PIRSA:15030120

Electromagnetic transients and r-process nucleosynthesis from the disk wind outflows of neutron star merger remnants

Fernandez, R. (2015). Electromagnetic transients and r-process nucleosynthesis from the disk wind outflows of neutron star merger remnants. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15030120

Fernandez, Rodrigo. Electromagnetic transients and r-process nucleosynthesis from the disk wind outflows of neutron star merger remnants. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 04, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15030120 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15030120,
            doi = {10.48660/15030120},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15030120},
            author = {Fernandez, Rodrigo},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Electromagnetic transients and r-process nucleosynthesis from the disk wind outflows of neutron star merger remnants},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:15030120 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Rodrigo Fernandez

University of Alberta

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Abstract

The remnant accretion disk formed in binaries involving neutron stars and/or black holes is a source of non-relativistic ejecta. This 'disk wind' is launched on a thermal and/or viscous timescale, and can provide an amount of material comparable to that in the dynamical ejecta. I will present recent work aimed at characterizing

the properties of these winds through time-dependent radiation-hydrodynamic simulations that include the relevant physics needed to follow the ejecta composition. I will focus on the effect of black hole spin and/or hypermassive neutron star lifetime on the disk wind, and on the interaction of the wind with the dynamical ejecta. I will also discuss the implications of these results for the optical/IR signal from these events, and for the origin of r-process elements in the Galaxy.