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Illuminating Gravitational Waves: A Concordant Picture of Photons from a Neutron Star Merger
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- NASA Astrophysics Data System, Kasliwal, M M, Nakar, E, Singer, L P, Kaplan, D L, Cook, D O, Sistine, A V, Lau, R M, Fremling, C, Gottlieb, O, Jencson, J E, Adams, S M, Feindt, U, Hotokezaka, K, Ghosh, S, Perley, D A, Yu, P-C, Piran, T, Allison, J R, Anupama, G C, Balasubramanian, A, Bannister, K W, Bally, J, Barnes, J, Barway, S, Bellm, E, Bhalerao, V, Bhattacharya, D, Blagorodnova, N, Bloom, J S, Brady, P R, Cannella, C, Chatterjee, D, Cenko, S B, Cobb, B E, Copperwheat, C, Corsi, A, De, K, Dobie, D, Emery, S W K, Evans, P A, Fox, O D, Frail, D A, Frohmaier, C, Goobar, A, Hallinan, G, Harrison, F, Helou, G, Hinderer, T, Ho, A Y Q, Horesh, A, Ip, W-H, Itoh, R, Kasen, D, Kim, H, Kuin, N P M, Kupfer, T, Lynch, C, Madsen, K, Mazzali, P A, Miller, A A, Mooley, K, Murphy, T, Ngeow, C-C, Nichols, D, Nissanke, S, Nugent, P, Ofek, E O, Qi, H, Quimby, R M, Rosswog, S, Rusu, F, Sadler, E M, Schmidt, P, Sollerman, J, Steele, I, Williamson, A R, Yan, L, Yatsu, Y & Zhao, W 2017, ' Illuminating gravitational waves : a concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger ', Science, vol. 358, no. 6370, pp. 1559–1565 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9455, Science, 358, 1559-1565, Science, 358, 6370, pp. 1559-1565, Science, Kasliwal, MM; Nakar, E; Singer, LP; Kaplan, DL; Cook, DO; Van Sistine, A; et al.(2017). Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger. Science, 358(6370), 1559-1565. doi: 10.1126/science.aap9455. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/183320km
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Abstract
- Merging neutron stars offer an exquisite laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an electromagnetic counterpart EM170817 to gravitational waves (GW170817) detected from merging neutron stars. By synthesizing a panchromatic dataset, we demonstrate that merging neutron stars are a long-sought production site forging heavy elements by r-process nucleosynthesis. The weak gamma-rays seen in EM170817 are dissimilar to classical short gamma-ray bursts with ultra-relativistic jets. Instead, we suggest that breakout of a wide-angle, mildly-relativistic cocoon engulfing the jet elegantly explains the low-luminosity gamma-rays, the high-luminosity ultraviolet-optical-infrared and the delayed radio/X-ray emission. We posit that all merging neutron stars may lead to a wide-angle cocoon breakout; sometimes accompanied by a successful jet and sometimes a choked jet.<br />Science, in press DOI 10.1126/science.aap9455, 83 pages, 3 tables, 16 figures
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- Photon
astro-ph.SR
Astronomy
astro-ph.GA
gr-qc
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
FOS: Physical sciences
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nucleosynthesis
0103 physical sciences
Gravitational wave, Neutron star-Neutron star merger
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Physics
astro-ph.HE
Jet (fluid)
Multidisciplinary
Breakout
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Gravitational wave
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Neutron star
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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- ISSN :
- 15591565 and 00368075
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- NASA Astrophysics Data System, Kasliwal, M M, Nakar, E, Singer, L P, Kaplan, D L, Cook, D O, Sistine, A V, Lau, R M, Fremling, C, Gottlieb, O, Jencson, J E, Adams, S M, Feindt, U, Hotokezaka, K, Ghosh, S, Perley, D A, Yu, P-C, Piran, T, Allison, J R, Anupama, G C, Balasubramanian, A, Bannister, K W, Bally, J, Barnes, J, Barway, S, Bellm, E, Bhalerao, V, Bhattacharya, D, Blagorodnova, N, Bloom, J S, Brady, P R, Cannella, C, Chatterjee, D, Cenko, S B, Cobb, B E, Copperwheat, C, Corsi, A, De, K, Dobie, D, Emery, S W K, Evans, P A, Fox, O D, Frail, D A, Frohmaier, C, Goobar, A, Hallinan, G, Harrison, F, Helou, G, Hinderer, T, Ho, A Y Q, Horesh, A, Ip, W-H, Itoh, R, Kasen, D, Kim, H, Kuin, N P M, Kupfer, T, Lynch, C, Madsen, K, Mazzali, P A, Miller, A A, Mooley, K, Murphy, T, Ngeow, C-C, Nichols, D, Nissanke, S, Nugent, P, Ofek, E O, Qi, H, Quimby, R M, Rosswog, S, Rusu, F, Sadler, E M, Schmidt, P, Sollerman, J, Steele, I, Williamson, A R, Yan, L, Yatsu, Y & Zhao, W 2017, ' Illuminating gravitational waves : a concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger ', Science, vol. 358, no. 6370, pp. 1559–1565 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9455, Science, 358, 1559-1565, Science, 358, 6370, pp. 1559-1565, Science, Kasliwal, MM; Nakar, E; Singer, LP; Kaplan, DL; Cook, DO; Van Sistine, A; et al.(2017). Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger. Science, 358(6370), 1559-1565. doi: 10.1126/science.aap9455. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/183320km
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d4b212fc21366876165eb186e88ab1e2