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Nucleosynthesis in Outflows from Black Hole-Neutron Star Merger Disks With Full GRRMHD
Sanjana Curtis, Jonah M. Miller, Carla Frohlich +3
Along with binary neutron star mergers, the in-spiral and merger of a black hole and a neutron star is a predicted site of -process nucleosynthesis and associated kilonovae. For…
The R-Process Alliance: Abundance Universality among Some Elements at and between the First and Second R-Process Peaks
Ian U. Roederer, John J. Cowan, Marco Pignatari +11
We present new observational benchmarks of rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) nucleosynthesis for elements at and between the first (A ~ 80) and second (A ~ 130) peaks. Our…
Collective enhancement in the exciton model
M. R. Mumpower, D. Nuedecker, H. Sasaki +5
The pre-equilibrium reaction mechanism is considered in the context of the exciton model. A modification to the one-particle one-hole state density is studied which can be interpre…
Actinide opacities for modeling the spectra and light curves of kilonovae
C. J. Fontes, C. L. Fryer, R. T. Wollaeger +2
We extend previous ab initio calculations of lanthanide opacities (Fontes et al., 2020, MNRAS, 493, 4143) to include a complete set of actinide opacities for use in the modeling of…
The Influence of Beta Decay Rates on r-Process Observables
Kelsey A. Lund, J. Engel, G. C. McLaughlin +3
The rapid neutron capture process (r-process) is one of the main mechanisms whereby elements heavier than iron are synthesized, and is entirely responsible for the natural producti…
Constraining inputs to realistic kilonova simulations through comparison to observed -process abundances
M. Ristic, E. M. Holmbeck, R. Wollaeger +7
Kilonovae, one source of electromagnetic emission associated with neutron star mergers, are powered by the decay of radioactive isotopes in the neutron-rich merger ejecta. Models f…