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The 17 pages that link to Neutron star merger, each with the reason it gives.

• Chemical elementRelated: Such mergers can create many heavy elements through rapid neutron capture.

• Gravitational waveBroader topic: Its gravitational waves can be combined with light observations to study heavy-element production.

• GoldBroader topic: Such mergers can provide the conditions needed to forge gold through rapid neutron capture.

• Uranium-238Related: Such mergers provide a site for producing heavy r-process nuclei.

• Gamma-ray burstRelated: These mergers can produce short bursts and gravitational waves.

• NucleosynthesisRelated: Such mergers provide an observed site for rapid neutron capture, though their total contribution remains under study.

• Nuclear astrophysicsRelated: Its neutron-rich ejecta provide a leading site for rapid neutron capture.

• LIGORelated: LIGO measurements of neutron-star mergers revealed a new route to studying dense matter and element production.

• R-processBroader topic: Merger ejecta provide neutron-rich matter where rapid captures can occur.

• GW170817Narrower topic: This merger generated GW170817’s gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals.

• Binary neutron starBroader topic: It is the endpoint of orbital decay and a source of heavy elements.

• KilonovaNarrower topic: The merger launches the neutron-rich material whose radioactive decay powers a kilonova.

• Neutron-star equation of stateRelated: Merger dynamics and the remnant’s evolution depend on dense-matter pressure.

• S-processRelated: Such mergers are a major site of rapid neutron capture, unlike the s-process’s slow regime.

• Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limitBroader topic: Merger remnants can collapse depending on whether their mass exceeds the supported threshold.

• High-energy astrophysicsBroader topic: The event can produce gravitational waves, gamma rays, and radioactive electromagnetic afterglows.

• Gravitational-wave observatoryRelated: The 2017 event GW170817 linked gravitational-wave detection with electromagnetic observations.