Spectra and Ionization Efficiencies of Charged Decay Particles in Kilonova Ejecta

arXiv:2605.26613 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-05-26 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-05-26

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• alpha — 29× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alpha Decay — 13× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Strontium and helium in the kilonova AT2017gfo: Origin of the 1{\mu}m feature constrained via NLTE calculations
• Non-LTE Ionization Modeling for Helium and Strontium in Neutron Star Merger Ejecta
• Lanthanide Features in Near-infrared Spectra of Kilonovae
• Tellurium emission line in kilonova AT 2017gfo
• Three dimensional end-to-end simulation for kilonova emission from a black-hole neutron-star merger
• Non-LTE analysis for Helium and Strontium lines in the kilonova AT2017gfo

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