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      -------- Forwarded Message --------
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>Physics Colloquium - "Nuclear and neutrino physics of
              the r-process" - Prof. Gail McLaughlin</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:35:00 +0000</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Wilkinson, Ellie V <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evwilk@wm.edu"><evwilk@wm.edu></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:physics2017@physics.wm.edu">physics2017@physics.wm.edu</a>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:physics2017@physics.wm.edu"><physics2017@physics.wm.edu></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:undergrads2017@physics.wm.edu">undergrads2017@physics.wm.edu</a>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:undergrads2017@physics.wm.edu"><undergrads2017@physics.wm.edu></a></td>
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                Roman",serif;color:#0070C0">PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM</span></u></b><span
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            Roman",serif">Friday, October 5, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            Roman",serif">4:00 PM
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">Small Hall, Room 111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif;color:#0070C0">Prof. Gail McLaughlin
            </span></b><b><span
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              Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">[</span></b><b><span
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            </span></b><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">Host: M. Sher]<b>
            </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><b><span
              style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Title of Talk:  <span
                style="color:#0070C0">“Nuclear and neutrino physics of
                the r-process”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
                style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">The production of the elements heavier
            than iron in the universe has long been associated with
            neutron-capture processes. The most neutron-rich isotopes
            are created by rapid (r ) neutron-capture nucleosynthesis in
            extreme astrophysical environments. Specifics of these
            environments and the location of the astrophysical sites in
            which the r process occurs have remained open problems. It
            has been reported that observations of the gravitational
            wave event GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart
            suggest that neutron star mergers are a site of r-process
            nucleosynthesis. Still many questions remain, such as the
            nature of the astrophysical conditions within the merger
            responsible for element synthesis and whether mergers can
            account for all galactic r-process production. If we hope to
            fully understand the connection between this discovery and
            the origin of r-process elements, uncertainties in neutrino
            and nuclear astrophysics must be reduced.  I will highlight
            the role played by neutrinos and nuclear masses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times
                New Roman",serif">Cookies & Coffee will be
                served in Small 122 at
                <span style="color:#1F497D">3</span>:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif;color:black">******</span><span
            style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype
              Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Eleonor V. Wilkinson</span></b><span
            style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Administrative
            & Office Specialist
          </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">William
            & Mary<span style="color:black">-Physics<br>
              Small Hall, Room 123<br>
              300 Ukrop Way<br>
              Williamsburg, VA 23185</span></span><span
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