The R-Process Alliance: First Magellan/MIKE Release from the Southern Search for R-process-enhanced Stars

Extensive progress has recently been made in our understanding of heavy-element production via the r -process in the universe, specifically with the first observed neutron star binary merger (NSBM) event associated with the gravitational-wave signal detected by LIGO, GW170817. The chemical abundance...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2020-08, Vol.898 (2), p.150
Main Authors: Ezzeddine, Rana, Rasmussen, Kaitlin, Frebel, Anna, Chiti, Anirudh, Hinojisa, Karina, Placco, Vinicius M., Ji, Alexander P., Beers, Timothy C., Hansen, Terese T., Roederer, Ian U., Sakari, Charli M., Melendez, Jorge
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