Conveners
Tuesday - Session 4
- Sergio Cristallo (INFN, Perugia (IT), and Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo, INAF, Teramo (IT))
The astrophysical origins of the heaviest stable elements that we observe today in the Solar System are still not fully understood. While thermonuclear supernovae (SNe Ia) are known to have forged about two-thirds of the iron content in the Solar System, recent studies have demonstrated that H-accreting white dwarfs (WDs) in a binary system exploding as SNe Ia could be an efficient p-process...
In massive-star binary systems, upon reaching later stages of stellar evolution one star can expand as a giant and envelope its companion. The enveloped companion, here a neutron star, can begin to accrete matter. The angular momentum of the accreting material will result in the formation of an accretion disk. Accretion onto common-envelope-phase neutron stars can result in material ejected...