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

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  • K. P. Mooley

    (Denys Wilkinson Building
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    California Institute of Technology)

  • 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
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • E. Lenc

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • 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
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    ATNF, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)

  • P. Chandra

    (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune University Campus
    Stockholm University)

  • A. Deller

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav))

  • 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
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • 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)

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.

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  • 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. Kasliw, 2018. "A mildly relativistic wide-angle outflow in the neutron-star merger event GW170817," Nature, Nature, vol. 554(7691), pages 207-210, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:554:y:2018:i:7691:d:10.1038_nature25452
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25452
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