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Title:
The formation of the heaviest elements
Authors:
Frebel, Anna; Beers, Timothy C.
Publication:
Physics Today, vol. 71, issue 1, pp. 30-37
Publication Date:
01/2018
Origin:
CROSSREF
DOI:
10.1063/PT.3.3815
Bibliographic Code:
2018PhT....71a..30F

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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