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We report the discovery and multi-wavelength data analysis of the peculiar optical transient, ATLAS17aeu. This transient was identified in the skymap of the LIGO gravitational wave event GW170104 by our ATLAS and Pan-STARRS coverage.…

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On 17 August 2017, a gravitational wave event (GW170817) and an associated short gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) from a binary neutron star merger had been detected. The followup optical/infrared observations also identified the…

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The discovery of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave signal has generated follow-up observations by over 50 facilities world-wide, ushering in the new era of multi-messenger astronomy. In this paper, we present…

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Search for radio remnants of nearby off-axis Gamma-Ray Bursts in a sample of Swift/BAT events

The multi-messenger discovery of gravitational waves (GWs) and light from the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817, associated with Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 170817A and kilonova AT2017gfo, has marked the start of a new era in astrophysics.…

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Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the Optical Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source

On 2017 August 17, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves emanating from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817. Nearly simultaneously, the Fermi and INTEGRAL…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-17 D. A. Coulter , R. J. Foley , C. D. Kilpatrick , M. R. Drout , A. L. Piro , B. J. Shappee , M. R. Siebert , J. D. Simon , N. Ulloa , D. Kasen , B. F. Madore , A. Murguia-Berthier , Y. -C. Pan , J. X. Prochaska , E. Ramirez-Ruiz , A. Rest , C. Rojas-Bravo

Afterglows and Kilonovae Associated with Nearby Low-Luminosity Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts: Application to GW170817/GRB170817A

Very recently, the gravitational-wave (GW) event GW170817 was discovered to be associated with the short gamma-ray burst (GRB) 170817A. Multi-wavelength follow-up observations were carried out, and X-ray, optical, and radio counterparts to…

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Electromagnetic Evidence that SSS17a is the Result of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

11 hours after the detection of gravitational wave source GW170817 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo Interferometers, an associated optical transient SSS17a was discovered in the galaxy NGC 4993. While the…

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How Special Is GRB 170817A?

GRB 170817A is the first short gamma-ray burst (GRB) with direct detection of the gravitational-wave radiation and also the spectroscopically identified macronova emission (i.e., AT 2017gfo). The prompt emission of this burst, however, is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-02 Chuan Yue , Qian Hu , Fu-Wen Zhang , Yun-Feng Liang , Zhi-Ping Jin , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

On 2017 August 17, the gravitational-wave event GW170817 was observed by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors, and the gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 170817A was observed independently by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-03 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor , INTEGRAL

A comparison between SALT/SAAO observations and kilonova models for AT 2017gfo: the first electromagnetic counterpart of a gravitational wave transient - GW170817

We report on SALT low resolution optical spectroscopy and optical/IR photometry undertaken with other SAAO telescopes (MASTER-SAAO and IRSF) of the kilonova AT 2017gfo (aka SSS17a) in the galaxy NGC4993 during the first 10 days of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-01 David A. H. Buckley , Igor Andreoni , Sudhanshu Barway , Jeff Cooke , Steven M. Crawford , Evgeny Gorbovskoy , Mariusz Gromadzki , Vladimir Lipunov , Jirong Mao , Stephen B. Potter , Magaretha L. Pretorius , Tyler A. Pritchard , Encarni Romero-Colmenero , Michael M. Shara , Petri Vaisanen , Ted B. Williams

GRB 170817A-GW170817-AT 2017gfo and the observations of NS-NS, NS-WD and WD-WD mergers

The LIGO-Virgo Collaboration has announced the detection of GW170817 and has associated it with GRB 170817A. These signals have been followed after 11 hours by the optical and infrared emission of AT 2017gfo. The origin of this complex…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 J. A. Rueda , R. Ruffini , Y. Wang , U. Barres de Almeida , C. L. Bianco , Y. Chen , R. V. Lobato , C. Maia , D. Primorac , R. Moradi , J. F. Rodriguez

A long-lived remnant neutron star after GW170817 inferred from its associated kilonova

The successful joint observation of the gravitational wave event GW170817 and its multi-wavelength electromagnetic counterparts first enables human to witness a definite merger event of two neutron stars (NSs). This historical event…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-25 Yun-Wei Yu , Liang-Duan Liu , Zi-Gao Dai

The link between short Gamma-ray bursts and Gravitational Waves: perspectives for the THESEUS mission

The knowledge of the class of short Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), characterised by a duration of the gamma-ray emission $\leq 2$ s, experienced an impressive boost in the last decade. In particular, the discovery of short GRB afterglows in 2005…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 P. D'Avanzo

A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black hole mergers and they should also be detectable from lower mass neutron star mergers. These are predicted to eject material rich in heavy radioactive isotopes that can…

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Optical Observations of LIGO Source GW 170817 by the Antarctic Survey Telescopes at Dome A, Antarctica

The LIGO detection of gravitational waves (GW) from merging black holes in 2015 marked the beginning of a new era in observational astronomy. The detection of an electromagnetic signal from a GW source is the critical next step to explore…

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GRB170817A associated with GW170817: multifrequency observations and modeling of prompt gamma-ray emission

We present our observations of electromagnetic transients associated with GW170817/GRB 170817A using optical telescopes of Chilescope observatory and Big Scanning Antenna (BSA) of Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory at 110MHz. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-23 Alexei Pozanenko , Maxim V. Barkov , Pavel Yu. Minaev , Alina A. Volnova , Elena D. Mazaeva , Alexander S. Moskvitin , Maxim A. Krugov , Vladimir A. Samodurov , Vladimir M. Loznikov , Maxim Lyutikov

Late afterglow emission statistics: a clear link between GW170817 and bright short GRBs

GW170817, the first neutron star merger event detected by advanced LIGO/Virgo detectors, was associated with an underluminous short duration GRB 170817A. In this work we compare the forward shock afterglow emission of GW170817/GRB 170817A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Kai-Kai Duan , Zhi-Ping Jin , Fu-Wen Zhang , Yi-Ming Zhu , Xiang Li , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

A luminous blue kilonova and an off-axis jet from a compact binary merger at z=0.1341

The recent discovery of a faint gamma-ray burst (GRB) coincident with the gravitational wave (GW) event GW 170817 revealed the existence of a population of low-luminosity short duration gamma-ray transients produced by neutron star mergers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-21 E. Troja , G. Ryan , L. Piro , H. van Eerten , S. B. Cenko , Y. Yoon , S. -K. Lee , M. Im , T. Sakamoto , P. Gatkine , A. Kutyrev , S. Veilleux

GRB 170817A as a jet counterpart to gravitational wave trigger GW 170817

{\it Fermi}/GBM (Gamma-ray Burst Monitor) and INTEGRAL (the International Gamma-ray Astrophysics Laboratory) reported the detection of the $\gamma$-ray counterpart, GRB 170817A, to the LIGO (Light Interferometer Gravitational-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Gavin P Lamb , Shiho Kobayashi