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Title: | Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger | Authors: | GHIRLANDA, Giancarlo Salafia, Om Sharan Paragi, Z. Giroletti, M. Yang, J. Marcote, B. Blanchard, J. Agudo, I. An, T. BERNARDINI, Maria Grazia Beswick, R. Branchesi, M. CAMPANA, Sergio Casadio, C. Chassande-Mottin, E. Colpi, M. COVINO, Stefano D'AVANZO, Paolo D'Elia, V. Frey, S. Gawronski, M. GHISELLINI, Gabriele Gurvits, L. I. Jonker, P. G. van Langevelde, H. J. MELANDRI, Andrea Moldon, J. Nava, L. Perego, A. Perez-Torres, M. A. Reynolds, C. SALVATERRA, Ruben TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero VENTURI, Tiziana Vergani, S. D. Zhang, M. |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Journal: | SCIENCE | Number: | 363 | Issue: | 6430 | First Page: | 968 | Abstract: | The binary neutron star merger event GW170817 was detected through both electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves. Its afterglow emission may have been produced by either a narrow relativistic jet or an isotropic outflow. High-spatial-resolution measurements of the source size and displacement can discriminate between these scenarios. We present very-long-baseline interferometry observations, performed 207.4 days after the merger by using a global network of 32 radio telescopes. The apparent source size is constrained to be smaller than 2.5 milli-arc seconds at the 90% confidence level. This excludes the isotropic outflow scenario, which would have produced a larger apparent size, indicating that GW170817 produced a structured relativistic jet. Our rate calculations show that at least 10% of neutron star mergers produce such a jet. | Note: | Rassegna stamapa internazionale: Science Magazine (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6430/968.editor-summary), EureKalert (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/aaft-bns021919.php), Astroblogs (https://www.astroblogs.nl/2019/02/21/mondiaal-netwerk-van-radiotelescopen-ziet-nasleep-neutronensterbotsing/), SINC (https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-chorro-de-material-que-surgio-por-la-fusion-de-dos-estrellas-de-neutrones), La Repubblica (https://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2019/02/21/news/materia_veloce_quasi_come_la_luce_dalla_sorgente_di_onde_gravitazionali-219746568/) | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29141 | URL: | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6430/968 https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.00469 |
ISSN: | 0036-8075 | DOI: | 10.1126/science.aau8815 | Bibcode ADS: | 2019Sci...363..968G | Fulltext: | open |
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