Open AccessThe 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,
E. 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,
A. 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