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Artemis Tsantiri

I am a PhD student in nuclear astrophysics at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University working under Prof. Artemis Spyrou in the SuN group. I received my diploma from the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens with Prof. Mike Kokkoris as my supervisor.

I am interested nuclear astrophysics, the study of the mechanisms that form the chemical elements in the cosmos. By using experimental techniques I study nuclear reactions that take place inside stars.

News

PhD Thesis Defense

On March 17th, 2025, I successfully defended my PhD thesis!

The work regards to proton-capture cross-section measurements for the astrophysical γ process, with main focus on the first measurement of ⁷³As(p,γ)⁷⁴Se, one of the main destruction mechanisms of the lightest p nucleus, ⁷⁴Se. Using network calculations of the γ process in Type II supernovae, we showed that our measured cross section significantly reduces the uncertainty in ⁷⁴Se production!

IReNA Young Researchers Organization Blog

The academic journey is filled with unique challenges and opportunities, so we created a blog to share stories of navigating it.

Find more about the blog and how to participate.

Student Representative of IReNA's Young Reasearchers Organization

I'm so excited to become the new student representative of the IReNA Steering Committee and Young Reasearchers Organization! See full article here.

Find more about IReNA and the participating networks here.

Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Free Press published a story about FRIB in which I appear while giving a tour for Michigan Math and Science Scholars.

See photo gallery here and read full article here

CeNAM Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics

I had the honor of being the co-chair of the Organizing Committee for the 2023 CeNAM Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics Meeting at FRIB.

Read article here.

Publications

2025

Tsintari et al, Jan 2025, Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013074
Machine learning enabled measurements of astrophysical (p,n) reactions with the SECAR recoil separator

2024

Spyrou et al, May 2024, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 202701
First Study of the ¹³⁹Ba(n,γ)¹⁴⁰Ba Reaction to Constrain the Conditions for the Astrophysical i Process
Cox et al, April 2024, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 152503
Proton Shell Gaps in N = 28 Nuclei from the First Complete Spectroscopy Study with FRIB Decay Station Initiator

2023

Pogliano et al, June 2023, Phys. Rev. C 107, 064614
Experimentally constrained ^165,166Ho(n,γ) rates and implications for the s process
Tsantiri et al, March 2023, Phys. Rev. C 107, 035808
Cross-section measurement of the ⁸²Kr(p,γ)⁸³Rb reaction in inverse kinematics

2022

Palmisano-Kyle et al, June 2022, Phys. Rev. C 105, 065804
Constraining the astrophysical p process: Cross section measurement of the ⁸⁴Kr(p,γ)⁸⁵Rb reaction in inverse kinematics

2021

Michalopoulou et al, September 2021, European Physical Journal A 57(9),
Measurement of the ²³²Th(n,f) cross section with quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams in the energy range 2–18 MeV
Erratum on November 2021, European Physical Journal A 57(11)

2020

Chasapoglou et al, April 2020, HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics 27:106
Study of the ²³²Th(n,f) Cross section at NCSR ‘Demokritos’ using Micromegas Detectors

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