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- Nuclear reaction rates and primordial 6Li
Kenneth M. Nollett, Martin Lemoine, and David N. Schramm
Phys. Rev. C 56, 1144 (1997) - 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) - Estimating reaction rates and uncertainties for primordial nucleosynthesis
Kenneth M. Nollett and Scott Burles
Phys. Rev. D 61,123505 (2000) - 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) - 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) - Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis Predictions for Precision Cosmology
Scott Burles, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Michael S. Turner
Astrophys. J. 552, L1 (2001) - 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) - 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) - Primordial nucleosynthesis with a varying fine structure constant: An improved estimate
Kenneth M. Nollett and Robert E. Lopez
Phys. Rev. D 66, 063507 (2002) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - Testing the Elements of the Big Bang (Popular-level article)
Kenneth Nollett
Physics World 20(8), 20 (August 2007) - On Possible Variation in the Cosmological Baryon Fraction
Gilbert P. Holder, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Alexander van Engelen
Astrophys. J. 716, 907 (2010) - Solar fusion cross sections II: The pp chain and CNO cycles
E. G. Adelberger et al. (Contributions mainly to the sections on the reactions 3He(α,γ)7Be and 7Be(p,γ)8B.)
Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 195 (2011) - Asymptotic normalization coefficients from ab initio calculations
Kenneth M. Nollett and R. B. Wiringa
Phys. Rev. C 83, 041001(R) (2011) - 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] - Ab initio calculations of nuclear widths via an integral relation
Kenneth M. Nollett
Phys. Rev. C 86, 044330 (2012) - 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) - BBN And The CMB Constrain Light, Electromagnetically Coupled WIMPs
Kenneth M. Nollett and Gary Steigman
Phys. Rev. D 89, 083508 (2014) - 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) - 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.) - BBN And The CMB Constrain Neutrino Coupled Light WIMPs
Kenneth M. Nollett and Gary Steigman
Phys. Rev. D 91, 083505 (2015) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - Variational Monte Carlo Calculations of n+3H Scattering
Abraham R. Flores and Kenneth M. Nollett
Phys. Rev. C 108, 034001 (2023) - Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of neutron-alpha scattering via an integral relation
Abraham R. Flores, Kenneth M. Nollett, and Maria Piarull
Phys. Rev. C 112, 014008 (2025) - Solar fusion III: New data and theory for hydrogen-burning stars
B. Acharya et al. (I was co-convener responsible for the 3He(3He,2p)4He and 3He(α,γ)7Be nuclear reaction rate recommendations.)
arXiv:2405.06470 [astro-ph.SR] - Scattering phase shifts from overlap relations in the J-matrix method
Calvin W. Johnson, Bui Minh Loc, Austin Keller, Kenneth M. Nollett
arXiv:2412.08825 [nucl-th]
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