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arXiv:1801.01190·v1·Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

The formation of the heaviest elements

Anna Frebel (MIT) · Timothy C. Beers (Notre Dame)

Abstract

The rapid neutron-capture process needed to build up many of the elements heavier than iron seems to take place primarily in neutron-star mergers, not supernova explosions.

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