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astro-ph.HE2024
Do we Owe our Existence to Gravitational Waves?
John Ellis, Brian D. Fields, Rebecca Surman
Two heavy elements essential to human biology are thought to have been produced by the astrophysical -process, which occurs in neutron-rich environments: iodine is a constituent…
astro-ph.HE2023
Could a Kilonova Kill: a Threat Assessment
Haille M. L. Perkins, John Ellis, Brian D. Fields +5
Binary neutron star mergers (BNS) produce high-energy emissions from several physically different sources, including a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and its afterglow, a kilonova, and, at…