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
Author(s) -
M. Nicholl,
Edo Berger,
D. Kasen,
B.D. Metzger,
J. Elias,
C. Briceño,
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,
Arash 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
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
carolina digital repository (university of north carolina at chapel hill)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.17615/1cf1-3d15
Subject(s) - kilonova , ejecta , ligo , neutron star , physics , astrophysics , polar , binary number , spectral line , astronomy , gravitational wave , supernova , mathematics , arithmetic
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