FRIB and the GW170817 Kilonova
A. Aprahamian, R. Surman, A. Frebel, G.C. McLaughlin, A. Arcones, A.B., Balantekin, J. Barnes, Timothy C. Beers, Erika M. Holmbeck, Jinmi Yoon,, Maxime Brodeur, T.M. Sprouse, Nicole Vassh, Jolie A. Cizewski, Jason A., Clark, Benoit Cote, Sean M. Couch, M. Eichler, Jonathan Engel
TL;DR
This paper reviews the implications of the GW170817 kilonova for r-process nucleosynthesis, highlighting recent progress, uncertainties, and future research directions in astrophysics and nuclear physics.
Contribution
It compiles recent scientific contributions on r-process studies related to GW170817, emphasizing advances and remaining uncertainties in the field.
Findings
Insights into astrophysical and nuclear physics uncertainties
Identification of key nuclear experiments needed
Progress in understanding r-process nucleosynthesis
Abstract
In July 2018 an FRIB Theory Alliance program was held on the implications of GW170817 and its associated kilonova for r-process nucleosynthesis. Topics of discussion included the astrophysical and nuclear physics uncertainties in the interpretation of the GW170817 kilonova, what we can learn about the astrophysical site or sites of the r process from this event, and the advances in nuclear experiment and theory most crucial to pursue in light of the new data. Here we compile a selection of scientific contributions to the workshop, broadly representative of progress in r-process studies since the GW170817 event.
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TopicsGamma-ray bursts and supernovae · Nuclear physics research studies · Neutrino Physics Research