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Kilonovae

The mergers of double neutron star (NS–NS) and black hole (BH)–NS binaries are promising gravitational wave (GW) sources for Advanced LIGO and future GW detectors. The neutron-rich ejecta from such merger events undergoes rapid neutron capture (r-process) nucleosynthesis, enriching our Galaxy with r...

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Autor principal: Metzger, Brian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28579916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41114-017-0006-z