The X-ray counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW170817
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DOI: 10.1038/nature24290
Abstract: A long-standing paradigm in astrophysics is that collisions—or mergers—of two neutron stars form highly relativistic and collimated outflows (jets) that power γ-ray bursts of short (less than two seconds) duration. The observational support for this… read more here.
Keywords: wave event; ray counterpart; gravitational wave; event gw170817 ... See more keywords