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Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger S190814bv
K. Ackley, L. Amati, C. Barbieri, F. E. Bauer, S. Benetti, M. G. Bernardini, K. Bhirombhakdi, M. T. Botticella, M. Branchesi, E. Brocato, S. H. Bruun, M. Bulla, S. Campana, E. Cappellaro, A. J. Castro-Tirado, K. C. Chambers, S. Chaty, T.-W. Chen, R. Ciolfi, A. Coleiro, et al (134)
Feb 07 2020 astro-ph.SR astro-ph.GA astro-ph.HE arXiv:2002.01950v2

@misc{2002.01950, author = {K.~Ackley and L.~Amati and C.~Barbieri and F.~E.~Bauer and S.~Benetti and M.~G.~Bernardini and K.~Bhirombhakdi and M.~T.~Botticella and M.~Branchesi and E.~Brocato and S.~H.~Bruun and M.~Bulla and S.~Campana and E.~Cappellaro and A.~J.~Castro-Tirado and K.~C.~Chambers and S.~Chaty and T.-W.~Chen and R.~Ciolfi and A.~Coleiro and C.~M.~Copperwheat and S.~Covino and R.~Cutter and F.~D'Ammando and P.~D'Avanzo and G.~De Cesare and V.~D'Elia and M.~Della Valle and L.~Denneau and M.~De Pasquale and V.~S.~Dhillon and M.~J.~Dyer and N.~Elias-Rosa and P.~A.~Evans and R.~A.~J.~Eyles-Ferris and A.~Fiore and M.~Fraser and A.~S.~Fruchter and J.~P.~U.~Fynbo and L.~Galbany and C.~Gall and D.~K.~Galloway and F.~I.~Getman and G.~Ghirlanda and J.~H.~Gillanders and A.~Gomboc and B.~P.~Gompertz and C.~González-Fernández and S.~González-Gaitán and A.~Grado and G.~Greco and M.~Gromadzki and P.~J.~Groot and C.~P.~Gutiérrez and T.~Heikkilä and K.~E.~Heintz and J.~Hjorth and Y.-D.~Hu and M.~E.~Huber and C.~Inserra and L.~Izzo and J.~Japelj and A.~Jerkstrand and Z.~P.~Jin and P.~G.~Jonker and E.~Kankare and D.~A.~Kann and M.~Kennedy and S.~Kim and S.~Klose and E.~C.~Kool and R.~Kotak and H.~Kuncarayakti and G.~P.~Lamb and G.~Leloudas and A.~J.~Levan and F.~Longo and T.~B.~Lowe and J.~D.~Lyman and E.~Magnier and K.~Maguire and E.~Maiorano and I.~Mandel and M.~Mapelli and S.~Mattila and O.~R.~McBrien and A.~Melandri and M.~J.~Michałowski and B.~Milvang-Jensen and S.~Moran and L.~Nicastro and M.~Nicholl and A.~Nicuesa Guelbenzu and L.~Nuttal and S.~R.~Oates and P.~T.~O'Brien and F.~Onori and E.~Palazzi and B.~Patricelli and A.~Perego and M.~A.~P.~Torres and D.~A.~Perley and E.~Pian and G.~Pignata and S.~Piranomonte and S.~Poshyachinda and A.~Possenti and M.~L.~Pumo and J.~Quirola-Vásquez and F.~Ragosta and G.~Ramsay and A.~Rau and A.~Rest and T.~M.~Reynolds and S.~S.~Rosetti and A.~Rossi and S.~Rosswog and N.~B.~Sabha and A.~Sagués Carracedo and O.~S.~Salafia and L.~Salmon and R.~Salvaterra and S.~Savaglio and L.~Sbordone and P.~Schady and P.~Schipani and A.~S.~B.~Schultz and T.~Schweyer and S.~J.~Smartt and K.~W.~Smith and M.~Smith and J.~Sollerman and S.~Srivastav and E.~R.~Stanway and R.~L.~C.~Starling and D.~Steeghs and G.~Stratta and C.~W.~Stubbs and N.~R.~Tanvir and V.~Testa and E.~Thrane and J.~L.~Tonry and M.~Turatto and K.~Ulaczyk and A.~J.~van der Horst and S.~D.~Vergani and N.~A.~Walton and D.~Watson and K.~Wiersema and K.~Wiik and L.~Wyrzykowski and S.~Yang and S.-X.~Yi and D.~R.~Young}, title = {{O}bservational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger {S}190814bv}, year = {2020}, eprint = {2002.01950}, note = {arXiv:2002.01950v2} }
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On 2019 August 14, the LIGO and Virgo interferometers detected a high-significance event labelled S190814bv. Preliminary analysis of the GW data suggests that the event was likely due to the merger of a compact binary system formed by a BH and a NS. ElectromagNetic counterparts of GRAvitational wave sources at the VEry Large Telescope (ENGRAVE) collaboration members carried out an intensive multi-epoch, multi-instrument observational campaign to identify the possible optical/near infrared counterpart of the event. In addition, the ATLAS, GOTO, GRAWITA-VST, Pan-STARRS and VINROUGE projects also carried out a search on this event. Our observations allow us to place limits on the presence of any counterpart and discuss the implications for the kilonova (KN) possibly generated by this NS-BH merger, and for the strategy of future searches. Altogether, our observations allow us to exclude a KN with large ejecta mass $M\gtrsim 0.1\,\mathrm{M_\odot}$ to a high ($>90\%$) confidence, and we can exclude much smaller masses in a subsample of our observations. This disfavours the tidal disruption of the neutron star during the merger. Despite the sensitive instruments involved in the campaign, given the distance of S190814bv we could not reach sufficiently deep limits to constrain a KN comparable in luminosity to AT 2017gfo on a large fraction of the localisation probability. This suggests that future (likely common) events at a few hundreds Mpc will be detected only by large facilities with both high sensitivity and large field of view. Galaxy-targeted observations can reach the needed depth over a relevant portion of the localisation probability with a smaller investment of resources, but the number of galaxies to be targeted in order to get a fairly complete coverage is large, even in the case of a localisation as good as that of this event.
The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars
N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, C. Gonzalez-Fernandez, O. Korobkin, I. Mandel, S. Rosswog, J. Hjorth, P. D'Avanzo, A. S. Fruchter, C. L. Fryer, T. Kangas, B. Milvang-Jensen, S. Rosetti, D. Steeghs, R. T. Wollaeger, Z. Cano, C. M. Copperwheat, S. Covino, V. D'Elia, A. de Ugarte Postigo, et al (34)
Oct 17 2017 astro-ph.HE arXiv:1710.05455v1

@misc{1710.05455, author = {N.~R.~Tanvir and A.~J.~Levan and C.~Gonzalez-Fernandez and O.~Korobkin and I.~Mandel and S.~Rosswog and J.~Hjorth and P.~D'Avanzo and A.~S.~Fruchter and C.~L.~Fryer and T.~Kangas and B.~Milvang-Jensen and S.~Rosetti and D.~Steeghs and R.~T.~Wollaeger and Z.~Cano and C.~M.~Copperwheat and S.~Covino and V.~D'Elia and A.~de Ugarte Postigo and P.~A.~Evans and W.~P.~Even and S.~Fairhurst and R.~Figuera Jaimes and C.~J.~Fontes and Y.~I.~Fujii and J.~P.~U.~Fynbo and B.~P.~Gompertz and J.~Greiner and G.~Hodosan and M.~J.~Irwin and P.~Jakobsson and U.~G.~Jorgensen and D.~A.~Kann and J.~D.~Lyman and D.~Malesani and R.~G.~McMahon and A.~Melandri and P.~T.~O'Brien and J.~P.~Osborne and E.~Palazzi and D.~A.~Perley and E.~Pian and S.~Piranomonte and M.~Rabus and E.~Rol and A.~Rowlinson and S.~Schulze and P.~Sutton and C.~C.~Thoene and K.~Ulaczyk and D.~Watson and K.~Wiersema and R.~A.~M.~J.~Wijers}, title = {{T}he {E}mergence of a {L}anthanide-{R}ich {K}ilonova {F}ollowing the {M}erger of {T}wo {N}eutron {S}tars}, year = {2017}, eprint = {1710.05455}, doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/aa90b6}, note = {arXiv:1710.05455v1} }
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We report the discovery and monitoring of the near-infrared counterpart (AT2017gfo) of a binary neutron-star merger event detected as a gravitational wave source by Advanced LIGO/Virgo (GW170817) and as a short gamma-ray burst by Fermi/GBM and Integral/SPI-ACS (GRB170817A). The evolution of the transient light is consistent with predictions for the behaviour of a "kilonova/macronova", powered by the radioactive decay of massive neutron-rich nuclides created via r-process nucleosynthesis in the neutron-star ejecta. In particular, evidence for this scenario is found from broad features seen in Hubble Space Telescope infrared spectroscopy, similar to those predicted for lanthanide dominated ejecta, and the much slower evolution in the near-infrared Ks-band compared to the optical. This indicates that the late-time light is dominated by high-opacity lanthanide-rich ejecta, suggesting nucleosynthesis to the 3rd r-process peak (atomic masses A~195). This discovery confirms that neutron-star mergers produce kilo-/macronovae and that they are at least a major - if not the dominant - site of rapid neutron capture nucleosynthesis in the universe.
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, et al (1294)
Oct 17 2017 astro-ph.CO arXiv:1710.05835v1

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D.~Andrew Howell and Curtis McCully and Dovi Poznanski and Sergiy Vasylyev and N.~R.~Tanvir and A.~J.~Levan and J.~Hjorth and Z.~Cano and C.~Copperwheat and A.~de Ugarte-Postigo and P.A.~Evans and J.P.U.~Fynbo and C.~González-Fernández and J.~Greiner and M.~Irwin and J.~Lyman and I.~Mandel and R.~McMahon and B.~Milvang-Jensen and P.~O'Brien and J.~P.~Osborne and D.~A.~Perley and E.~Pian and E.~Palazzi and E.~Rol and S.~Rosetti and S.~Rosswog and A.~Rowlinson and S.~Schulze and D.T.H.~Steeghs and C.C.~Thöne and K.~Ulaczyk and D.~Watson and K.~Wiersema and V.M.~Lipunov and E.~Gorbovskoy and V.G.~Kornilov and N .Tyurina and P.~Balanutsa and D.Vlasenko and I.Gorbunov and R.~Podesta and H.~Levato and C.~Saffe and D.A.H.Buckley and N.M.~Budnev and O.~Gress and V.~Yurkov and R.~Rebolo and M.~Serra-Ricart}, title = {{A} gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the {H}ubble constant}, year = {2017}, eprint = {1710.05835}, doi = {10.1038/nature24471}, note = {arXiv:1710.05835v1} }
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The detection of GW170817 in both gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves heralds the age of gravitational-wave multi-messenger astronomy. On 17 August 2017 the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors observed GW170817, a strong signal from the merger of a binary neutron-star system. Less than 2 seconds after the merger, a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) was detected within a region of the sky consistent with the LIGO-Virgo-derived location of the gravitational-wave source. This sky region was subsequently observed by optical astronomy facilities, resulting in the identification of an optical transient signal within $\sim 10$ arcsec of the galaxy NGC 4993. These multi-messenger observations allow us to use GW170817 as a standard siren, the gravitational-wave analog of an astronomical standard candle, to measure the Hubble constant. This quantity, which represents the local expansion rate of the Universe, sets the overall scale of the Universe and is of fundamental importance to cosmology. Our measurement combines the distance to the source inferred purely from the gravitational-wave signal with the recession velocity inferred from measurements of the redshift using electromagnetic data. This approach does not require any form of cosmic "distance ladder;" the gravitational wave analysis can be used to estimate the luminosity distance out to cosmological scales directly, without the use of intermediate astronomical distance measurements. We determine the Hubble constant to be $70.0^{+12.0}_{-8.0} \, \mathrm{km} \, \mathrm{s}^{-1} \, \mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$ (maximum a posteriori and 68% credible interval). This is consistent with existing measurements, while being completely independent of them. Additional standard-siren measurements from future gravitational-wave sources will provide precision constraints of this important cosmological parameter.