articleThe Astrophysical Journal LettersJun 26, 2014BRONZE OA

PRODUCTION OF ALL THE r -PROCESS NUCLIDES IN THE DYNAMICAL EJECTA OF NEUTRON STAR MERGERS

SWShinya WanajoYSYuichiro SekiguchiNNNobuya NishimuraKKKenta KiuchiKKKoutarou Kyutoku

RIKEN · Kyoto University · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Recent studies suggest that binary neutron star (NS-NS) mergers robustly produce the heavy r-process nuclei above the atomic mass number A ~ 130 because of their ejecta consisting of almost pure neutrons (electron fraction of Y_e

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  • Ejecta
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Physics
  • Kilonova
  • r-process
  • Neutron star
  • Astrophysics
  • Nuclide
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