A mildly relativistic wide-angle outflow in the neutron-star merger event GW170817

K. P. Mooley (), E. Nakar, K. Hotokezaka, G. Hallinan, A. Corsi, D. A. Frail, A. Horesh, T. Murphy, E. Lenc, D. L. Kaplan, K. De, D. Dobie, P. Chandra, A. Deller, O. Gottlieb, M. M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, S. T. Myers, S. Nissanke, T. Piran, C. Lynch, V. Bhalerao, S. Bourke, K. W. Bannister and L. P. Singer
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K. P. Mooley: Denys Wilkinson Building
E. Nakar: The Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
K. Hotokezaka: Princeton University, Peyton Hall
G. Hallinan: California Institute of Technology
A. Corsi: Texas Tech University
D. A. Frail: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A. Horesh: Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
T. Murphy: Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney
E. Lenc: Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney
D. L. Kaplan: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
K. De: California Institute of Technology
D. Dobie: Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney
P. Chandra: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune University Campus
A. Deller: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
O. Gottlieb: The Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
M. M. Kasliwal: California Institute of Technology
S. R. Kulkarni: California Institute of Technology
S. T. Myers: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
S. Nissanke: Institute of Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Radboud University
T. Piran: Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
C. Lynch: Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney
V. Bhalerao: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
S. Bourke: Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory
K. W. Bannister: ATNF, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
L. P. Singer: Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7691, 207-210

Abstract: The observed electromagnetic emission from GW170817 suggests that a ‘cocoon’ of mildly relativistic material was released as a jet transferred its energy to the neutron-rich dynamical ejecta from the merger.

Date: 2018
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