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
An Optically Led Search for Kilonovae to z∼0.3 with the Kilonova and Transients Program (KNTraP)
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf332
Abstract: Compact binary mergers detectable in gravitational waves can be accompanied by a kilonova, an electromagnetic transient powered by radioactive decay of newly synthesised r-process elements. A few kilonova candidates have been observed during short gamma-ray… read more here.
Keywords: kntrap; search; transients program; kilonovae ... See more keywords