Stylianos Nikas

Ph.D. Student
KBW 2.17 (GSI)
Tel: +49-6159-71 2756
Email: s.nikas@gsi.de

Research Interests

My research is mainly focused on the creation of elements. I investigate astrophysical scenarios under which, certain elements can be created. My goal is to identify key nuclear reactions affecting the creation of elements. My Ph.D. work focuses on the first r-process peak, where we investigate the possible scenarios under which, elements with atomic number Z=30 - 38, can be created in the aftermath of neutron star mergers. I am experienced in Hauser-Feshbach and nuclear network calculations, data analysis and visualization. I am also interested in research on unsupervised machine learning and enjoy Arduino programming.

Selected Publications

• Experimental Neutron Capture Rate Constraint Far from Stability
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 129902 (2019)
  
• Mass measurements of neutron-rich gallium isotopes refine production of nuclei of the first -process abundance peak in neutron-star merger calculations
  Phys. Rev. C 101, 025803 (2020)
• The impact of (n, γ) reaction rate uncertainties of unstable isotopes near N= 50 on the i-process nucleosynthesis in He-shell flash white dwarfs
  J. of Phys. G Nucl. Phys., 45, 055203 (2018)