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2024

Total r-process Yields of Milky Way Neutron Star Mergers,
Holmbeck, E. M. and Andrews, J.J., 2023, arXiv:2310.03847 (in press, ApJL).


2023

Superheavy Elements in Kilonovae,
Holmbeck, E. M., Barnes, J., Lund, K. A., et al. 2023, ApJL, 951, L13.

HD 222925: a New Opportunity to Explore the Astrophysical and Nuclear Conditions of r-process Sites,
Holmbeck, E.M., Surman, R,, Roederer, I.U., McLaughlin, G.C., Frebel, A. 2023, ApJ, 951, 3.

Nucleosynthesis and observation of the heaviest elements,
Holmbeck, E. M., Sprouse, T. M., Mumpower, M. R. 2023, Eur. Phys. J. A. 59, 28.


2022

A Nuclear Equation of State Inferred from Stellar r-Process Abundances,
Holmbeck, E.M., O'Shaughnessy, R., Delfavero, V., Belczynski, K. 2022, ApJ, 926, 196.


2021

Reconstructing Masses of Merging Neutron Stars from Stellar R-Process Abundance Signatures,
Holmbeck, E.M., Frebel, A., McLaughlin, G.C., et al. 2021, ApJ, 909, 21.


2020

The R-Process Alliance: Fourth Data Release from the Search for r-Process-Enhanced Stars in the Galactic Halo,
Holmbeck, E.M., Hansen, T.T., Beers, T.C., et al. 2020, ApJS, 249, 30.

Characterizing r-Process Sites through Actinide Production,
Holmbeck, E.M., Surman, R., Frebel, A., et al. 2020, J. Phys. Conf. Ser, 1668, 15.


2019

Actinide-rich and Actinide-poor r-Process Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars do not Require Separate r-Process Progenitors,
Holmbeck, E.M., Frebel, A., McLaughlin, G.C., et al. 2019, ApJ, 881, 5.


Actinide Production in the Neutron-Rich Ejecta of a Neutron Star Merger,
Holmbeck, E.M., Sprouse T.M., Mumpower, M.R., et al. 2019, ApJ, 870, 23.

2018

The R-Process Alliance: 2MASS J09544277+5246414, the Most Actinide-Enhanced r-II Star Known,
Holmbeck, E.M., Beers, T.C., Roederer, I.U., et al. 2018, ApJL, 859, L24.


The R-Process Alliance: First Release from the Southern Search for r-Process Enhanced Stars in the Galactic Halo,
Hansen, T.T., Holmbeck, E.M., Beers, T.C., et al. 2018, ApJ, 858, 92.


β-Delayed Fission in R-Process Nucleosynthesis,
Mumpower, M.R., Kawano, T., Sprouse, T.M., [et al., including Holmbeck, E.M.] 2018, ApJ, 869, 14.


2017

RAVE J203843.2-002333: The First Highly r-Process-Enhanced Star Identified in the RAVE Survey,
Placco, V.M., Holmbeck, E.M., Frebel, A., et al. 2017, ApJ, 844, 18.