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most citedNew Radiative and Collisional Atomic Data for Sr {\sc ii} and Y {\sc ii} with application to Kilonova modelling

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astro-ph.HE2026

Ce II-IV emission in kilonovae with R-matrix collision strengths and distorted wave recombination rates

Leo Patrick Mulholland, Niamh Ferguson, Luke J. Shingles +3

We provide transition probabilities and Maxwellian-averaged collision-strengths for the electron-impact excitation of Ce {\sc ii} - {\sc iv}. These ions are potentially abundant in…

astro-ph.HE2026

Late-time emission-line profiles from kilonova models

S. A. Sim, O. Just, Z. Xiong +10

Numerical simulations suggest that neutron star mergers eject material with complex, non-spherical density and composition distributions. Here we use two-dimensional configurations…

astro-ph.HE2026

Exploring the diversity of kilonovae with 3D radiative transfer I. The polar direction

Christine E. Collins, Luke J. Shingles, Vimal Vijayan +7

We present 3D kilonova radiative transfer simulations for a series of binary neutron star merger models. The masses of the neutron stars are varied as well as the total mass of the…

astro-ph.HE2026

Strontium and helium in the kilonova AT2017gfo: Origin of the 1μm feature constrained via NLTE calculations

Aayush Arya, Rasmus Damgaard, Albert Sneppen +4

Mergers of neutron stars are believed to be one of the primary sites for the synthesis of the universe's heavy elements via the rapid neutron capture process. AT2017gfo, the kilono…

astro-ph.HE20251 cited

Electron impact excitation of Te IV and V and Level Resolved R-matrix Photoionization of Te I - IV with application to modelling of AT2017gfo

Leo P. Mulholland, Catherine A. Ramsbottom, Connor P. Ballance +2

Spectral modelling of kilonovae (KNe) require large amounts of collisional excitation and photoionization atomic data for lowly ionised (neutral, singly and doubly ionised) species…

astro-ph.HE2025

On the use of the Axelrod formula for thermal electron collisions in Astrophysical Modelling

Leo P. Mulholland, Steven J. Bromley, Connor P. Ballance +2

The Axelrod approximation is widely used in astrophysical modelling codes to evaluate electron-impact excitation effective collision strengths for forbidden transitions. Approximat…