r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Hot Accretion Disk Flows from Black Hole - Neutron Star Mergers
@article{Surman2008rProcessNI, title={r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Hot Accretion Disk Flows from Black Hole - Neutron Star Mergers}, author={Rebecca Surman and Gail C. McLaughlin and Maximilian Ruffert and H.-Th. Janka and W. Raphael Hix}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2008}, volume={679} }
We consider hot accretion disk outflows from black hole-neutron star mergers in the context of the nucleosynthesis they produce. We begin with a three-dimensional numerical model of a black hole-neutron star merger and calculate the neutrino and antineutrino fluxes emitted from the resulting accretion disk. We then follow the element synthesis in material outflowing the disk along parameterized trajectories. We find that at least a weak r-process is produced, and in some cases a main r-process…
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