Thomas Rauscher
@rauscherthomas.bsky.social
Physicist working on nucleosynthesis, theoretical nuclear physics, astrophysics, AI, ML; patent expert
PhD, FInstP FRAS FHEA, AvHumboldt Fellow
Homepage: thomasrauscher.ch
Mastodon: @[email protected]
PhD, FInstP FRAS FHEA, AvHumboldt Fellow
Homepage: thomasrauscher.ch
Mastodon: @[email protected]
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I bridged my Mastodon account to BlueSky. To see all posts, on BlueSky also follow @RauscherThomas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy .
some duplicate reposts may appear because I may forget that I already reposted the same in the other socialverse.
some duplicate reposts may appear because I may forget that I already reposted the same in the other socialverse.
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
You can’t really blame arXiv for the decision to stop publishing computer science stuff (given the flood of slop) but this is also a textbook example of a global public good being gratuitously degraded www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Preprint site arXiv is banning computer-science reviews: here’s why
The repository is taking steps to tackle a surge in low quality, AI-generated content.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You can’t really blame arXiv for the decision to stop publishing computer science stuff (given the flood of slop) but this is also a textbook example of a global public good being gratuitously degraded www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Finally here! Two years after #nasa 's #OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples of #asteroid #bennu to Earth, we have now received 319 mg to study in our labs. We are hoping to determine Bennu’s isotopic composition and learn more about its “birthplace” in the Solar System.
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Finally here! Two years after #nasa 's #OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples of #asteroid #bennu to Earth, we have now received 319 mg to study in our labs. We are hoping to determine Bennu’s isotopic composition and learn more about its “birthplace” in the Solar System.
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
#osirisrex #asteroidbennu
Uncertainties in the production of iron-group nuclides in core-collapse supernovae from Monte Carlo variations of reaction rates. Nobuya Nishimura et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01859
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Uncertainties in the production of iron-group nuclides in core-collapse supernovae from Monte Carlo variations of reaction rates. Nobuya Nishimura et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01859
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Uncertainties in the production of iron-group nuclides in core-collapse supernovae from Monte Carlo variations of reaction rates. Nobuya Nishimura et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01859
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Upgrade of Super-Kamiokande with Gadolinium. Yusuke Koshio et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03921
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Upgrade of Super-Kamiokande with Gadolinium. Yusuke Koshio et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03921
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
The SPAr burning: proton captures powering carbon-oxygen shell mergers in massive stars. L. Roberti et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13749
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The SPAr burning: proton captures powering carbon-oxygen shell mergers in massive stars. L. Roberti et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13749
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Large-Scale Calculations of $β$-Decay Rates and Implications for $r$-Process Nucleosynthesis. A. Ravlić et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02999
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Large-Scale Calculations of $β$-Decay Rates and Implications for $r$-Process Nucleosynthesis. A. Ravlić et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02999
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pynucastro can now plot the nuclear partition functions from @rauscherthomas.bsky.social 's work:
pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/n...
#astrocode
ne20 = pyna.Nucleus("ne20")
ne20.partition_function.plot()
pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/n...
#astrocode
ne20 = pyna.Nucleus("ne20")
ne20.partition_function.plot()
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
pynucastro can now plot the nuclear partition functions from @rauscherthomas.bsky.social 's work:
pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/n...
#astrocode
ne20 = pyna.Nucleus("ne20")
ne20.partition_function.plot()
pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/n...
#astrocode
ne20 = pyna.Nucleus("ne20")
ne20.partition_function.plot()
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Hey 🔭 friends: teaching a graduate level time domain course, I've shown a bunch of classic light curve from MACHO... but I haven't been able to find a good source for the MACHO data! There should be light curves for +70 million stars over 8yrs. Anyone have a lead on where the data is these days?
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Hey 🔭 friends: teaching a graduate level time domain course, I've shown a bunch of classic light curve from MACHO... but I haven't been able to find a good source for the MACHO data! There should be light curves for +70 million stars over 8yrs. Anyone have a lead on where the data is these days?
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
From Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas: Keeping track of millions of stars is tricky. Today’s authors take on the challenge of accounting for each one’s time of birth. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/d...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/d...
Sorry I missed your birthday by one million years: Accounting for the pre-main sequence delay
Keeping track of millions of stars is tricky. Today's authors take on the challenge of accounting for each one's time of birth.
astrobites.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
From Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas: Keeping track of millions of stars is tricky. Today’s authors take on the challenge of accounting for each one’s time of birth. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/d...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/d...
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
As the Trump administration attempts to remove national park signs about "negative" American history, Minnesotans launch Save Our Signs to preserve a record of history before it's erased. Americans have sent in 11,000 photos of signs and counting.
Signs of the Times: Minnesota historians rush to preserve a record of endangered national park signs
As the Trump administration attempts to remove national park signs about "negative" American history, Minnesotans launch Save Our Signs to preserve a record of history before it's erased. Americans have sent in 11,000 photos of signs and counting.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As the Trump administration attempts to remove national park signs about "negative" American history, Minnesotans launch Save Our Signs to preserve a record of history before it's erased. Americans have sent in 11,000 photos of signs and counting.
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Heute vor 686 Jahren - Die Toten kommen aus den Gräbern und strömen durch die Stadt; ganz ohne Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heute vor 686 Jahren - Die Toten kommen aus den Gräbern und strömen durch die Stadt; ganz ohne Halloween
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
absolutely fire analysis of the crappy new Google Scholar metric
I continue to hold that the entire premise underlying all of these metrics is extremely flawed, and that what it all comes down to is unimaginative managers who are content to offload scientist performance reviews to publishing companies, resulting in a perverse incentive structure. 🧵
Just what we need in astronomy: a metric that rewards those who never do any work, or whose names begin with “Z”. 🔭🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
absolutely fire analysis of the crappy new Google Scholar metric
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Allerdings sind solche Modelle & Vergleiche aus unserem Alltag auch gefährlich: Sie sind keine vollständige Beschreibung der Wirklichkeit, das geht nur mit der Mathematik. Auch brechen sie recht einfach zusammen - es gibt z.B. keine unendlich dehnbare Folie. Manchmal können sie auch irreführend […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Allerdings sind solche Modelle & Vergleiche aus unserem Alltag auch gefährlich: Sie sind keine vollständige Beschreibung der Wirklichkeit, das geht nur mit der Mathematik. Auch brechen sie recht einfach zusammen - es gibt z.B. keine unendlich dehnbare Folie. Manchmal können sie auch irreführend […]
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Gedanken zu Wissenschaftskommunikation und (Wort-)Bildern aus meinem Buch:
Wir Physiker*innen verwenden gerne Vergleiche aus dem Alltag: ob nun die Raumzeit als eine dünne Folie (oder Katzenhängematte 😺) oder das sich ausdehnende Universum mit Galaxien drin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Wir Physiker*innen verwenden gerne Vergleiche aus dem Alltag: ob nun die Raumzeit als eine dünne Folie (oder Katzenhängematte 😺) oder das sich ausdehnende Universum mit Galaxien drin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Gedanken zu Wissenschaftskommunikation und (Wort-)Bildern aus meinem Buch:
Wir Physiker*innen verwenden gerne Vergleiche aus dem Alltag: ob nun die Raumzeit als eine dünne Folie (oder Katzenhängematte 😺) oder das sich ausdehnende Universum mit Galaxien drin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Wir Physiker*innen verwenden gerne Vergleiche aus dem Alltag: ob nun die Raumzeit als eine dünne Folie (oder Katzenhängematte 😺) oder das sich ausdehnende Universum mit Galaxien drin […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Vorsatz für dieses Wochenende erfüllt: neuen Asterix gelesen ✅
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Vorsatz für dieses Wochenende erfüllt: neuen Asterix gelesen ✅
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🥇 #GoldenesBrett 2025 für den Podcast Hoss & Hopf.
🏆 #GoldenesBrett fürs Lebenswerk an den Homöopathen Dr. Michael Frass.
👉 goldenesbrett.guru
🏆 #GoldenesBrett fürs Lebenswerk an den Homöopathen Dr. Michael Frass.
👉 goldenesbrett.guru
Das Goldene Brett - 🏆
Der Negativpreis für den größten Schwachsinn des Jahres 🏆 Preisverleihung am 25.10.
goldenesbrett.guru
October 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🥇 #GoldenesBrett 2025 für den Podcast Hoss & Hopf.
🏆 #GoldenesBrett fürs Lebenswerk an den Homöopathen Dr. Michael Frass.
👉 goldenesbrett.guru
🏆 #GoldenesBrett fürs Lebenswerk an den Homöopathen Dr. Michael Frass.
👉 goldenesbrett.guru
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🏆 𝗪𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘀 & 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗳 𝘇𝘂𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
goldenesbrett.guru/stream
goldenesbrett.guru/stream
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🏆 𝗪𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘀 & 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗳 𝘇𝘂𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
goldenesbrett.guru/stream
goldenesbrett.guru/stream
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Einer alten Tradition folgend einmal mehr unsere eindringliche Mahnung: Bitte heute Nacht keinesfalls die Zeit umstellen, sondern nur die Uhren!* Es kann sonst zu Rissen im Raumzeitkontinuum kommen.
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*Wenige Zentimeter genügen. Bei schweren Standuhren einfach nur den Stundenzeiger verbiegen!
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*Wenige Zentimeter genügen. Bei schweren Standuhren einfach nur den Stundenzeiger verbiegen!
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Einer alten Tradition folgend einmal mehr unsere eindringliche Mahnung: Bitte heute Nacht keinesfalls die Zeit umstellen, sondern nur die Uhren!* Es kann sonst zu Rissen im Raumzeitkontinuum kommen.
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*Wenige Zentimeter genügen. Bei schweren Standuhren einfach nur den Stundenzeiger verbiegen!
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*Wenige Zentimeter genügen. Bei schweren Standuhren einfach nur den Stundenzeiger verbiegen!
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
Bestes Symbolbild... 🙈
October 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bestes Symbolbild... 🙈
Reposted by Thomas Rauscher
@staceyabrams.com actually *was* in Star Trek
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@staceyabrams.com actually *was* in Star Trek