<i>Swift</i>
                    and
                    <i>NuSTAR</i>
                    observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova

A. Evans, P.; B. Cenko, S.; A. Kennea, J.; W. K. Emery, S.; P. M. Kuin, N.; Korobkin, O.; T. Wollaeger, R.; L. Fryer, C.; K. Madsen, K.; A. Harrison, F.; Xu, Y.; Nakar, E.; Hotokezaka, K.; Lien, A.; Campana, S.; R. Oates, S.; Troja, E.; A. Breeveld, A.; E. Marshall, F.; D. Barthelmy, S.; P. Beardmore, A.; N. Burrows, D.; Cusumano, G.; D’Aì, A.; D’Avanzo, P.; D’Elia, V.; de Pasquale, M.; P. Even, W.; J. Fontes, C.; Forster, K.; Garcia, J.; Giommi, P.; Grefenstette, B.; Gronwall, C.; H. Hartmann, D.; Heida, M.; L. Hungerford, A.; M. Kasliwal, M.; A. Krimm, H.; J. Levan, A.; Malesani, D.; Melandri, A.; Miyasaka, H.; A. Nousek, J.; T. O’Brien, P.; P. Osborne, J.; Pagani, C.; L. Page, K.; M. Palmer, D.; Perri, M.; Pike, S.; L. Racusin, J.; Rosswog, S.; H. Siegel, M.; Sakamoto, T.; Sbarufatti, B.; Tagliaferri, G.; R. Tanvir, N.; Tohuvavohu, A.

doi:10.1126/science.aap9580

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Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova

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Authors:

P. A. Evans

S. B. Cenko

J. A. Kennea

Abstract

GROWTH observations of GW170817 The gravitational wave event GW170817 was caused by the merger of two neutron stars (see the Introduction by Smith). In three papers, teams associated with the GROWTH (Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen) project present their observations of the ...

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