floss, C.; José Pont, Jordi; Amari, S.; Lodders, K.; Jadhav, M.; Wang, A.; Gyngard, F. (2016-07)
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      Presolar grains constitute remnants of stars that existed before the formation of the solar system. In addition to providing direct information on the materials from which the solar system formed, these grains provide ...
    • Curs 0: preparació per als estudis a l’EEBE 

      Tornil Sin, Sebastián; Botey Cumella, Muriel; Alarcón Jordán, Marta; Alcaraz Sendra, Olga; Ametller Congost, Lluís; Bruna Escuer, Pere; Camps Anaya, Germinal; Carmona Mejías, Ángeles; Claverol Aguas, Mercè; Crespo Artiaga, Daniel; Pablo Ribas, Joan de; Barrio Casado, María del; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Encinas Bachiller, Andrés Marcos; Farran Marsà, Adriana; Florido Pérez, Antonio; Gámez López, Antonio; García Senz, Domingo; Gibert Agulló, Oriol; Ikhouane, Fayçal; Jiménez Jiménez, María José; José Pont, Jordi; Linares Alegret, Manuel; Lloveras Muntané, Pol Marcel; López López, José; Macovez, Roberto; Mas Blesa, Albert; Mitjana Riera, Margarida; Muñoz Romero, José; Pardo Soto, Luis Carlos; Periago Oliver, M. Cristina; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Pradell Cara, Trinitat; Ruiz Ordóñez, Magda; Sala Cladellas, Glòria; Soler Turu, Lluís; Tamarit Mur, José Luis; Vendrell Villafruela, Xavier; Zanuy Gomara, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2022-05)
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      Aquest article presenta el desenvolupament i primers resultats d'ús d'un conjunt de cursos virtuals que pretenen proporcionar uns coneixements inicials bàsics de Matemàtiques, Física i !ímica als estudiants que accedeixen ...
    • Detonations in white dwarf dynamical interactions 

      Aznar Siguan, Gabriela; García-Berro Montilla, Enrique; Lorén Aguilar, Pablo; José Pont, Jordi; Isern Vilaboy, Jordi (2013)
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      n old, dense stellar systems collisions of white dwarfs are a rather frequent phenomenon. Here we present the results of a comprehensive set of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of close encounters of white ...
    • Ernst K. Zinner (1937-2015) 

      Nittler, L.; José Pont, Jordi (2017)
      Conference report
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    • Experimentally well-constrained masses of 27P and 27S: implications for studies of explosive binary systems 

      Sun, Lijie; Xu, Xinxing; Hou, S.Q.; José Pont, Jordi (Elsevier, 2020-03-10)
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      Covenantee:   Zhongguo yuan zi neng ke xue yan jiu yuan / University of Hong Kong / Shanghai jiao tong da xue
      The mass of 27P is expected to impact the X-ray burst (XRB) model predictions of burst light curves and the composition of the burst ashes, but large uncertainties and inconsistencies still exist in the reported 27P masses. ...
    • First measurement of the 34S(p,gamma)35Cl reaction rate through indirect methods for presolar nova grains 

      Gillespie, S; Parikh, A.; Barton, C; Faestermann, Thomas; José Pont, Jordi; Hertenberger, R.; Wirth, Hans Friedrich; de Séréville, N; Riley, J; Williams, M (AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017-08-02)
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      Sulphur isotopic ratio measurements may help to establish the astrophysical sites in which certain presolar grains were formed. Nova model predictions of the 34S/32S ratio are, however, unreliable due to the lack of an ...