2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Excitation and Recombination Data for Nd I-V with Applications to Kilonovae
N. Ferguson, L. P. Mulholland, M. McCann +2
Neodymium (Nd), a key r-process element, significantly influences the opacity and emergent spectra of kilonovae resulting from neutron star mergers. We present new atomic data for…
astro-ph.HE2026
Recombination Rates for Uranium Ions Using the Analogous Nd III as a Guideline and Their Effect on Kilonova Nebular SpectraAn Exploration of Recombination of Uranium with application to Kilonovae Spectra
Niamh Ferguson, Anders Jerkstrand, Smaranika Banerjee +2
Dielectronic recombination (DR) is expected to be the dominant recombination process during the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) phase of kilonovae, yet reliable DR da…