A Strategy for LSST to Unveil a Population of Kilonovae without Gravitational-wave Triggers
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DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/ab1531
Abstract: We present a cadence optimization strategy to unveil a large population of kilonovae using optical imaging alone. These transients are generated during binary neutron star and potentially neutron star-black hole mergers and are electromagnetic counterparts… read more here.
Keywords: population kilonovae; gravitational wave; kilonovae; wave triggers ... See more keywords