EPJ A Topical Collection: Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics

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Published on 28 May 2026

Guest Editors: Daniel Bemmerer, David Blaschke, Oleksii Ivanytskyi, Eliana Masha, Marie Pichotta, Konrad Schmidt and Matthias Steffen

Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics studies the production of the chemical elements in astrophysical scenarios ranging from primordial nucleosynthesis to stellar explosions and mergers. This field has seen impressive progress in recent years, both in theory and experiment, as evidenced by the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics conference series. This Topical Collection assembles invited contributions drawn from the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics XI (NPA-XI) conference in Dresden in September 2024, as well as additional papers invited by the Guest Editors. They cover the following four thematic areas: cosmic nucleosynthesis, element synthesis processes in stars, latest stages of stellar evolution, and special topics. A short review of new European facilities for nuclear astrophysics is given, from the FAIR facility in Darmstadt to underground ion accelerators to accelerator mass spectrometers.

All articles are available here and are freely accessible until 20 July 2026. For further information, read the Editorial.