Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817

Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817

The source of the gravitational-wave (GW) signal GW170817, very likely a binary neutron star merger, was also observed electromagnetically, providing the first multi-messenger observations of this type. The two-week-long electromagnetic (EM) counterpart had a signature indicative of an r-process-ind...

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Main Authors: Aggarwal, Neerja (Contributor), Buikema, Aaron (Contributor), Donovan, Frederick J (Contributor), Eisenstein, Robert Alan (Contributor), Essick, Reed Clasey (Contributor), Fernandez Galiana, Alvaro-Miguel (Contributor), Fritschel, Peter K (Contributor), Gras, Slawomir (Contributor), MacInnis, Myron E (Contributor), Martynov, Denis (Contributor), Mason, Kenneth R (Contributor), Matichard, Fabrice (Contributor), Mavalvala, Nergis (Contributor), Miller, John (Contributor), Vitale, Salvatore (Contributor), Weiss, Rainer (Contributor), Yu, Haocun (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2018-08-20T17:16:02Z.
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