7–9 Feb 2017
Radisson Hotel Lansing
US/Eastern timezone

An update on the r-process one year after the discovery of Reticulum II

9 Feb 2017, 10:15
15m
Radisson Hotel Lansing

Radisson Hotel Lansing

111 N Grand Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
Talk [Main Conference] Contributed talk Session 9

Speaker

Dr Ian Roederer (University of Michigan)

Description

The r-process is one of the fundamental ways that stars produce heavy elements. For decades, a major challenge has been an inability to produce compelling observations that directly link the r-process with an astrophysical site. In early 2016, two groups independently confirmed the existence of a dwarf galaxy, called Reticulum II, where most of the stars are highly enhanced in r-process material. This find was without precedent, and it enables us to address a new question for the first time: what effect did the thing at the site of the r-process have on its environment? I will summarize the current state of observations of the r-process material in Reticulum II, highlight theoretical attempts to apply the constraints from Reticulum II to our understanding of the r-process, and preview some of the ways to move forward.

Primary author

Dr Ian Roederer (University of Michigan)

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