Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A)...

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Main Authors: LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Author), Virgo Collaboration (Author), Aggarwal, Nancy (Contributor), Barsotti, Lisa (Contributor), Biscans, Sebastien (Contributor), Buikema, Aaron (Contributor), Demos, Nicholas (Contributor), Donovan, Frederick J (Contributor), Eisenstein, Robert Alan (Contributor), Essick, Reed Clasey (Contributor), Evans, Matthew J (Contributor), Fernandez Galiana, Alvaro-Miguel (Contributor), Fritschel, Peter K (Contributor), Gras, Slawomir (Contributor), Hall, Evan D. (Contributor), Katsavounidis, Erotokritos (Contributor), Kontos, Antonios (Contributor), Lanza Jr, Robert K (Contributor), Lynch, Ryan Christopher (Contributor), MacInnis, Myron E (Contributor), Martynov, Denis (Contributor), Mason, Kenneth R (Contributor), Matichard, Fabrice (Contributor), Mavalvala, Nergis (Contributor), McCuller, Lee P (Contributor), Miller, John (Contributor), Mittleman, Richard K (Contributor), Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan (Contributor), Shoemaker, David H (Contributor), Tse, Maggie (Contributor), Vitale, Salvatore (Contributor), Weiss, Rainer (Contributor), Yu, Hang (Contributor), Yu, Haocun (Contributor), Zucker, Michael E (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2018-04-26T15:18:22Z.
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