Date and time: Tuesday February 20th @ 15:00 (CET)

Speaker: Gabriel MartÌnez-Pinedo (GSI and TU Darmstadt)

Abstract: 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.

Slides: http://reunion.uv.es/p1japfpr8it/
Video: http://reunion.uv.es/p9if2as6xct/