Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

R. Drout, M.; L. Piro, Anthony; J. Shappee, B.; D. Kilpatrick, C.; D. Simon, Joshua; Contreras, C.; A. Coulter, D.; J. Foley, R.; R. Siebert, M.; Morrell, N.; Boutsia, K.; Di Mille, F.; W. S. Holoien, T.; Kasen, Daniel; A. Kollmeier, Juna; F. Madore, Barry; Monson, Andrew; Murguia-Berthier, Ariadna; C. Pan, Y.; X. Prochaska, J.; Ramírez-Ruiz, E.; Rest, A.; Adams, C.; Alatalo, Katherine; Bañados, Eduardo; Baughman, J.; C. Beers, Timothy; A. Bernstein, Rebecca; Bitsakis, T.; Campillay, A.; T. Hansen, Terese; Higgs, Clare; P. Ji, Alexander; Maravelias, G.; L. Marshall, J.; Moni Bidin, C.; L. Prieto, J.; C. Rasmussen, Kaitlin; Rojas-Bravo, C.; L. Strom, Allison; Ulloa, Natalie; Vargas-González, Jaime; Wan, Zhen; D. Whitten, Devin

doi:10.1126/science.aaq0049

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Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

Published in Science • Oct 16, 2017

Authors:

M. R. Drout

Anthony L. Piro

B. J. Shappee

Abstract

On 17 August 2017, gravitational waves (GWs) were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB 170817A. An optical transient source, Swope Supernova Survey 17a (SSS17a), was subsequently identified as the counterpart of this event. We prese...

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Nucleosynthesis

Physics

Light curve

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