Ce II-IV emission in kilonovae with R-matrix collision strengths and distorted wave recombination rates

arXiv:2609.15900 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-14 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

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• Atomic Data for Non-Equilibrium Modeling of Kilonovae: The Ionization Properties of Te I - III
• Heavy element dust explains the late-time spectra of kilonovae
• Heavy element nucleosynthesis associated with a gamma-ray burst
• Late-time emission-line profiles from kilonova models
• Systematic Bayesian Optimization for Atomic Structure Calculations of Heavy Elements

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