ЛАБОРАТОРИЯ ЯДЕРНЫХ РЕАКЦИЙ им. Г.Н. ФЛЕРОВА

Общелабораторный семинар

Дата и время: среда, 18 апреля 2018 г., в 15:30

Место: Конференц-зал, Лаборатория ядерных реакций им. Г.Н. Флерова

Тема семинара: «Kilonova: an electromagnetic signal of heavy element nucleosynthesis»

Докладчик: Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo (GSI & Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)

Аннотация:

On August 17th 2017, the LIGO/VIRGO collaborations detected the gravitational signal GW170817 originating from a merger of two neutron stars. Shortly after an electromagnetic signal with an intrinsic brightness corresponding to thousand novas was detected by several telescopes worldwide lasting around a week. This kilonova signal has been predicted by theory long before and originates from the radioactive decay of freshly synthesized radioactive heavy nuclei produced by the r process. Hence, it answers one of the long lasting questions in nuclear astrophysics related to the astrophysical site of the r process. In this talk, I will summarize our current understanding of the r process, the answers provided by the recent observations and the remaining open questions.