r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos

• Published in: Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 83001 - 83103
• Main Authors: Horowitz, C J, Arcones, A, Côté, B, Dillmann, I, Nazarewicz, W, Roederer, I U, Schatz, H, Aprahamian, A, Atanasov, D, Bauswein, A, Beers, T C, Bliss, J, Brodeur, M, Clark, J A, Frebel, A, Foucart, F, Hansen, C J, Just, O, Kankainen, A, McLaughlin, G C, Kelly, J M, Liddick, S N, Lee, D M, Lippuner, J, Martin, D, Mendoza-Temis, J, Metzger, B D, Mumpower, M R, Perdikakis, G, Pereira, J, O'Shea, B W, Reifarth, R, Rogers, A M, Siegel, D M, Spyrou, A, Surman, R, Tang, X, Uesaka, T, Wang, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IOP Publishing 12.07.2019
• Subjects: ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galactic chemical evolution; nucleosynthesis; r-process nucleosynthesis; rare-isotope beam facilities

This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation from radio to γ rays. The very red color of the associated kilonova suggests that neutron star mer...