X-Ray Bursts and Proton Captures Close to the Dripline
  The hydrogen-rich accreted envelopes of neutron stars in binary systems are the site for the rapid proton capture nucleosynthethic process (rp-process), which involves nuclei close to the proton dripline. An overview of the relevant reactions and nuclear properties for rp-process studies is given, along with motivations for further experimental nuclear physics studies. 
T. Rauscher (1), F. Rembges (1), H. Schatz (2), M. Wiescher (3), F.-K.   Thielemann(1) ((1) Department of Physics and Astron...