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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kasliwal, M. M.
• Nakar, E.
• Singer, L. P.
• Kaplan, D. L.
• Cook, D. O.
• Van Sistine, A.
• Lau, R. M.
• Fremling, C.
• Gottlieb, O.
• Jencson, J. E.
• Adams, S. M.
• Feindt, U.
• Hotokezaka, K.
• Ghosh, S.
• Perley, D. A.
• Yu, P.-C.
• Piran, T.
• Allison, J. R.
• Anupama, G. C.
• Balasubramanian, A.
• Bannister, K. W
• Bally, J.
• Barnes, J.
• Barway, S.
• Bellm, E.
• Bhalerao, V.
• Bhattacharya, D.
• Blagorodnova, N.
• Bloom, J. S.
• Brady, P. R.
• Cannella, C.
• Chatterjee, D.
• Cenko, S. B.
• Cobb, B. E.
• Copperwheat, C.
• Corsi, A.
• De, K.
• Dobie, D.
• Emery, S. W. K.
• Evans, P. A.
• Fox, O. D.
• Frail, D. A.
• Frohmaier, C.
• Goobar, A.
• Hallinan, G.
• Harrison, F.
• Helou, G.
• Hinderer, T.
• Ho, A. Y. Q.
• Horesh, A.
• Ip, W.-H.
• Itoh, R.
• Kasen, D.
• Kim, H.
• Kuin, N. P. M.
• Kupfer, T.
• Lynch, C.
• Madsen, K.
• Mazzali, P. A.
• Miller, A. A.
• Mooley, K.
• Murphy, T.
• Ngeow, C.-C.
• Nichols, D.
• Nissanke, S.
• Nugent, P.
• Ofek, E. O.
• Qi, H.
• Quimby, R. M.
• Rosswog, S.
• Rusu, F.
• Sadler, E.M.
• Schmidt, P.
• Sollerman, J.
• Steele, I.
• Williamson, A. R.
• Xu, Y.
• Yan, L.
• Yatsu, Y.
• Zhang, C.
• Zhao, W.

Titel

Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2017-12, Vol.358 (6370), p.1559-1565

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Merging neutron stars offer an excellent laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an electromagnetic counterpart (EM170817) with gravitational waves (GW170817) detected from merging neutron stars. By synthesizing a panchromatic data set, we demonstrate that merging neutron stars are a long-sought production site forging heavy elements by r-process nucleosynthesis. The weak gamma rays seen in EM170817 are dissimilar to classical short gamma-ray bursts with ultrarelativistic jets. Instead, we suggest that breakout of a wide-angle, mildly relativistic cocoon engulfing the jet explains the low-luminosity gamma rays, the high-luminosity ultraviolet-optical-infrared, and the delayed radio and x-ray emission. We posit that all neutron star mergers may lead to a wide-angle cocoon breakout, sometimes accompanied by a successful jet and sometimes by a choked jet.