Abstract Neutron star mergers (NSMs) are promising astrophysical sites for the rapid neutron-capture (“r”) process, but can their integrated yields explain the majority of heavy-element material in the Galaxy? One method to address this question implements a forward approach that propagates NSM rates and yields along with stellar formation rates and compares those results with observed chemical abundances of r-process-rich, metal-poor stars. In this work, we take the inverse approach by utilizing r-process-element abundance ratios of metal-poor stars as input to reconstruct the properties—especially the masses—of their neutron star (NS) binary progenitors. This novel analysis provides an independent avenue for studying the p...
To better characterize the abundance patterns produced by the r-process, we have derived new abundan...
The rapid neutron-capture process, or r-process, is known to be of fundamental importance for explai...
International audienceWe study the enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM) with rapid neutron ca...
The origin of r-process elements remains unidentified and still puzzles us. The recent discovery of ...
Neutron stars are amongst the most compact and exotic objects in the universe. When born in pairs, t...
About half of the heavy elements in our Universe are synthesized by one process, the rapid neutron c...
Astrophysical site(s) of rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) is (are) not identified yet. Alth...
Probing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challenge. W...
International audienceRecent hydrodynamical and nucleosynthesis studies have suggested binary merger...
We use cosmological, magnetohydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-mass galaxies from the Auriga pr...
11siProbing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challeng...
The astrophysical nature of r-process sites is a long standing mystery and many probable sources hav...
The origin of the heaviest elements in our Universe is an unresolved mystery. We know that half of t...
Context. The dominant astrophysical production site of the r-process elements has not yet been unamb...
The origin of the heaviest elements is still a matter of debate. For the rapid neutron capture proce...
To better characterize the abundance patterns produced by the r-process, we have derived new abundan...
The rapid neutron-capture process, or r-process, is known to be of fundamental importance for explai...
International audienceWe study the enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM) with rapid neutron ca...
The origin of r-process elements remains unidentified and still puzzles us. The recent discovery of ...
Neutron stars are amongst the most compact and exotic objects in the universe. When born in pairs, t...
About half of the heavy elements in our Universe are synthesized by one process, the rapid neutron c...
Astrophysical site(s) of rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) is (are) not identified yet. Alth...
Probing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challenge. W...
International audienceRecent hydrodynamical and nucleosynthesis studies have suggested binary merger...
We use cosmological, magnetohydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-mass galaxies from the Auriga pr...
11siProbing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challeng...
The astrophysical nature of r-process sites is a long standing mystery and many probable sources hav...
The origin of the heaviest elements in our Universe is an unresolved mystery. We know that half of t...
Context. The dominant astrophysical production site of the r-process elements has not yet been unamb...
The origin of the heaviest elements is still a matter of debate. For the rapid neutron capture proce...
To better characterize the abundance patterns produced by the r-process, we have derived new abundan...
The rapid neutron-capture process, or r-process, is known to be of fundamental importance for explai...
International audienceWe study the enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM) with rapid neutron ca...