# Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Mass Ejection, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Nucleosynthesis

@article{Radice2018BinaryNS,
title={Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Mass Ejection, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Nucleosynthesis},
author={Davide Radice and Albino Perego and Kenta Hotokezaka and Steven A. Fromm and Sebastiano Bernuzzi and Luke F Roberts},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2018}
}
• Published 28 September 2018
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal
We present a systematic numerical relativity study of the mass ejection and the associated electromagnetic transients and nucleosynthesis from binary neutron star (NS) mergers. We find that a few $10^{-3}\, M_\odot$ of material are ejected dynamically during the mergers. The amount and the properties of these outflow depend on binary parameters and on the NS equation of state (EOS). A small fraction of these ejecta, typically ${\sim}10^{-6}\, M_\odot$, is accelerated by shocks formed shortly…
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