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, Nancy, Buikema, Aaron, Donovan, Frederick J, Eisenstein, Robert Alan, Essick, Reed Clasey, Fernandez Galiana, Alvaro-Miguel, Fritschel, Peter K, Gras, Slawomir, MacInnis, Myron E, Martynov, Denis, Mason, Kenneth R, Matichard, Fabrice, Mavalvala, Nergis, Miller, John, Vitale, Salvatore, Weiss, Rainer, Yu, Haocun
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Published: American Astronomical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117418
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