Neutron star binary orbits in their host potential: effect on early r-process enrichment

@article{Bonetti2019NeutronSB,
  title={Neutron star binary orbits in their host potential: effect on early r-process enrichment},
  author={Matteo Bonetti and Albino Perego and Massimo Dotti and Gabriele Cescutti},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2019}
}
Coalescing neutron star binary (NSB) systems are primary candidates for r-process enrichment of galaxies. The recent detection of r-process elements in ultrafaint dwarf (UFD) galaxies and the abundances measured in classical dwarfs challenges the NSB merger scenario both in terms of coalescence time-scales and merger locations. In this paper, we focus on the dynamics of NSBs in the gravitational potentials of different types of host galaxies and on its impact on the subsequent galactic… 
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