Dr
Laura Nuttall
(Syracuse University)
2/7/17, 9:15 AM
Invited talk
Talk [Main Conference]
In 2015 the LIGO detectors observed gravitational waves from two distinct stellar-mass binary black hole mergers. This long awaited feat allowed us to test general relativity in the strong-field regime and estimate the rate of compact object mergers consisting of black holes and neutron stars. During this first observing run alerts were sent to electromagnetic partners, hunting for potential...
Mr
Jonas Lippuner
(Caltech)
2/7/17, 9:45 AM
Contributed talk
Talk [Main Conference]
Neutron star mergers are the most promising site of heavy element synthesis via the rapid neutron-capture process (r-process). Just before the neutron stars merge, they tidally disrupt each other, which unbinds extremely neutron-rich material where nucleosynthesis can easily reach the third r-process peak. After the merger, an accretion disk forms around the central compact object, which is...
Oleg Korobkin
(Los Alamos National Lab)
2/7/17, 10:00 AM
Contributed talk
Talk [Main Conference]
Mergers of two neutron stars produce variety of outflows, containing radioactive mixture of freshly synthesized $r$-process elements. Nuclear heating due to decays in these outflows is expected to power an elusive supernova-like transient -- macronova or kilonova. If observed, such transients could provide information about astrophysical environment of the mergers, as well as valueable...
Mr
Yonglin Zhu
(North Carolina State University)
2/7/17, 10:15 AM
Contributed talk
Talk [Main Conference]
We perform a study of the matter neutrino resonance (MNR) phenomenon in neutron star mergers based on a model employing three-dimensional merger simulations. The matter-neutrino resonance (MNR) phenomenon has the potential to significantly alter the flavor content of neutrinos emitted from compact object mergers. We present the first calculations of MNR transitions using neutrino...