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Binary neutron star merger (BNSM) ejecta are considered a primary repository of $r$-process nucleosynthesis and a source of the observed heavy-element abundances. We implement composition mixing into ray-by-ray radiation-hydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 Ruocheng Zhai , David Radice , Fabio Magistrelli , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Albino Perego

The modeling of Li-Paczy\'{n}ski macronova/kilonova signals gives reasonable estimate on the neutron-rich material ejected during the neutron star mergers. Usually the accretion disk is more massive than the macronova ejecta, with which the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 Zhao-Qiang Shen , Zhi-Ping Jin , Yun-Feng Liang , Xiang Li , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

Neutron star merger accretion discs can launch neutron-rich winds of $>10^{-2}\,\mathrm{M}_\odot$. This ejecta is a prime site for r-process nucleosynthesis, which will produce a range of radioactive heavy nuclei. The decay of these nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Hannah Klion , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Daniel Kasen , Adithan Kathirgamaraju , Eliot Quataert , Rodrigo Fernández

We perform long-term general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations (in axisymmetry) for a massive neutron star (MNS) surrounded by a torus, which is a canonical remnant formed after the binary neutron star merger. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-27 Sho Fujibayashi , Kenta Kiuchi , Nobuya Nishimura , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

Detecting the thermal emission from double neutron star merger events is a challenging task because of the quick fading of the observed flux. In order to create an efficient observing strategy for their observing method it is crucial to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-19 József Kóbori , Zsolt Bagoly , Lajos G. Balázs

We examine nucleosynthesis in the ejecta of black hole-neutron star mergers based on the results of long-term neutrino-radiation-magnetohydrodynamics simulations for the first time. We find that the combination of dynamical and post-merger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-06 Shinya Wanajo , Sho Fujibayashi , Kota Hayashi , Kenta Kiuchi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

We investigate the enhancement of lepton number, energy, and entropy transport resulting from active-sterile neutrino conversion $\nu_e\to\nu_s$ deep in the post-bounce supernova core followed by re-conversion $\nu_s\to\nu_e$ further out,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jun Hidaka , George M. Fuller

Over the last few years, there has been an increasing interest in sub-solar mass black holes due to their potential to provide valuable information about cosmology or the black hole population. Motivated by this, we study observable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-10 Ivan Markin , Anna Neuweiler , Adrian Abac , Swami Vivekanandji Chaurasia , Maximiliano Ujevic , Mattia Bulla , Tim Dietrich

We develop a method to compute synthetic kilonova light curves that combines numerical relativity simulations of neutron star mergers and the $\texttt{SNEC}$ radiation-hydrodynamics code. We describe our implementation of initial and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-22 Zhenyu Wu , Giacomo Ricigliano , Rahul Kashyap , Albino Perego , David Radice

The material ejected from a binary neutron star merger produces "kilonova," a radioactively powered emission at ultraviolet, optical, and infrared wavelengths. The early-phase spectra of the kilonova AT2017gfo, following the gravitational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-08 Koya Chiba , Masaomi Tanaka , Shinya Wanajo , Sho Fujibayashi , Kyohei Kawaguchi , Kenta Hotokezaka

We investigate properties of material ejected dynamically in the merger of black hole-neutron star binaries by numerical-relativity simulations. We systematically study the dependence of ejecta properties on the mass ratio of the binary,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Koutarou Kyutoku , Kunihito Ioka , Hirotada Okawa , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

Black hole-neutron star mergers are among the promising gravitational-wave sources for ground-based detectors, and gravitational waves from black hole-neutron star mergers are expected to be detected in the next few years. Simultaneous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-05 Kyohei Kawaguchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata , Masaomi Tanaka

We used one-dimensional radiative-transport radiation hydrodynamical (RHD) simulations to investigate the formation of clumping in freely-expanding supernova ejecta due to the radioactive heating from the Ni56 -> Co56 -> Fe56 decay…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Chih-Yueh Wang

Heavy elements like gold, platinum or uranium are produced in the r-process, which needs neutron-rich and explosive environments. Neutron star mergers are a promising candidate for an r-process site. They exhibit three different channels…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Dirk Martin , Albino Perego , Almudena Arcones , Oleg Korobkin , Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

We compare two-moment based \emph{energy-dependent} and 3 variants of \emph{energy-integrated} neutrino transport general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulations of hypermassive neutron star. To study the impacts due to the choice of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-30 Patrick Chi-Kit Cheong , Francois Foucart , Matthew D. Duez , Arthur Offermans , Nishad Muhammed , Pavan Chawhan

Detailed radiative transfer simulations of kilonovae are difficult to apply directly to observations; they only sparsely cover simulation parameters, such as the mass, velocity, morphology, and composition of the ejecta. On the other hand,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-21 M. Ristic , E. Champion , R. O'Shaughnessy , R. Wollaeger , O. Korobkin , E. A. Chase , C. L. Fryer , A. L. Hungerford , C. J. Fontes

Kilonovae are ultraviolet, optical, and infrared transients powered by the radioactive decay of heavy elements following a neutron star merger. Joint observations of kilonovae and gravitational waves can offer key constraints on the source…

The electromagnetic transients accompanying compact binary mergers ($\gamma$-ray bursts, afterglows and 'macronovae') are crucial to pinpoint the sky location of gravitational wave sources. Macronovae are caused by the radioactivity from…

Black hole X-ray binaries in outburst launch discrete, large-scale jet ejections which can propagate to parsec scales. The kinematics of these ejecta appear to be well described by relativistic blast wave models original devised for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 A. J. Cooper , J. H. Matthews , F. Carotenuto , R. Fender , G. P. Lamb , T. D. Russell , N. Sarin , K. Savard , A. A. Zdziarski

One- and two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of neutrino-driven supernova explosions are discussed. The simulations cover the phase between the stagnation of the prompt shock and about one second after core bounce. Systematic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 H. -Thomas Janka , Ewald Mueller
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