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A radio counterpart to a neutron star merger

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Gravitational waves have been detected from a binary neutron star merger event, GW170817. The detection of electromagnetic radiation from the same source has shown that the merger occurred in the outskirts of the galaxy NGC 4993, at a distance of 40 megaparsecs from Earth. We report the detection of a counterpart radio source that appears 16 days after the event, allowing us to diagnose the energetics and environment of the merger. The observed radio emission can be explained by either a coll...

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10.1126/science.aap9855

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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Volume:
358
Issue:
6370
Pages:
1579-1583
Publication date:
2017-12-22
Acceptance date:
2017-10-09
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1095-9203
ISSN:
0036-8075
Pmid:
29038372
Language:
English
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pubs:743427
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uuid:a47c1563-6fb8-4c7f-b419-1d58e8e78136
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2019-02-10

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