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Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

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  • Daniel Kasen

    (and Theoretical Astrophysics Center, University of California, Berkeley
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Brian Metzger

    (Columbia University)

  • Jennifer Barnes

    (Columbia University)

  • Eliot Quataert

    (and Theoretical Astrophysics Center, University of California, Berkeley)

  • Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

    (University of Santa Cruz
    DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

Modelling the electromagnetic emission of kilonovae enables the mass, velocity and composition (with some heavy elements) of the ejecta from a neutron-star merger to be derived from the observations.

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  • Daniel Kasen & Brian Metzger & Jennifer Barnes & Eliot Quataert & Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, 2017. "Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event," Nature, Nature, vol. 551(7678), pages 80-84, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:551:y:2017:i:7678:d:10.1038_nature24453
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24453
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