Kenneth M. Nollett

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  1. Nuclear reaction rates and primordial 6Li
    Kenneth M. Nollett, Martin Lemoine, and David N. Schramm
    Phys. Rev. C 56, 1144 (1997)
  2. Sharpening the predictions of big-bang nucleosynthesis
    Scott Burles, Kenneth M. Nollett, James W. Truran, and Michael S. Turner
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4176 (1999)
  3. Estimating reaction rates and uncertainties for primordial nucleosynthesis
    Kenneth M. Nollett and Scott Burles
    Phys. Rev. D 61,123505 (2000)
  4. Six-body calculation of the alpha-deuteron radiative capture cross section
    K. M. Nollett, R. B. Wiringa, and R. Schiavilla
    Phys. Rev. C 63, 024003 (2001)
  5. What is the BBN prediction for the baryon density and how reliable is it?
    Scott Burles, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Michael S. Turner
    Phys. Rev. D 63, 063512 (2001)
  6. Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis Predictions for Precision Cosmology
    Scott Burles, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Michael S. Turner
    Astrophys. J. 552, L1 (2001)
  7. Radiative alpha-capture cross sections from realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions and variational Monte Carlo wave functions
    Kenneth M. Nollett
    Phys. Rev. C 63, 054002 (2001)
  8. Did Very Massive Stars Pre-enrich and Reionize the Universe?
    S. Peng Oh, Kenneth M. Nollett, Piero Madau, and G. J. Wasserburg
    Astrophys. J. 562, L1 (2001)
  9. Primordial nucleosynthesis with a varying fine structure constant: An improved estimate
    Kenneth M. Nollett and Robert E. Lopez
    Phys. Rev. D 66, 063507 (2002)
  10. Cool bottom processes on the thermally-pulsing AGB and the isotopic composition of circumstellar dust grains
    Kenneth M. Nollett, M. Busso, and G. J. Wasserburg
    Astrophys. J. 582, 1036 (2003)
  11. The Piecewise Moments Method: A Generalized Lanczos Technique for Nuclear Response Surfaces
    Wick C. Haxton, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Kathryn M. Zurek
    Phys. Rev. C 72, 065501 (2005)
  12. Modern theories of low-energy astrophysical reactions
    L. E. Marcucci, Kenneth M. Nollett, R. Schiavilla, and R. B. Wiringa
    Nucl. Phys. A 777, 111 (2006)
  13. Short-lived nuclei in the early solar system: possible AGB sources
    G. J. Wasserburg, M. Busso, R. Gallino, and K. M. Nollett
    Nucl. Phys. A 777, 5 (2006)
  14. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of neutron-alpha scattering
    Kenneth M. Nollett, Steven C. Pieper, R. B. Wiringa, J. Carlson, and G. M. Hale
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 022502 (2007)
  15. Can Extra Mixing in RGB and AGB Stars Be Attributed to Magnetic Mechanisms?
    M. Busso, G. J. Wasserburg, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Andrea Calandra
    Astrophys. J. 671, 802 (2007)
  16. Testing the Elements of the Big Bang (Popular-level article)
    Kenneth Nollett
    Physics World 20(8), 20 (August 2007)
  17. On Possible Variation in the Cosmological Baryon Fraction
    Gilbert P. Holder, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Alexander van Engelen
    Astrophys. J. 716, 907 (2010)
  18. Solar fusion cross sections II: The pp chain and CNO cycles
    E. G. Adelberger et al.
    Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 195 (2011)
    (Contributions mainly to the sections on the reactions 3He(α,γ)7Be and 7Be(p,γ)8B.)
  19. Asymptotic normalization coefficients from ab initio calculations
    Kenneth M. Nollett and R. B. Wiringa
    Phys. Rev. C 83, 041001(R) (2011)
  20. An analysis of constraints on relativistic species from primordial nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background
    Kenneth M. Nollett and Gilbert P. Holder
    arXiv:1112.2683 [astro-ph.CO]
  21. Ab initio calculations of nuclear widths via an integral relation
    Kenneth M. Nollett
    Phys. Rev. C 86, 044330 (2012)
  22. Combining ab initio calculations and low-energy effective field theory for halo nuclear systems: The case of 7Li +n → 8Li + γ
    Xilin Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, and D. R. Phillips
    Phys. Rev. C 89, 024613 (2014)
  23. BBN And The CMB Constrain Light, Electromagnetically Coupled WIMPs
    Kenneth M. Nollett and Gary Steigman
    Phys. Rev. D 89, 083508 (2014)
  24. Combining ab initio calculations and low-energy effective field theory for halo nuclear systems: The case of 7Be +n → 8B + γ
    Xilin Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, and D. R. Phillips
    Phys. Rev. C 86, 051602(R) (2014)
  25. White paper: Determination of the Free Neutron Lifetime
    J. D. Bowman et al., arXiv:1410.5311 [nucl-ex]
    (The neutron lifetime is used to calibrate weak-interaction rates in the big bang.)
  26. BBN And The CMB Constrain Neutrino Coupled Light WIMPs
    Kenneth M. Nollett and Gary Steigman
    Phys. Rev. D 91, 083505 (2015)
  27. Halo effective field theory constrains the solar 7Be + p -> 8B + γ rate
    Xilin Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, and D. R. Phillips
    Phys. Lett. B 751, 535 (2015)
  28. The primordial deuterium abundance of the most metal-poor damped Lyman-α system
    Ryan J. Cooke, Max Pettini, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Regina Jorgenson
    Astrophys. J. 830, 148 (2016)
  29. Models, measurements, and effective field theory: Proton capture on 7Be at next-to-leading order
    Xilin Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, and D. R. Phillips
    Phys. Rev. C 98, 034616 (2018)
  30. S-factor and scattering-parameter extractions from 3He + 4He -> 7Be + γ
    Xilin Zhang, Kenneth M. Nollett, and D. R. Phillips
    J. Phys G. 47, 054002 (2020)
  31. Variational Monte Carlo Calculations of n+3H Scattering
    Abraham R. Flores and Kenneth M. Nollett
    Phys. Rev. C 108, 034001 (2023)
  32. Solar fusion III: New data and theory for hydrogen-burning stars
    B. Acharya et al.
    arXiv:2405.06470 [astro-ph.SR]
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