Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

M. Kasliwal, M.; Nakar, E.; P. Singer, L.; L. Kaplan, D.; O. Cook, D.; Van Sistine, A.; M. Lau, R.; Fremling, C.; Gottlieb, O.; E. Jencson, J.; M. Adams, S.; Feindt, U.; Hotokezaka, K.; Ghosh, S.; A. Perley, D.; Yu, P.-C.; Piran, T.; R. Allison, J.; C. Anupama, G.; Balasubramanian, A.; W. Bannister, K.; Bally, J.; Barnes, J.; Barway, S.; Bellm, E.; Bhalerao, V.; Bhattacharya, D.; Blagorodnova, N.; S. Bloom, J.; R. Brady, P.; Cannella, C.; Chatterjee, D.; B. Cenko, S.; E. Cobb, B.; Copperwheat, C.; Corsi, A.; De, K.; Dobie, D.; W. K. Emery, S.; A. Evans, P.; D. Fox, O.; A. Frail, D.; Frohmaier, C.; Goobar, A.; Hallinan, G.; Harrison, F.; Helou, G.; Hinderer, T.; Y. Q. Ho, A.; Horesh, A.; Ip, W.-H.; Itoh, R.; Kasen, D.; Kim, H.; P. M. Kuin, N.; Kupfer, T.; Lynch, C.; Madsen, K.; A. Mazzali, P.; A. Miller, A.; Mooley, K.; Murphy, T.; Ngeow, C.-C.; Nichols, D.; Nissanke, S.; Nugent, P.; O. Ofek, E.; Qi, H.; M. Quimby, R.; Rosswog, S.; Rusu, F.; M. Sadler, E.; Schmidt, P.; Sollerman, J.; Steele, I.; R. Williamson, A.; Xu, Y.; Yan, L.; Yatsu, Y.; Zhang, C.; Zhao, W.

doi:10.1126/science.aap9455

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Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

Published in Science • Oct 16, 2017

Authors:

M. M. Kasliwal

E. Nakar

L. P. Singer

Abstract

Merging neutron stars offer an excellent laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an electromagnetic counterpart (EM170817) with gravitational waves (GW170817) detected from merging neutron stars. By synt...

Subject

Neutron star

Physics

Astrophysics

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