Posted 3/13/2024, 2:24:44 PM
Machine Learning Predicts Atomic Masses to Probe Heavy Element Origins
- Machine learning algorithms used to model atomic masses across nuclear chart, including thousands not yet measured
- Models help test theories on the origins of heavy elements in the universe
- Simulated rapid neutron-capture process with machine-learned atomic masses for the first time
- Results on par or better than nuclear physics models and updatable with new data
- Motivated new experiments at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to expand known nuclear chart