The formation of the heaviest elements
arXiv:1801.01190 · doi:10.1063/PT.3.3815
Abstract
The rapid neutron-capture process needed to build up many of the elements heavier than iron seems to take place primarily in neutron-star mergers, not supernova explosions.
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