Compact binary mergers involving neutron stars can eject a fraction of their mass to space.
Being extremely neutron rich, this material undergoes rapid neutron capture …

The observations of GW170817/AT2017gfo have provided us with evidence that binary
neutron star mergers are sites of r-process nucleosynthesis. However, the observed …

The kilonova (KN) associated with the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 is the
only known electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source. Here we produce a …

Swift has now completed 18 years of mission, during which it discovered thousands of
gamma-ray bursts as well as new classes of high-energy transient phenomena. Its first …

The electromagnetic transient following a binary neutron star merger is known as a kilonova
(KN). Owing to rapid expansion velocities and small ejecta masses, KNe rapidly transition …

We extend previous ab initio calculations of lanthanide opacities to include a complete set of
actinide opacities for use in the modelling of kilonova (KN) light curves and spectra …

The radioactively powered transient following a binary neutron star merger, known as a
kilonova (KN), is expected to enter the steady-state nebular phase a few days after merger …

While gravitational wave (GW) standard sirens from neutron star (NS) mergers have been
proposed to offer good measurements of the Hubble constant, we show in this paper how a …

The nebular phase of lanthanide-rich ejecta of a neutron star merger (NSM) is studied by
using a one-zone model, in which the atomic properties a represented by a single species …

Nuclear astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which
seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the …