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Infrared spectral signatures of light r-process elements in kilonovae
Anders Jerkstrand, Quentin Pognan, Smaranika Banerjee +8
A central question regarding neutron star mergers is whether they are able to produce all the r-process elements, from first to third peak. The high abundances of first-peak elemen…
Lanthanide Impact on the Infra-Red Spectra of Nebular Phase Kilonovae
Quentin Pognan, Kyohei Kawaguchi, Shinya Wanajo +3
Nebular phase kilonovae (KNe) have significant infra-red (IR) emission thought to be mostly forbidden emission lines from rapid neutron capture (r-process) species in neutron star…
Nebular spectra of kilonovae with detailed recombination rates -- I. Light r-process composition
Smaranika Banerjee, Anders Jerkstrand, Nigel Badnell +3
To investigate spectra of kilonovae in the NLTE phase (t>= 1 week), we perform atomic calculations for dielectronic recombination (DR) rates for the light r-process elements Se (Z…