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56Ni Production in Long-lived Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants

  • Authors: Maximilian Jacobi, Fabio Magistrelli, Eleonora Loffredo, Giacomo Ricigliano, Leonardo Chiesa, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Albino Perego, Almudena Arcones

Maximilian Jacobi et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 999 .

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Spatial distribution of the ejecta of the BLh_q1.49 model after 1 day. Top-left quadrant: electron fraction at the beginning of the SNEC simulation. Top-right quadrant: mass fraction of 56Ni. Bottom-left quadrant: initial entropy at the beginning of the SNEC simulation. Bottom-right quadrant: local heating rate. The magenta line indicates the position of the photosphere. Regions with Ye ≳ 0.48 and s ≲ 50kB/baryon produce a large amount of 56Ni, which has a significant impact on the heating rate on the timescale of days.

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