Are Collapsars Responsible for Some r-Process Elements? How Could We Tell?

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Sep 2004

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THE r-PROCESS The Astrophysical Origin of the Heavy Elements and Related Rare Isotope Accelerator Physics. Proceedings of the Fi

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We consider the possibility that supernovae which form hyper-accreting black holes might be responsible for synthesis of r-process elements with mass A ≲ 130. Calculations are presented which show that these elements are naturally synthesized in neutron-rich magnetically-dominated bubbles born in the inner regions of a black hole accretion disk. Simple considerations suggest that the total mass ejected in the form of these bubbles is about that needed to account for the entire galactic inventory of the 2nd-peak r-process elements. We also argue that if collapsars are responsible for, e.g., Ag synthesis, then Ag abundances should be correlated with Sc and/or Zn abundances in metal-poor stars.

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