SUPERNOVAE AS THE SITE OF THE r-PROCESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY
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We discuss how detection of gamma-ray emission from the decay of r-process nuclei can improve our understanding of r-process nucleosynthesis. We Ðnd that a gamma-ray detector with a sensitivity of D10~7c cm~2 s~1 at keV may detect the emission from the decay of 125Sb, 137Cs, 144Ce, Ec B 100È700 155Eu, and 194Os produced in a future Galactic supernova. In addition, such a detector may determine the emission from the decay of 126Sn in the Vela supernova remnant and the di†use emission from the decay of 126Sn produced by past supernovae in our Galaxy. The required detector sensitivity is similar to what is projected for the proposed Advanced Telescope for High Energy Nuclear Astrophysics (ATHENA). Both the detection of gamma-ray emission from the decay of several r-process nuclei (e.g., 125Sb and 194Os) produced in future Galactic supernovae and the detection of emission from the decay of 126Sn in the Vela supernova remnant would prove that supernovae are a site of the r-process. Furthermore, the former detection would allow us to determine whether or not the r-process nuclei are produced in relative proportions speciÐed by the solar r-process abundance pattern in supernova r-process events. Finally, detection of di†use emission from the decay of 126Sn in our Galaxy would eliminate neutron starÈneutron star mergers as the main source for the r-process nuclei near mass number AD 126. Subject headings : gamma rays : theory È nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances È supernovae : general
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