The afterglow of GW170817 from every angle: prospects for detecting the afterglows of binary neutron star mergers
Brian J Morsony,
Ryan De Los Santos,
Rubin Hernandez
et al.
Abstract:To date GW170817, produced by a binary neutron star (BNS) merger, is the only gravitational wave (GW) event with an electromagnetic counterpart. It was associated with a prompt short gamma-ray burst (GRB), an optical kilonova, and the afterglow of a structured off-axis relativistic jet. We model the prospects for future mergers discovered in gravitational waves to produce detectable afterglows. Using a model fit to GW170817, we assume all BNS mergers produce jets with the same parameters, and model the aftergl… Show more
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