Electromagnetic counterparts to structured jets from gravitational wave detected mergers
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2345
Abstract: We show the peak magnitude for orphan afterglows from the jets of gravitational wave (GW) detected black-hole/neutron star - neutron star (BH/NS-NS) mergers highly depends on the jet half-opening angle $\theta_j$. Short $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRB)… read more here.
Keywords: detected mergers; gravitational wave; structured jets; jets gravitational ... See more keywords