5 papers
Binary neutron star mergers with a subsolar mass star
Maxence Corman, William E. East, Jocelyn S. Read
While there are a number of proposed formation channels for subsolar mass compact objects, including black holes formed primordially, or neutron stars that form in collapsar disks,…
Mergers Fall Short: Non-merger Channels Required for Galactic Heavy Element Production
Muhammed Saleem, Hsin-Yu Chen, Daniel M. Siegel +3
Since the discovery of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 and its associated kilonova, neutron star mergers have been established as a key production channel for r-process ele…
Inferring the neutron star equation of state with nuclear-physics informed semiparametric models
Sunny Ng, Isaac Legred, Lami Suleiman +3
Over the past decade, an abundance of information from neutron-star observations, nuclear experiments and theory has transformed our efforts to elucidate the properties of dense ma…
Inference of multi-channel r-process element enrichment in the Milky Way using binary neutron star merger observations
Hsin-Yu Chen, Philippe Landry, Jocelyn S. Read +1
Observations of GW170817 strongly suggest that binary neutron star (BNS) mergers produce rapid neutron-capture nucleosynthesis (r-process) elements. However, it remains an open que…
Multidisciplinary Science in the Multimessenger Era
Eric Burns, Christopher L. Fryer, Ivan Agullo +82
Astrophysical observations of the cosmos allow us to probe extreme physics and answer foundational questions on our universe. Modern astronomy is increasingly operating under a hol…