Nuclear Masses in Astrophysics for the Next 25 Years

The Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) recently published its Long Range Plan (LRP) 2024 for European Nuclear Physics [1]. The document is a result of a large community effort, involving researchers in various meetings, workshops and thematical working groups. Nuclear masses and their importance for nuclear astrophysics is highlighted throughout the document, from the fundamental questions regarding the origins of elements to the recently developed methods opening new opportunities, yielding recommendations concerning methods, radioactive beam facilities as well as theoretical, computational and collaborative aspects in nuclear astrophysics. In this contribution, I will give a brief overview on the highlighted nuclear astrophysics themes and the role of nuclear masses in the NuPECC LRP2024, together with its relevant recommendations.

[1] NuPECC Long Range Plan 2025, arXiv:2503.15575 [nucl-ex] https://nupecc.org/lrp2024/Documents/nupecc_lrp2024_web.pdf