N. Vassh

Machine Learning $\beta$-decay Half-lives and Their Application to $r$-Process Observables

Accurately modeling $\beta$-decay half-lives of highly neutron-rich nuclei is a critical challenge for understanding $r$-process nucleosynthesis and the resulting kilonova light curves. We introduce a data-driven approach to model $\beta$ decay that uses Mixture Density Networks (MDNs) trained on the latest experimenta...