Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of
binaries composed of two compact objects—neutron stars and/or black holes. The …

Progenitor models for the" luminous" subclass of Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs;
prototype: AT2018cow) are challenged to simultaneously explain all of their observed …

Comparing Galactic chemical evolution models to the observed elemental abundances in
the Milky Way, we show that neutron star mergers can be a leading r-process site only if at …

Short gamma-ray bursts are believed to be produced by both binary neutron star (BNS) and
neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers. We use current estimates for the BNS and NSBH …

While it is now known that the mergers of double neutron star binary systems (NSMs) are
copious producers of heavy elements, there remains much speculation about whether they …

Binary neutron stars have been observed as millisecond pulsars, gravitational-wave
sources, and as the progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae. Massive stellar …

Stripped-envelope stars can be observed as Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars or as less luminous
hydrogen-poor stars with low mass-loss rates and transparent winds. Both types are …

ABSTRACT On 2019 April 25, the LIGO/Virgo Scientific Collaboration detected a compact
binary coalescence, GW190425. Under the assumption of the binary neutron star (BNS), the …

The first three observing runs with Advanced LIGO and Virgo have resulted in the detection
of binary black hole (BBH) mergers with highly unequal mass components, which are …

The explosion of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) is an extremely challenging problem,
and there are still large uncertainties regarding which stars lead to successful explosions …