We give a brief overview of the current status of important nuclear physics inputs, like reaction rates, in hydrostatic and explosive nucleosynthesis. Recently, it has been proposed that exotic neutron-rich nuclei play an important role even in the formation of heavy elements via the r-process. The main problems here are identification, abundance estimation of seed nuclei in these processes, and their pathways. We will try to highlight how improved nuclear structure and reaction calculations can affect our present understanding of radiative capture rates of light-mass and medium-mass nuclei, which in turn can drastically influence the abundance of heavier-mass elements.

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核合成过程背后的核物理学现状：奇异富中子核的作用

我们简要概述了流体静力和爆炸核合成中重要核物理输入的当前状态，例如反应速率。最近，有人提出，即使在通过 r 过程形成重元素时，外来的富中子核也起着重要作用。这里的主要问题是这些过程中种子核的识别、丰度估计及其途径。我们将尝试强调改进的核结构和反应计算如何影响我们目前对轻质量和中等质量原子核的辐射捕获率的理解，这反过来又会极大地影响重质量元素的丰度。