If most of the R-process occurs in NS-NS mergers, how would this affect conclusions from the abundances in various samples of matter?

Results on the afterglow of GRB 130603B suggest substantial, perhaps most, R-process nucleosynthesis occurs in NS mergers. A peak ~10 days after a short GRB in NIR was predicted by Barnes and...

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