The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

S. Cowperthwaite, P.; Berger, E.; Ashley Villar, V.; D. Metzger, Brian; Nicholl, M.; Chornock, R.; K. Blanchard, P.; Fong, Wen‐fai; Margutti, R.; Soares-Santos, M.; D. Alexander, K.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Brout, Dillon; Brown, D.; E. Butler, Robert; Chen, H.-Y.; T. Diehl, H.; Doctor, Z.; R. Drout, M.; Eftekhari, Tarraneh; Farr, B.; A. Finley, D.; J. Foley, R.; Frieman, J.; L. Fryer, Chris; García-Bellido, J.; S. S. Gill, M.; Guillochon, James; Herner, K.; E. Holz, D.; Kasen, Daniel; Keßler, R.; Marriner, J.; Matheson, T.; H. Neilsen, Eric; Quataert, Eliot; Palmese, A.; Rest, A.; Sako, M.; Scolnic, D.; Smith, Nathan; L. Tucker, D.; Williams, Paul; Balbinot, E.; L. Carlin, Jeffrey; Cook, Erika; Durret, F.; S. Li, T.; A. A. Lopes, P.; C. C. Lourenço, A.; L. Marshall, J.; E. Medina, G.; Muir, J.; L. Munoz, Robyn; Sauseda, M.; J. Schlegel, David; F. Secco, L.; K. Vivas, A.; C. Wester, W.; Zenteno, A.; Zhang, Yun-Hao; M. C. Abbott, T.; Banerji, M.; Bechtol, K.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bertin, E.; Buckley‐Geer, E.; L. Burke, D.; Capozzi, D.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco Kind, M.; J. Castander, F.; Crocce, M.; E. Cunha, Carlos; B. D’Andrea, C.; N. da Costa, L.; Davis, C.; L. DePoy, D.; Desai, S.; P. Dietrich, J.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; F. Eifler, T.; E. Evrard, A.; R. Fernandez, Elizabeth; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; Gaztañaga, E.; W. Gerdes, D.; Giannantonio, T.; A. Goldstein, D.; Gruen, D.; A. Gruendl, R.; Gutiérrez, G.; Honscheid, K.; Jain, B.; J James, D; Jeltema, T.; W. G. Johnson, M.; D. Johnson, M.; Kent, S.; Krause, E.; G. Kron, Richard; Kuehn, K.; Nuropatkin, N.; Lahav, O.; Lima, M.; Lin, H.; A. G. Maia, M.; March, M.; Martini, Paul; G. McMahon, R.; Menanteau, F.; J. Miller, Carol; Miquel, R.; J. Mohr, J.; Neilsen, E.; C. Nichol, Robert; L. C. Ogando, R.; A. Plazas, A.; Roe, N.; K. Romer, A.; Roodman, A.; S. Rykoff, E.; Sánchez, E.; Scarpine, V.; Schindler, R.; Schubnell, M; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, M.; C. Smith, R.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; E. C. Swanson, M.; Tarlé, G.; Thomas, D.; C. Thomas, R.; A. Troxel, M.; Vikram, V.; R. Walker, A.; H. Wechsler, Risa; Weller, J.; Yanny, B.; Zuntz, J.

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The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters • Oct 16, 2017

Authors:

P. S. Cowperthwaite

E. Berger

V. Ashley Villar

Abstract

We present the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) discovery of the optical counterpart of the first binary neutron star merger detected through gravitational-wave emission, GW170817. Our observations commenced 10.5 hr post-merger, as soon as the localization region became accessible from Chile. We imaged 70...

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Physics

Kilonova

Astrophysics

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