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Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

The merger of two neutron stars is predicted to give rise to three major detectable phenomena: a short burst of gamma-rays, a gravitational wave signal, and a transient optical/near-infrared source powered by the synthesis of large amounts…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-19 E. Pian , P. D'Avanzo , S. Benetti , M. Branchesi , E. Brocato , S. Campana , E. Cappellaro , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , J. P. U. Fynbo , F. Getman , G. Ghirlanda , G. Ghisellini , A. Grado , G. Greco , J. Hjorth , C. Kouveliotou , A. Levan , L. Limatola , D. Malesani , P. A. Mazzali , A. Melandri , P. Moller , L. Nicastro , E. Palazzi , S. Piranomonte , A. Rossi , O. S. Salafia , J. Selsing , G. Stratta , M. Tanaka , N. R. Tanvir , L. Tomasella , D. Watson , S. Yang , L. Amati , L. A. Antonelli , S. Ascenzi , M. G. Bernardini , M. Boer , F. Bufano , A. Bulgarelli , M. Capaccioli , P. G. Casella , A. J. Castro-Tirado , E. Chassande-Mottin , R. Ciolfi , C. M. Copperwheat , M. Dadina , G. De Cesare , A. Di Paola , Y. Z. Fan , B. Gendre , G. Giuffrida , A. Giunta , L. K. Hunt , G. Israel , Z. -P. Jin , M. Kasliwal , S. Klose , M. Lisi , F. Longo , E. Maiorano , M. Mapelli , . Masetti , L. Nava , B. Patricelli , D. Perley , A. Pescalli , T. Piran , A. Possenti , L. Pulone , M. Razzano , R. Salvaterra , P. Schipani , M. Spera , A. Stamerra , L. Stella , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , E. Troja , M. Turatto , S. D. Vergani , D. Vergani

GW170817/GRB 170817A/AT2017gfo association: some implications for physics and astrophysics

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-12-20 Hao Wang , Fu-Wen Zhang , Yuan-Zhu Wang , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Yun-Feng Liang , Xiang Li , Neng-Hui Liao , Zhi-Ping Jin , Qiang Yuan , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

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

The merger of two neutron stars has been predicted to produce an optical-infrared transient (lasting a few days) known as a 'kilonova', powered by the radioactive decay of neutron-rich species synthesized in the merger. Evidence that short…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-17 Iair Arcavi , Griffin Hosseinzadeh , D. Andrew Howell , Curtis McCully , Dovi Poznanski , Daniel Kasen , Jennifer Barnes , Michael Zaltzman , Sergiy Vasylyev , Dan Maoz , Stefano Valenti

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2018-07-25 Yun-Wei Yu , Liang-Duan Liu , Zi-Gao Dai

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-18 S. J. Smartt , T. -W. Chen , A. Jerkstrand , M. Coughlin , E. Kankare , S. A. Sim , M. Fraser , C. Inserra , K. Maguire , K. C. Chambers , M. E. Huber , T. Kruhler , G. Leloudas , M. Magee , L. J. Shingles , K. W. Smith , D. R. Young , J. Tonry , R. Kotak , A. Gal-Yam , J. D. Lyman , D. S. Homan , C. Agliozzo , J. P. Anderson , C. R. Angus C. Ashall , C. Barbarino , F. E. Bauer , M. Berton , M. T. Botticella , M. Bulla , J. Bulger , G. Cannizzaro , Z. Cano , R. Cartier , A. Cikota , P. Clark , A. De Cia , M. Della Valle , L. Denneau , M. Dennefeld , L. Dessart , G. Dimitriadis , N. Elias-Rosa , R. E. Firth , H. Flewelling , A. Flors , A. Franckowiak , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , S. Gonzalez-Gaitan , J. Greiner , M. Gromadzki , A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu , C. P. Gutierrez , A. Hamanowicz , L. Hanlon , J. Harmanen , K. E. Heintz , A. Heinze , M. -S. Hernandez , S. T. Hodgkin , I. M. Hook , L. Izzo , P. A. James , P. G. Jonker , W. E. Kerzendorf , S. Klose , Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska , M. Kowalski , M. Kromer , H. Kuncarayakti , A. Lawrence , T. B. Lowe , E. A. Magnier , I. Manulis , A. Martin-Carrillo , S. Mattila , O. McBrien , A. Muller , J. Nordin , D. O'Neill , F. Onori , J. T. Palmerio , A. Pastorello , F. Patat , G. Pignata , Ph. Podsiadlowski , M. L. Pumo , S. J. Prentice , A. Rau , A. Razza , A. Rest , T. Reynolds , R. Roy , A. J. Ruiter , K. A. Rybicki , L. Salmon , P. Schady , A. S. B. Schultz , T. Schweyer , I. R. Seitenzahl , M. Smith , J. Sollerman , B. Stalder , C. W. Stubbs , M. Sullivan , H. Szegedi , F. Taddia , S. Taubenberger , G. Terreran , B. van Soelen , J. Vos , R. J. Wainscoat , N. A. Walton , C. Waters , H. Weiland , M. Willman , P. Wiseman , D. E. Wright , L. Wyrzykowski , O. Yaron

A short gamma-ray burst from a proto-magnetar remnant

The contemporaneous detection of gravitational waves and gamma rays from the GW170817/GRB 170817A, followed by kilonova emission a day after, confirmed compact binary neutron-star mergers as progenitors of short-duration gamma-ray bursts…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2022-11-14 N. Jordana-Mitjans , C. G. Mundell , C. Guidorzi , R. J. Smith , E. Ramirez-Ruiz , B. D. Metzger , S. Kobayashi , A. Gomboc , I. A. Steele , M. Shrestha , M. Marongiu , A. Rossi , B. Rothberg

Modeling GW170817 based on numerical relativity and its implications

Gravitational-wave observation together with a large number of electromagnetic observations shows that the source of the latest gravitational-wave event, GW170817, detected primarily by advanced LIGO, is the merger of a binary neutron star.…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-12-27 Masaru Shibata , Sho Fujibayashi , Kenta Hotokezaka , Kenta Kiuchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaomi Tanaka

JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger

The mergers of binary compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes are of central interest to several areas of astrophysics, including as the progenitors of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), sources of high-frequency gravitational waves and…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2024-02-09 A. Levan , B. P. Gompertz , O. S. Salafia , M. Bulla , E. Burns , K. Hotokezaka , L. Izzo , G. P. Lamb , D. B. Malesani , S. R. Oates , M. E. Ravasio , A. Rouco Escorial , B. Schneider , N. Sarin , S. Schulze , N. R. Tanvir , K. Ackley , G. Anderson , G. B. Brammer , L. Christensen , V. S. Dhillon , P. A. Evans , M. Fausnaugh , W. -F. Fong , A. S. Fruchter , C. Fryer , J. P. U. Fynbo , N. Gaspari , K. E. Heintz , J. Hjorth , J. A. Kennea , M. R. Kennedy , T. Laskar , G. Leloudas , I. Mandel , A. Martin-Carrillo , B. D. Metzger , M. Nicholl , A. Nugent , J. T. Palmerio , G. Pugliese , J. Rastinejad , L. Rhodes , A. Rossi , S. J. Smartt , H. F. Stevance , A. Tohuvavohu , A. van der Horst , S. D. Vergani , D. Watson , T. Barclay , K. Bhirombhakdi , E. Breedt , A. A. Breeveld , A. J. Brown , S. Campana , A. A. Chrimes , P. D'Avanzo , V. D'Elia , M. De Pasquale , M. J. Dyer , D. K. Galloway , J. A. Garbutt , M. J. Green , D. H. Hartmann , P. Jakobsson , P. Kerry , D. Langeroodi , J. K. Leung , S. P. Littlefair , J. Munday , P. O'Brien , S. G. Parsons , I. Pelisoli , A. Saccardi , D. I. Sahman , R. Salvaterra , B. Sbarufatti , D. Steeghs , G. Tagliaferri , C. C. Thöne , A. de Ugarte Postigo , D. A. Kann

Is the macronova in GW170817 powered by the central engine?

The gravitational wave event GW170817 from a binary neutron star (NS) merger is accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts, and the optical and near-infared emission is called a macronova (or kilonova). Although the radioactivity of…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2018-07-18 Tatsuya Matsumoto , Kunihito Ioka , Shota Kisaka , Ehud Nakar

Kilonovae

The coalescence of double neutron star (NS-NS) and black hole (BH)-NS binaries are prime sources of gravitational waves (GW) for Advanced LIGO/Virgo and future ground-based detectors. Neutron-rich matter released from such events undergo…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2020-01-08 Brian D. Metzger

The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

We report the discovery and monitoring of the near-infrared counterpart (AT2017gfo) of a binary neutron-star merger event detected as a gravitational wave source by Advanced LIGO/Virgo (GW170817) and as a short gamma-ray burst by Fermi/GBM…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-17 N. R. Tanvir , A. J. Levan , C. Gonzalez-Fernandez , O. Korobkin , I. Mandel , S. Rosswog , J. Hjorth , P. D'Avanzo , A. S. Fruchter , C. L. Fryer , T. Kangas , B. Milvang-Jensen , S. Rosetti , D. Steeghs , R. T. Wollaeger , Z. Cano , C. M. Copperwheat , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , A. de Ugarte Postigo , P. A. Evans , W. P. Even , S. Fairhurst , R. Figuera Jaimes , C. J. Fontes , Y. I. Fujii , J. P. U. Fynbo , B. P. Gompertz , J. Greiner , G. Hodosan , M. J. Irwin , P. Jakobsson , U. G. Jorgensen , D. A. Kann , J. D. Lyman , D. Malesani , R. G. McMahon , A. Melandri , P. T. O'Brien , J. P. Osborne , E. Palazzi , D. A. Perley , E. Pian , S. Piranomonte , M. Rabus , E. Rol , A. Rowlinson , S. Schulze , P. Sutton , C. C. Thoene , K. Ulaczyk , D. Watson , K. Wiersema , R. A. M. J. Wijers

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. III. Optical and UV Spectra of a Blue Kilonova From Fast Polar Ejecta

We present optical and ultraviolet spectra of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave (GW) source, the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Spectra were obtained nightly between 1.5 and 9.5 days post-merger, using the…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-17 M. Nicholl , E. Berger , D. Kasen , B. D. Metzger , J. Elias , C. Briceno , K. D. Alexander , P. K. Blanchard , R. Chornock , P. S. Cowperthwaite , T. Eftekhari , W. Fong , R. Margutti , V. A. Villar , P. K. G. Williams , W. Brown , J. Annis , A. Bahramian , D. Brout , D. A. Brown , H. -Y. Chen , J. C. Clemens , E. Dennihy , B. Dunlap , D. E. Holz , E. Marchesini , F. Massaro , N. Moskowitz , I. Pelisoli , A. Rest , F. Ricci , M. Sako , M. Soares-Santos , J. Strader

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 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

Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational wave event

The cosmic origin of the elements heavier than iron has long been uncertain. Theoretical modelling shows that the matter that is expelled in the violent merger of two neutron stars can assemble into heavy elements such as gold and platinum…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-17 Daniel Kasen , Brian Metzger , Jennifer Barnes , Eliot Quataert , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

A Kilonova Following a Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst at 350 Mpc

Here, we report the discovery of a kilonova associated with the nearby (350 Mpc) minute-duration GRB 211211A. In tandem with deep optical limits that rule out the presence of an accompanying supernova to $M_I > -13$ mag at 17.7 days…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2022-12-21 J. C. Rastinejad , B. P. Gompertz , A. J. Levan , W. Fong , M. Nicholl , G. P. Lamb , D. B. Malesani , A. E. Nugent , S. R. Oates , N. R. Tanvir , A. de Ugarte Postigo , C. D. Kilpatrick , C. J. Moore , B. D. Metzger , M. E. Ravasio , A. Rossi , G. Schroeder , J. Jencson , D. J. Sand , N. Smith , J. F. Agüí Fernández , E. Berger , P. K. Blanchard , R. Chornock , B. E. Cobb , M. De Pasquale , J. P. U. Fynbo , L. Izzo , D. A. Kann , T. Laskar , E. Marini , K. Paterson , A. Rouco Escorial , H. M. Sears , C. C. Thöne

Kilonovae and Long-duration Gamma-ray Bursts

Recent detections of kilonova-like emission following long-duration gamma-ray bursts GRB211211A and GRB230307A have been interpreted as originating from the merger of two neutron stars. In this work, we demonstrate that these observations…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2026-04-28 Marko Ristić , Brandon L. Barker , Samuel Cupp , Axel Gross , Nicole Lloyd-Ronning , Oleg Korobkin , Jonah M. Miller , Matthew R. Mumpower

The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

The binary neutron star merger GW170817 was the first multi-messenger event observed in both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic signal began approximately 2 seconds post-merger with a weak, short burst of…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2018-09-20 J. D. Lyman , G. P. Lamb , A. J. Levan , I. Mandel , N. R. Tanvir , S. Kobayashi , B. Gompertz , J. Hjorth , A. S. Fruchter , T. Kangas , D. Steeghs , I. A. Steele , Z. Cano , C. Copperwheat , P. A. Evans , J. P. U. Fynbo , C. Gall , M. Im , L. Izzo , P. Jakobsson , B. Milvang-Jensen , P. O'Brien , J. P. Osborne , E. Palazzi , D. A. Perley , E. Pian , S. Rosswog , A. Rowlinson , S. Schulze , E. R. Stanway , P. Sutton , C. C. Thöne , A. de Ugarte Postigo , D. J. Watson , K. Wiersema , R. A. M. J. Wijers

Polarization of the first-hour macronovae

Macronovae (or kilonovae) are the optical and NIR counterparts of binary neutron star mergers. While the macronova in GW170817 was detected about 10 hours after the GW detection, future observations can possibly detect them within the first…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2018-08-29 Tatsuya Matsumoto

Kilonovae

The mergers of double neutron star (NS-NS) and black hole (BH)-NS binaries are promising gravitational wave (GW) sources for Advanced LIGO and future GW detectors. The neutron-rich ejecta from such merger events undergoes rapid neutron…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-07-19 Brian D. Metzger

Light Curves of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for R-Process Nucleosynthesis

On 2017 August 17, gravitational waves were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB170817A. An optical transient source, Swope Supernova Survey 17a (SSS17a), was subsequently…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-10-17 M. R. Drout , A. L. Piro , B. J. Shappee , C. D. Kilpatrick , J. D. Simon , C. Contreras , D. A. Coulter , R. J. Foley , M. R. Siebert , N. Morrell , K. Boutsia , F. Di Mille , T. W. -S. Holoien , D. Kasen , J. A. Kollmeier , B. F. Madore , A. J. Monson , A. Murguia-Berthier , Y. -C. Pan , J. X. Prochaska , E. Ramirez-Ruiz , A. Rest , C. Adams , K. Alatalo , E. Bañados , J. Baughman , T. C. Beers , R. A. Bernstein , T. Bitsakis , A. Campillay , T. T. Hansen , C. R. Higgs , A. P. Ji , G. Maravelias , J. L. Marshall , C. Moni Bidin , J. L. Prieto , K. C. Rasmussen , C. Rojas-Bravo , A. L. Strom , N. Ulloa , J. Vargas-González , Z. Wan , D. D. Whitten