The production of about half of the heavy elements found in nature is assigned to a specific
astrophysical nucleosynthesis process: the rapid neutron-capture process (r process) …

In a single process, the merger of binary neutron star systems combines extreme gravity, the
copious emission of gravitational waves, complex microphysics and electromagnetic …

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) display a bimodal duration distribution with a separation between
the short-and long-duration bursts at about 2 s. The progenitors of long GRBs have been …

The existence of neutron star mergers has been supported since the discovery of the binary
pulsar and the observation of its orbital energy loss, consistent with General Relativity. They …

We present a detailed, three-dimensional hydrodynamic study of the neutrino-driven winds
emerging from the remnant of a neutron star merger. Our simulations are performed with the …

The coalescence of compact objects is a promising astrophysical source of detectable
gravitational wave signals. The ejection of r-process material from such mergers may lead to …

We investigate systematically the dynamical mass ejection, r-process nucleosynthesis, and
properties of electromagnetic counterparts of neutron-star (NS) mergers in dependence on …

The rapid neutron capture process (r process) is believed to be responsible for about half of
the production of the elements heavier than iron and contributes to abundances of some …

Numerical-relativity simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars are performed for a
variety of equations of state (EOSs) and for a plausible range of the neutron-star mass …

In this study we explore nucleosynthesis in the dynamic ejecta of compact binary mergers.
We are particularly interested in the question how sensitive the resulting abundance …