The mass of a star defines the maximum temperature that can be reached in the stellar core and hence the possible burning products. Massive stars are able to follow all burning processes and produce an Iron core that finally collapses and leading to a core-collapse supernova explosion. The low mass limit defines what are the lowest mass neutron
stars that can be formed. Similarly there should...
Neutron star mergers constitute an important target for gravitational wave interferometers. Differently to black hole mergers they are expected to produce electromagnetic radiation. Such emission provides complementary information about the dynamics of the system to gravitational waves. An important source of electromagnetic emission is the radioactive decay of freshly synthesized heavy...
