The astrophysical r-process: What we are learning from gravitational waves, dwarf galaxies, and stellar archaeology
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2018-05-03T14:00:00
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Understanding the origin of the elements is one of the major challenges of modern astrophysics. The rapid neutron-capture process, or r-process, is one of the fundamental ways that stars produce the elements listed along the bottom 2/3 of the periodic table, but key aspects of the r-process are still poorly understood. I will describe three major advances in the last few years that have succeeded in confirming neutron star mergers as an important site of the r-process.
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TRIUMF Auditorium
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Event Start:
2018-05-03T14:00:00
The astrophysical r-process: What we are learning from gravitational waves, dwarf galaxies, and stellar archaeology
Event Information:
Understanding the origin of the elements is one of the major challenges of modern astrophysics. The rapid neutron-capture process, or r-process, is one of the fundamental ways that stars produce the elements listed along the bottom 2/3 of the periodic table, but key aspects of the r-process are still poorly understood. I will describe three major advances in the last few years that have succeeded in confirming neutron star mergers as an important site of the r-process.
Event Location:
TRIUMF Auditorium