Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Abbott, B. P., Simonetti, John H., Tsai, J., Nathaniel, K.
• Other Authors: Physics
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: gravitational waves; stars: neutron; Antarctic; Canada; Indian; New Zealand; Queensland; Argentina; Conseil; Marsden; Hubble; Murchison; Observatorio; Lagrange; Pire; Kavli; Kalle; Papiit; Antarc*; Australian Antarctic Division; National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs; Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93769; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A)...