Prospects for detecting gamma rays from r-process producing Magneto-Rotational Supernovae

Jun 10, 2025, 7:00 PM
18m
Old Madison

Old Madison

Parallel session presentation Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics

Speaker

Zhenghai Liu (North Carolina State University)

Description

Magneto-Rotational supernovae (MR-SNe) are rare and energetic supernovae that have exceptionally high magnetic fields. They are relatively uncommon but could be important in enriching galaxies with heavy elements. These explosions have early and fast ejection of matter compared with classic core-collapse supernovae so that rapid neutron capture could take place. We simulated the beta-decay gamma-ray spectrum from the MR-SN that holds the r-process at different epochs, ranging from early times to optically thin phases, using ejecta tracer data together with the PRISM nucleosynthesis network and ENDF VIII nuclear database. We show some preliminary results and interesting isotopes for possible future observations with the next-generation MeV gamma-ray missions.

Primary author

Zhenghai Liu (North Carolina State University)

Co-authors

Evan Grohs (North Carolina State University) Gail McLaughlin (North Carolina State University) Dr Ian Roderer (North Carolina State University) Dr Kelsey Lund (University of California, Berkeley) Dr Moritz Reichert (Universitat de Valencia) Dr Rebecca Surman (University of Notre Dame) Dr Xilu Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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