Sentences with phrase «binary neutron star merger»
• «On the progenitor of binary neutron star merger GW170817.»
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• «Search for High - energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory.»
«It's therefore quite remarkable that the observation of a single binary neutron star merger that occurred millions of light years away combined with the universal relations discovered through our theoretical work have allowed us to solve a riddle that has seen so much speculation in the past.»
Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger.
The electromagnetic counterpart of the binary neutron star merger LIGO / Virgo GW170817.
Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron star mergers from a gravitational wave event.
C. D. Kilpatrick et al., «Electromagnetic evidence that SSS17a is the result of a binary neutron star merger,» Science (16 October 2017)
On 17 August 2017, gravitational waves (GWs) were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma - ray burst, GRB 170817A.
Observations of a binary neutron star merger at multiple wavelengths can be explained by an off - axis relativistic cocoon model.
Radio observations constrain the energy and geometry of relativistic material ejected from a binary neutron star merger.
On 17 August 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves (GWs) emanating from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817.
Ultraviolet and x-ray observations of a binary neutron star merger show a hot kilonova but no jet along the line of sight.
Although nobody has yet detected gravitational waves, detectors now being built in the US and Italy («Gravity's secret signals», New Scientist, 26 November 1994), which will become operational early next decade, should be sensitive enough to detect the gravitational waves released during the last few minutes of a binary neutron star merger.
But its announcement was delayed due to the time required to understand two other discoveries: a LIGO - Virgo three - detector observation of gravitational waves from another binary black hole merger on August 14, and the first - ever detection of a binary neutron star merger in light and gravitational waves on August 17.
The binary neutron star merger is the fifth LIGO detection, and the second one involving the Virgo detector.
In August 2017, gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) were detected for the first time ever by LIGO and Virgo.
«The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger is something that we have spent decades preparing for,» Weinstein says.
In October, for instance, the LIGO - Virgo team announced the detection of GWs from a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) accompanied by a gamma - ray burst (GRB 170817A).