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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

The short Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the aftermath of the merger of binary compact objects (neutron star -- neutron star or neutron star -- black hole systems). With the simultaneous detection of Gravitational Wave (GW) signal from GW…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-23 Ankur Ghosh , Kuntal Misra , C. S. Vaishnava , L. Resmi , K. G. Arun , Amitesh Omar , Dimple , N. K. Chakradhari

The recent coincident detection of gravitational waves (GW) from a binary neutron star merger with aLIGO/Virgo and short-lived gamma-ray emission with Fermi/GBM (called GW 170817) is a milestone for the establishment of multi-messenger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-17 J. Michael Burgess , Jochen Greiner , Damien Begue , Dimitrios Giannios , Francesco Berlato , Vladimir M. Lipunov

The recent discovery of the neutron star merger and multi-messenger event GW170817 (also known as kilonova GRB170817A) provides an unprecedented laboratory in which to study these mysterious objects, as well as an opportunity to test…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-01 Samar Safi-Harb , Neil Doerksen , Adam Rogers , Chris L. Fryer

We present the first ab initio simulation of a radiation-mediated shock emerging at the photosphere of a relativistic outflow. The simulation is performed using our code radshock that follows fluid dynamics coupled to time-dependent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Christoffer Lundman , Andrei Beloborodov

The final burst of gravitational radiation emitted by coalescing binary neutron stars carries direct information about the neutron star fluid, and, in particular, about the equation of state of nuclear matter at extreme densities. The final…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Joshua A. Faber , Frederic A. Rasio

The merger of a double neutron star (NS-NS) binary may result in a rapidly rotating massive NS with an extremely strong magnetic field (i.e., a millisecond magnetar). In this case, the magnetic spin-down of the NS remnant provides an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-06 He Gao , Bing Zhang , Hou-Jun Lü , Ye Li

The detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star merger, GW170817, marked the dawn of a new era in time-domain astronomy. Monitoring of the radio emission produced by the merger, including high-resolution radio imaging, enabled…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-09 Dougal Dobie , Tara Murphy , David L. Kaplan , Kenta Hotokezaka , Juan Pablo Bonilla Ataides , Elizabeth K. Mahony , Elaine M. Sadler

Binary neutron star mergers are believed to eject significant masses with a diverse range of velocities. Once these ejected materials begin to be decelerated by a homogeneous medium, relativistic electrons are mainly cooled down by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-12 N. Fraija , A. C. Caligula do E. S. Pedreira , P. Veres

The joint gravitational wave (GW) and electromagnetic observations of the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 marked a giant leap in multi-messenger astrophysics. The extensive observation campaign of the associated Gamma-Ray Burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-06 T. Mondal , S. Chakraborty , L. Resmi , D. Bose

Binary neutron stars merger (NS$^2$M) at cosmological distances is probably the only $\gamma$-ray bursts model based on an independently observed phenomenon which is known to be taking place at a comparable rate. We describe this model, its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Piran

The origin and acceleration mechanism of cosmic rays (CRs) remain fundamental open questions. Galaxy mergers are proposed as very high-energy CR accelerators, which are expected to produce high-energy (HE) $\gamma$ rays and neutrinos…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 Jaya Doliya , Deep Jyoti Das , Subhadip Bouri , Pooja Bhattacharjee , Mousumi Das , Ranjan Laha

Neutron star mergers have recently become a tool to study extreme gravity, nucleosynthesis, and the chemical composition of the Universe. To date, there has been one joint gravitational and electromagnetic observation of a binary neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Amelia Henkel , Francois Foucart , Geert Raaijmakers , Samaya Nissanke

The merger of two neutron stars results often in a rapidly and differentially rotating hypermassive neutron star (HMNS). We show by numerical-relativity simulation that the magnetic-field profile around such HMNS is dynamically varied…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Masaru Shibata , Yudai Suwa , Kenta Kiuchi , Kunihito Ioka

Gamma-ray bursts can appear to be a hundred times as luminous as supernovae, but their underlying energy source(s) have remained a mystery. However, there has been evidence for some time now of an association of gamma-ray bursts with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 John Middleditch

The coalescence of binary neutron stars (NSs) may in some cases produce a stable massive NS remnant rather than a black hole. Due to the substantial angular momentum from the binary, such a remnant is born rapidly rotating and likely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Brian D. Metzger , Anthony L. Piro

Gamma-ray bursts, discovered over three decades ago, can appear to be a hundred times as luminous as the brightest supernovae. However, there has been evidence for some time now of an association of gamma-ray bursts with supernovae of type…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Middleditch

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to be produced by relativistic jets from mergers of neutron-stars (NS) or neutron-stars and black-holes (BH). If the Lorentz-factors $\Gamma$ of jets from compact-stellar-mergers follow a similar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 Gavin P Lamb , Shiho Kobayashi

The binary neutron star merger GW170817/GRB170817A confirmed that at least some neutron star mergers are the progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts. Many short gamma-ray bursts have long-term x-ray afterglows that have been interpreted in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Paul D. Lasky , Nikhil Sarin , Greg Ashton