Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process
JJ Cowan, C Sneden, JE Lawler, A Aprahamian… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …
Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap
L Barack, V Cardoso, S Nissanke… - … and quantum gravity, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
70 AIM, UMR 7158, CEA/DRF, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique,
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
The origin of elements from carbon to uranium
C Kobayashi, AI Karakas, M Lugaro - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
To reach a deeper understanding of the origin of elements in the periodic table, we construct
Galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models for all stable elements from C (A= 12) to U (A …
Galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models for all stable elements from C (A= 12) to U (A …
Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars
Half of all of the elements in the Universe that are heavier than iron were created by rapid
neutron capture. The theory underlying this astrophysical r-process was worked out six …
neutron capture. The theory underlying this astrophysical r-process was worked out six …
Binary neutron star mergers: mass ejection, electromagnetic counterparts, and nucleosynthesis
D Radice, A Perego, K Hotokezaka… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a systematic numerical relativity study of the mass ejection and the associated
electromagnetic transients and nucleosynthesis from binary neutron star (NS) mergers. We …
electromagnetic transients and nucleosynthesis from binary neutron star (NS) mergers. We …
GW170817: joint constraint on the neutron star equation of state from multimessenger observations
Gravitational waves detected from the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817
constrained the NS equation of state by placing an upper bound on certain parameters …
constrained the NS equation of state by placing an upper bound on certain parameters …
The combined ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared light curves of the kilonova associated with the binary neutron star merger GW170817: unified data set, analytic …
We present the first effort to aggregate, homogenize, and uniformly model the combined
ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data set for the electromagnetic counterpart of the …
ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared data set for the electromagnetic counterpart of the …
Multimessenger constraints for ultradense matter
Recent rapid progress in neutron-star (NS) observations offers great potential to constrain
the properties of strongly interacting matter under the most extreme conditions. In order to …
the properties of strongly interacting matter under the most extreme conditions. In order to …
Constraint on the maximum mass of neutron stars using GW170817 event
We revisit the constraint on the maximum mass of cold spherical neutron stars coming from
the observational results of GW170817. We develop a new framework for the analysis by …
the observational results of GW170817. We develop a new framework for the analysis by …
Kilonovae
BD Metzger - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2020 - Springer
The coalescence of double neutron star (NS–NS) and black hole (BH)–NS binaries are
prime sources of gravitational waves (GW) for Advanced LIGO/Virgo and future ground …
prime sources of gravitational waves (GW) for Advanced LIGO/Virgo and future ground …