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astro-ph.HE2024★ 11 cited
Cautionary tales on heating-rate prescriptions in kilonovae
Nikhil Sarin, Stephan Rosswog
A major ingredient for kilonova lightcurves is the radioactive heating rate and its dependence on the electron fraction and velocity of the ejecta and, in principle, on the nuclear…
astro-ph.HE2012★ 281 cited
The Electromagnetic Signals of Compact Binary Mergers
T. Piran, E. Nakar, S. Rosswog
Compact binary mergers are prime sources of gravitational waves, targeted by current and next generation detectors. The question "what is the observable electromagnetic (EM) signat…
astro-ph.HE2012★ 216 cited
The multi-messenger picture of compact object encounters: binary mergers versus dynamical collisions
S. Rosswog, T. Piran, E. Nakar
We explore the multi-messenger signatures of encounters between two neutron stars and between a neutron star and a stellar-mass black hole. We focus on the differences between grav…