Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger

Iair Arcavi (), Griffin Hosseinzadeh, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully, Dovi Poznanski, Daniel Kasen, Jennifer Barnes, Michael Zaltzman, Sergiy Vasylyev, Dan Maoz and Stefano Valenti
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Iair Arcavi: University of California
Griffin Hosseinzadeh: University of California
D. Andrew Howell: University of California
Curtis McCully: University of California
Dovi Poznanski: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
Daniel Kasen: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jennifer Barnes: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
Michael Zaltzman: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
Sergiy Vasylyev: University of California
Dan Maoz: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
Stefano Valenti: University of California

Nature, 2017, vol. 551, issue 7678, 64-66

Abstract: Optical to near-infrared observations of a transient coincident with the detection of the gravitational-wave signature of a binary neutron-star merger and a low-luminosity short-duration γ-ray burst are presented and modelled.

Date: 2017
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