Constraints on the presence of platinum and gold in the spectra of the kilonova AT2017gfo

ABSTRACT Binary neutron star mergers are thought to be one of the dominant sites of production for rapid neutron capture elements, including platinum and gold. Since the discovery of the binary neutron star merger GW170817, and its associated kilonova AT2017gfo, numerous works have attempted to dete...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021-09, Vol.506 (3), p.3560-3577
Hauptverfasser: Gillanders, J H, McCann, M, Sim, S A, Smartt, S J, Ballance, C P
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