Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

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Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Book Volume: 848

Article Number: ARTN L12

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9

Abstract

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) with a time delay of similar to 1.7 s with respect to the merger time. From the gravitational-wave signal, the source was initially localized to a sky region of 31 deg(2) at a luminosity distance of 40(-8)(+8) Mpc and with component masses consistent with neutron stars. The component masses were later measured to be in the range 0.86 to 2.26 M-circle dot. An extensive observing campaign was launched across the electromagnetic spectrum leading to the discovery of a bright optical transient (SSS17a, now with the IAU identification of AT 2017gfo) in NGC 4993 (at similar to 40 Mpc) less than 11 hours after the merger by the One-Meter, Two Hemisphere (1M2H) team using the 1 m Swope Telescope. The optical transient was independently detected by multiple teams within an hour. Subsequent observations targeted the object and its environment. Early ultraviolet observations revealed a blue transient that faded within 48 hours. Optical and infrared observations showed a redward evolution over similar to 10 days. Following early non-detections, X-ray and radio emission were discovered at the transient's position similar to 9 and similar to 16 days, respectively, after the merger. Both the X-ray and radio emission likely arise from a physical process that is distinct from the one that generates the UV/optical/near-infrared emission. No ultra-high-energy gamma-rays and no neutrino candidates consistent with the source were found in follow-up searches. These observations support the hypothesis that GW170817 was produced by the merger of two neutron stars in NGC4993 followed by a short gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) and a kilonova/macronova powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei synthesized in the ejecta.

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Alba Domi Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Alison Mitchell Lehrstuhl für Physik Oleg Kalekin Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) Gisela Anton Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Thorsten Glüsenkamp Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Thomas Kittler Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Maria Tselengidou Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Thomas Eberl Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Kay Graf Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Steffen Hallmann Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Jürgen Hößl Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Jannik Hofestädt Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Clancy James Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Ulrich Katz Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Dominik Kießling Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Ingo Kreykenbohm Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Robert Lahmann Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Christoph Sieger Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Jörn Wilms Professur für Astronomie und Astrophysik Stefan Funk Lehrstuhl für Physik Giacomo Principe Lehrstuhl für Physik Matthias Büchele Lehrstuhl für Physik Stefan Eschbach Lehrstuhl für Physik David Jankowsky Lehrstuhl für Physik Ira Jung-Richardt Lehrstuhl für Physik Lars Mohrmann Lehrstuhl für Physik Susanne Raab Lehrstuhl für Physik Manami Sasaki Professur für Multiwellenlängenastronomie Idan Shilon Lehrstuhl für Physik Domenico Tiziani Professur für Experimentalphysik Christopher van Eldik Professur für Experimentalphysik Johannes Veh Professur für Experimentalphysik Philipp Willmann Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) André Wörnlein Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Alexander Ziegler Professur für Experimentalphysik

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APA:

Abbott, B.P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T.D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C.,... Woudt, P.A. (2017). Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9

MLA:

Abbott, B. P., et al. "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger." Astrophysical Journal Letters 848.2 (2017).

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