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astro-ph.HE2024
Actinide signatures in low electron fraction kilonova ejecta
Quentin Pognan, Meng-Ru Wu, Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo +4
Neutron star (NS) mergers are known to produce heavy elements through rapid neutron capture (r-process) nucleosynthesis. Actinides are expected to be created solely by the r-proces…
astro-ph.HE2022★ 57 cited
NLTE Effects on Kilonova Expansion Opacities
Quentin Pognan, Anders Jerkstrand, Jon Grumer
A binary neutron star merger produces a rapidly evolving transient known as a kilonova (KN), which peaks a few days after merger. Modelling of KNe has often been approached assumin…