Conveners
Session M8
- Evan S. Scannapieco (Arizona State University)
Rebecca Surman
(University of Notre Dame)
25/05/2018, 11:00
invited talk
The electromagnetic counterpart of the GW170817 neutron star merger provided the first direct evidence of the astrophysical formation of nuclei via rapid neutron capture (r-process) nucleosynthesis. Full understanding of this event from first principles and its role in galactic chemical evolution requires progress in a number of areas. One key area is nuclear physics. A neutron star merger...