We are familiar with the idea that the elements from which we are made were created in stars, but where does gold come from, to pick on a heavier element？ Thanks to the optical detection of GW170817, reported here fr...We are familiar with the idea that the elements from which we are made were created in stars, but where does gold come from, to pick on a heavier element？ Thanks to the optical detection of GW170817, reported here from the AST3-2 telescope [1], and at other southern telescopes, a day after its detection by LIGO, we are now closer to answering that question with a fascinating story of binary stellar evolution.展开更多
文摘We are familiar with the idea that the elements from which we are made were created in stars, but where does gold come from, to pick on a heavier element？ Thanks to the optical detection of GW170817, reported here from the AST3-2 telescope [1], and at other southern telescopes, a day after its detection by LIGO, we are now closer to answering that question with a fascinating story of binary stellar evolution.
