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Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

by Rojas-Bravo, C. , Murguia-Berthier, A. , Piro, A. L. , Kasen, D. , Coulter, D. A. , Kilpatrick, C. D. , Shappee, B. J. , Drout, M. R. , Madore, B. F. , Siebert, M. R. , Foley, R. J. , Simon, J. D. , Ulloa, N. , Prochaska, J. X. , Pan, Y.-C. , Ramirez-Ruiz, E. , Rest, A.

in Astrophysics / Binary stars / Celestial bodies / Electromagnetic radiation / Galaxies / Gamma rays / Gravitational waves / Gravity / Heavy elements / Hemispheres / Neutron stars / Nuclear reactions / Photons / Spectroscopy / Telescopes

2017

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Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

Rojas-Bravo, C.,

Murguia-Berthier, A.,

Piro, A. L.,

Kasen, D.,

Coulter, D. A.,

Kilpatrick, C. D.,

Shappee, B. J.,

Drout, M. R.,

Madore, B. F.,

Siebert, M. R.,

Foley, R. J.,

Simon, J. D.,

Ulloa, N.,

Prochaska, J. X.,

Pan, Y.-C.,

Ramirez-Ruiz, E.,

Rest, A.

2017

Overview

On 17 August 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves (GWs) emanating from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817. Nearly simultaneously, the Fermi and INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) telescopes detected a gamma-ray transient, GRB 170817A. At 10.9 hours after the GW trigger, we discovered a transient and fading optical source, Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), coincident with GW170817. SSS17a is located in NGC 4993, an S0 galaxy at a distance of 40 megaparsecs. The precise location of GW170817 provides an opportunity to probe the nature of these cataclysmic events by combining electromagnetic and GW observations.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Astrophysics

/ Binary stars

/ Celestial bodies

/ Electromagnetic radiation

/ Galaxies

/ Gamma rays

/ Gravitational waves