Array ( [0] => {{Short description|Gravitational-wave signal detected in 2017}} [1] => {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} [2] => {{Infobox astronomical event [3] => |ra={{RA|13|09|48.08}}{{r|ApJ}} [4] => |dec={{DEC|−23|22|53.3}}{{r|ApJ}} [5] => |epoch=[[J2000.0]] [6] => |distance={{convert|40|Mpc|lk=on}} [7] => |detected_by=[[LIGO]], [[Virgo interferometer|Virgo]] [8] => }} [9] => {{Sky |13|09|48.08 |-|23|22|53.3 |130000000}} [10] => [11] => '''GW 170817''' was a [[gravitational wave]] (GW) signal observed by the [[LIGO]] and [[Virgo interferometer|Virgo]] detectors on 17 August 2017, originating from the shell elliptical galaxy {{nowrap|[[NGC 4993]]}}. The signal was produced by the last moments of the [[inspiral]] process of a binary pair of [[neutron star]]s, ending with their [[Neutron star merger|merger]]. It is the first GW observation that has been confirmed by non-gravitational means.{{r|ApJ|PhysRev2017}} Unlike the five previous GW detections—which were of merging [[black hole]]s and thus not expected to produce a detectable [[electromagnetic signal]]{{cite journal |title=Focus on electromagnetic counterparts to binary black hole mergers | vauthors = Connaughton V |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal Letters]] |year=2016 |type=Editorial |url=http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_BBHM |quote=The follow-up observers sprang into action, not expecting to detect a signal if the gravitational radiation was indeed from a binary black-hole merger. [...] most observers and theorists agreed: the presence of at least one neutron star in the binary system was a prerequisite for the production of a circumbinary disk or neutron star ejecta, without which no electromagnetic counterpart was expected.}}—the aftermath of this merger was seen across the [[electromagnetic spectrum]] by 70 observatories on 7 continents and in space, marking a significant breakthrough for [[multi-messenger astronomy]].{{cite news |date=16 October 2017 |title=NASA missions catch first light from a gravitational-wave event |publisher=[[NASA]] |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6975 |access-date=16 October 2017 |vauthors=Landau E, Chou F, Washington D, Porter M}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Cho A |date=December 2017 |title=Cosmic convergence |journal=Science |volume=358 |issue=6370 |pages=1520–1521 |bibcode=2017Sci...358.1520C |doi=10.1126/science.358.6370.1520 |pmid=29269456}} The discovery and subsequent observations of GW 170817 were given the [[Breakthrough of the Year]] award for 2017 by the journal [[Science (journal)|''Science'']].{{cite web |title=Breakthrough of the year 2017 |url=https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2017/ |website=Science {{!}} AAAS |date=22 December 2017}} [12] => [13] => The gravitational wave signal, designated GW 170817, had a duration of approximately 100 seconds, and showed the characteristic intensity and frequency expected of the [[inspiral]] of two neutron stars. Analysis of the slight variation in arrival time of the GW at the three detector locations (two LIGO and one Virgo) yielded an approximate angular [[direction finding|direction to the source]]. Independently, a short (~2 seconds' duration) [[gamma-ray burst]], designated '''GRB 170817A''', was detected by the [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope|Fermi]] and [[INTEGRAL]] spacecraft beginning 1.7 seconds after the GW merger signal.{{r|ApJ|NYT-20171016|MN-20171016}} These detectors have very limited directional sensitivity, but indicated a large area of the sky which overlapped the gravitational wave position. It has been a long-standing hypothesis that short gamma-ray bursts are caused by neutron star mergers. [14] => [15] => An intense observing campaign then took place to search for the expected emission at optical wavelengths. An [[astronomical transient]] designated '''AT 2017gfo''' (originally, '''SSS 17a''') was found, 11 hours after the gravitational wave signal, in the galaxy {{nowrap|[[NGC 4993]]}}{{r|SM-20171016}} during a search of the region indicated by the GW detection. It was observed by numerous telescopes, from radio to X-ray wavelengths, over the following days and weeks, and was shown to be a fast-moving, rapidly-cooling cloud of neutron-rich material, as expected of debris ejected from a neutron-star merger. [16] => [17] => In October 2018, astronomers reported that {{nowrap|[[GRB 150101B]]}}, a [[gamma-ray burst]] event detected in 2015, may be analogous to GW 170817. The similarities between the two events, in terms of [[gamma ray]], [[optical]], and [[x-ray]] emissions, as well as to the nature of the associated host [[Galaxy|galaxies]], are considered "striking", and this remarkable resemblance suggests the two separate and independent events may both be the result of the merger of neutron stars, and both may be a hitherto-unknown class of [[kilonova]] transients. Kilonova events, therefore, may be more diverse and common in the universe than previously understood, according to the researchers.{{cite news |publisher=[[University of Maryland]] |title=All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered – New observations suggest that kilonovae – immense cosmic explosions that produce silver, gold and platinum – may be more common than thought. |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uom-ait101518.php |date=16 October 2018 |via=[[EurekAlert!]] |access-date=17 October 2018}}{{cite journal | vauthors = Troja E, Ryan G, Piro L, van Eerten H, Cenko SB, Yoon Y, Lee SK, Im M, Sakamoto T, Gatkine P, Kutyrev A, Veilleux S | display-authors = 6 | title = A luminous blue kilonova and an off-axis jet from a compact binary merger at z = 0.1341 | journal = Nature Communications | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 4089 | date = October 2018 | pmid = 30327476 | pmc = 6191439 | doi = 10.1038/s41467-018-06558-7 | arxiv = 1806.10624 | bibcode = 2018NatCo...9.4089T }}{{cite news | vauthors = Mohon L |title=GRB 150101B: A distant cousin to GW 170817 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/grb-150101b-a-distant-cousin-to-gw170817.html |date=16 October 2018 |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=17 October 2018 }}{{cite web | vauthors = Wall M |title=Powerful cosmic flash is likely another neutron-star merger |url=https://www.space.com/42158-another-neutron-star-crash-detected.html |date=17 October 2018 |website=[[Space.com]] |access-date=17 October 2018 }} In retrospect, GRB 160821B, another gamma-ray burst event is now construed to be another kilonova,{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1093/mnras/stz2255|arxiv = 1905.01290|bibcode = 2019MNRAS.489.2104T|title = The afterglow and kilonova of the short GRB 160821B|year = 2019| vauthors = Troja E, Castro-Tirado AJ, Becerra González J, Hu Y, Ryan GS, Cenko SB, Ricci R, Novara G, Sánchez-Rámirez R, Acosta-Pulido JA, Ackley KD, Caballero García MD, Eikenberry SS, Guziy S, Jeong S, Lien AY, Márquez I, Pandey SB, Park IH, Sakamoto T, Tello JC, Sokolov IV, Sokolov VV, Tiengo A, Valeev AF, Zhang BB, Veilleux S | display-authors = 6 |journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume = 489|issue = 2|pages = 2104|s2cid = 145047934}} by its resemblance of its data to AT2017gfo, part of the multi-messenger now denoted GW170817. In December 2022, astronomers suggested that kilonovae could also be found in long duration GRBs.{{cite journal | vauthors = Troja E, Fryer CL, O'Connor B, Ryan G, Dichiara S, Kumar A, Ito N, Gupta R, Wollaeger RT, Norris JP, Kawai N, Butler NR, Aryan A, Misra K, Hosokawa R, Murata KL, Niwano M, Pandey SB, Kutyrev A, van Eerten HJ, Chase EA, Hu YD, Caballero-Garcia MD, Castro-Tirado AJ | display-authors = 6 | title = A nearby long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects | journal = Nature | volume = 612 | issue = 7939 | pages = 228–231 | date = December 2022 | pmid = 36477127 | pmc = 9729102 | doi = 10.1038/s41586-022-05327-3 | arxiv = 2209.03363 | bibcode = 2022Natur.612..228T }}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Kilonova Discovery Challenges our Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts |url=https://www.gemini.edu/pr/kilonova-discovery-challenges-our-understanding-gamma-ray-bursts |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Gemini Observatory |language=en}} [18] => [19] => ==Announcement== [20] => {{Quote box|quote=It's the first time that we've observed a cataclysmic astrophysical event in both gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves – our cosmic messengers.{{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2017/ligo-virgo-first-detection-gravitational-waves-colliding-neutron-stars-1016 |title=LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars |website=MIT News |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=23 October 2017}} | author = [[David Reitze|Reitze D]] |source=LIGO executive director |width=30%}} [21] => The observations were officially announced on 16 October 2017 at press conferences at the [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and at the [[European Southern Observatory|ESO]] headquarters in [[Garching bei München]] in Germany.{{cite news | vauthors = Overbye D |author-link=Dennis Overbye |title=LIGO detects fierce collision of neutron stars for the first time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/science/ligo-neutron-stars-collision.html |date=16 October 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=16 October 2017 }}{{cite news | vauthors = Krieger LM |title=A bright light seen across the Universe, proving Einstein right – violent collisions source of our gold, silver |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/a-bright-light-seen-across-the-universe-proving-einstein-right/ |date=16 October 2017 |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]] |access-date=16 October 2017}}{{cite journal | vauthors = Cho A |title=Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show |date=16 October 2017 |journal=[[Science (magazine)|Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.aar2149 |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/merging-neutron-stars-generate-gravitational-waves-and-celestial-light-show}} [22] => [23] => Some information was leaked before the official announcement, beginning on 18 August 2017 when astronomer J. Craig Wheeler of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] tweeted "New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!".{{cite news | vauthors = Schilling G |title=Astronomers catch gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars |url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/astronomers-catch-gravitational-waves-from-colliding-neutron-stars/ |journal=[[Sky & Telescope]] |date=16 October 2017 |quote=because colliding black holes don't give off any light, you wouldn't expect any optical counterpart.}} He later deleted the tweet and apologized for [[Scoop (news)|scooping]] the official announcement protocol. Other people followed up on the rumor, and reported that the public logs of several major telescopes listed priority interruptions in order to observe {{nowrap|[[NGC 4993]]}}, a galaxy {{convert|40|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on}} away in the [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra constellation]].{{cite news | vauthors = Castelvecchi D |title=Rumours swell over new kind of gravitational-wave sighting |date=August 2017 |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature News]] |doi=10.1038/nature.2017.22482}}{{cite news | vauthors = McKinnon M |title=Exclusive: We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2144937-exclusive-we-may-have-detected-a-new-kind-of-gravitational-wave/ |date=23 August 2017 |magazine=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }} The collaboration had earlier declined to comment on the rumors, not adding to a previous announcement that there were several triggers under analysis.{{cite news |title=A very exciting LIGO-Virgo observing run is drawing to a close August 25|url=http://www.ligo.org/news/index.php#O2end |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=[[LIGO]] |access-date=29 August 2017}}{{r|NG-20170825}} [24] => [25] => ==Gravitational wave detection== [26] => [[File:Neutron star collision.ogv|thumb|left|[[Artist's impression]] of the collision of two neutron stars. This is a general illustration, not specific to GW170817. ([[:File:Neutron star collision.ogv|00:23 video]].)]] [27] => The gravitational wave signal was present in the LIGO detectors' frequency band for more than 1000 seconds,{{Cite journal |title=lscsoft / lalsuite · GitLab |url=https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=GitLab |date=2018 |language=en |doi=10.7935/gt1w-fz16 |author1=LIGO Scientific Collaboration }} starting from the detectors' low-frequency cut-off of 10 [[hertz]].{{Cite journal |last1=Abbott |first1=B. P. |last2=Abbott |first2=R. |last3=Abbott |first3=T. D. |last4=Abraham |first4=S. |last5=Acernese |first5=F. |last6=Ackley |first6=K. |last7=Adams |first7=C. |last8=Adya |first8=V. B. |last9=Affeldt |first9=C. |last10=Agathos |first10=M. |last11=Agatsuma |first11=K. |last12=Aggarwal |first12=N. |last13=Aguiar |first13=O. D. |last14=Aiello |first14=L. |last15=Ain |first15=A. |date=February 2020 |title=A guide to LIGO–Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e |journal=Classical and Quantum Gravity |language=en |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=055002 |doi=10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e |arxiv=1908.11170 |bibcode=2020CQGra..37e5002A |issn=0264-9381}} The signal exhibited the typical [[orbital decay|inspiral]] chirp pattern, increasing in frequency and amplitude, eventually becoming even audible in the data before ending with the collision at 12:41:04.4 [[UTC]].{{rp|2}} It arrived first at the [[Virgo interferometer|Virgo detector]] in Italy, then 22 milliseconds later at the [[LIGO#Observatories|LIGO-Livingston detector]] in Louisiana, United States, and another 3 milliseconds later at the LIGO-Hanford detector in the state of Washington, in the United States. The signal was detected and analyzed by a comparison with a prediction from [[general relativity]] defined from the [[post-Newtonian expansion]].{{rp|3}} [28] => [29] => The GstLAL-based online automatic computer search{{Cite journal |last1=Messick |first1=Cody |last2=Blackburn |first2=Kent |last3=Brady |first3=Patrick |last4=Brockill |first4=Patrick |last5=Cannon |first5=Kipp |last6=Cariou |first6=Romain |last7=Caudill |first7=Sarah |last8=Chamberlin |first8=Sydney J. |last9=Creighton |first9=Jolien D. E. |last10=Everett |first10=Ryan |last11=Hanna |first11=Chad |last12=Keppel |first12=Drew |last13=Lang |first13=Ryan N. |last14=Li |first14=Tjonnie G. F. |last15=Meacher |first15=Duncan |date=2017-02-07 |title=Analysis framework for the prompt discovery of compact binary mergers in gravitational-wave data |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042001 |journal=Physical Review D |volume=95 |issue=4 |pages=042001 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.95.042001|arxiv=1604.04324 |bibcode=2017PhRvD..95d2001M }} of the LIGO and Virgo data streams identified the signal in the LIGO-Hanford data and alerted the LIGO/Virgo team about 6 minutes after the event. The [[Gamma ray|gamma-ray]] alert had already been issued at this point (16 seconds post-event),{{cite web |url=https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/other/524666471.fermi |title=GCN notices related to Fermi-GBM alert 524666471 |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |department=[[Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network]] |publisher=[[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]}} so the timing near-coincidence was automatically flagged. The LIGO/Virgo team issued a preliminary alert (with only the crude gamma-ray position) to astronomers in the follow-up teams at 40 minutes post-event.{{r|GCN|Davide_16}} [30] => [31] => Sky localisation of the event requires combining data from the three interferometers; this was delayed by two problems. The Virgo data were delayed by a data transmission problem, and the LIGO Livingston data were contaminated by a brief burst of instrumental noise a few seconds prior to event peak, but persisting parallel to the rising transient signal in the lowest frequencies. These required manual analysis and interpolation before the sky location could be announced about 4.5 hours post-event.{{cite web |title=GW170817—The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow | vauthors = Christopher B |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |url=https://cplberry.com/2017/10/16/gw170817/ }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Castelvecchi D | title = Colliding stars spark rush to solve cosmic mysteries | journal = Nature | volume = 550 | issue = 7676 | pages = 309–310 | date = October 2017 | pmid = 29052641 | doi = 10.1038/550309a | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2017Natur.550..309C }} The three detections localized the source to an area of 31 square degrees in the [[Southern celestial hemisphere|southern sky]] at 90% probability. More detailed calculations later refined the localization to within 28 square degrees.{{r|GCN|PhysRev2017}} In particular, the absence of a clear detection by the Virgo system implied that the source was in one of Virgo's blind spots; this ''absence'' of signal in Virgo data contributed to considerably reduce the source containment area.{{cite journal | vauthors = Schilling GA |title=Two massive collisions and a Nobel Prize |journal=Sky & Telescope |volume=135 |issue=1 |page=10 |date=January 2018}} [32] => [33] => ==Gamma ray detection== [34] => [[File:Artist NSIllustration CREDIT NSF LIGO Sonoma State University A. Simonnet.jpg|thumb|150px|Artistic concept: two neutron stars merge]] [35] => The first electromagnetic signal detected was GRB 170817A, a [[Gamma-ray burst#Short gamma-ray bursts|short gamma-ray burst]], detected {{val|1.74|0.05|u=seconds}} after the merger time and lasting for about 2 seconds.{{r|MN-20171016|NAT-20170825}}{{rp|5}} [36] => [37] => GRB 170817A was discovered by the [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope]], with an automatic alert issued just 14 seconds after the GRB detection. After the LIGO/Virgo circular 40 minutes later, manual processing of data from the [[INTEGRAL]] gamma-ray telescope also detected the same GRB. The difference in arrival time between Fermi and INTEGRAL helped to improve the sky localization. [38] => [39] => This GRB was relatively faint given the proximity of the host galaxy {{nowrap|[[NGC 4993]]}}, possibly due to its [[Astrophysical jet|jets]] not being pointed directly toward Earth, but rather at an angle of about 30 degrees to the side.{{r|SM-20171016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.space.com/38471-gravitational-waves-neutron-star-crashes-discovery-explained.html |title=Gravitational waves detected from neutron star crashes: The discovery explained | vauthors = Choi CQ |date=16 October 2017 |website=[[Space.com]] |publisher=[[Purch Group]] |access-date=16 October 2017}} [40] => [41] => ==Electromagnetic follow-up== [42] => [[File:NGC 4993 and GRB170817A after glow.gif|thumb|Hubble picture of NGC 4993 with inset showing GRB 170817A over 6 days. ''Credit: NASA and ESA'']] [43] => [[File:Eso1733f.svg|thumb|Optical lightcurves]] [44] => [[File:Eso1733j X-shooter spectra montage of kilonova in NGC4993.png|thumb|The change in optical and near-infrared spectra]] [45] => A series of alerts to other astronomers were issued, beginning with a report of the gamma-ray detection and single-detector LIGO trigger at 13:21 UTC, and a three-detector sky location at 17:54 UTC.{{cite web |url=https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/other/G298048.gcn3 |title=GCN circulars related to LIGO trigger G298048 |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=19 October 2017 |department=[[Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network]] |publisher=[[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]}} These prompted a massive search by many [[Astronomical survey|survey]] and [[robotic telescope]]s. In addition to the expected large size of the search area (about 150 times the area of a [[full moon]]), this search was challenging because the search area was near the [[Sun]] in the sky and thus visible for at most a few hours after [[dusk]] for any given telescope.{{r|Davide_16}} [46] => [47] => In total six teams (One-Meter, Two Hemispheres (1M2H),Ryan Foley and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz [https://ziggy.ucolick.org/sss17a/ (October 2017) GW170817/SSS17a: One-Meter, Two Hemispheres (1M2H)] DLT40, [[VISTA (telescope)|VISTA]], Master, [[DECam]], and [[Las Cumbres Observatory]] (Chile)) imaged the same new source independently in a 90-minute interval.{{r|ApJ|p=5}} The first to detect optical light associated with the collision was the 1M2H team running the [[Swope Supernova Survey]], which found it in an image of {{nowrap|[[NGC 4993]]}} taken 10 hours and 52 minutes after the GW event{{r|MN-20171016|ApJ|Drout}} by the {{convert|1|m|ft|diameter|adj=mid|sp=us}} Swope Telescope operating in the [[near infrared]] at [[Las Campanas Observatory]], Chile. They were also the first to announce it, naming their detection ''SSS 17a'' in a circular issued 12{{sup|h}}26{{sup|m}} post-event. The new source was later given an official [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) designation of ''AT 2017gfo''. [48] => [49] => The 1M2H team surveyed all galaxies in the region of space predicted by the gravitational wave observations, and identified a single new transient.{{r|spacecom|Drout}} By identifying the host galaxy of the merger, it is possible to provide an accurate distance consistent with that based on gravitational waves alone.{{r|ApJ|p=5}} [50] => [51] => The detection of the optical and near-infrared source provided a huge improvement in localisation, reducing the uncertainty from several degrees to 0.0001 degree; this enabled many large ground and space telescopes to follow up the source over the following days and weeks. [52] => Within hours after localization, many additional observations were made across the infrared and visible spectrum.{{r|Drout}} Over the following days, the colour of the optical source changed from blue to red as the source expanded and cooled.{{r|spacecom}} [53] => [54] => Numerous optical and infrared spectra were observed; early spectra were nearly featureless, but after a few days, broad features emerged indicative of material ejected at roughly 10 percent of light speed. There are multiple strong lines of evidence that AT 2017gfo is indeed the aftermath of GW 170817. The colour evolution and spectra are dramatically different from any known supernova. The distance of NGC 4993 is consistent with that independently estimated from the GW signal. No other transient has been found in the GW sky localisation region. Finally, various archive images pre-event show nothing at the location of AT 2017gfo, ruling out a foreground variable star in the Milky Way. [55] => [56] => The source was detected in the ultraviolet (but not in X-rays) 15.3 hours after the event by the [[Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission]]. After initial lack of X-ray and radio detections, the source was detected in X-rays 9 days later{{Cite journal |last1=Troja |first1=E. |last2=Piro |first2=L. |last3=van Eerten |first3=H. |date=November 2017 |title=The X-ray counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW170817 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24290 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=551 |issue=7678 |pages=71–74 |doi=10.1038/nature24290 |issn=1476-4687|arxiv=1710.05433 |bibcode=2017Natur.551...71T |s2cid=205261229 }} using the [[Chandra X-ray Observatory]],{{Cite web|url=http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/2nstars/|title=Chandra :: Photo Album :: GW170817 :: October 16, 2017|website=chandra.si.edu|access-date=16 August 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/656|title=Chandra Makes First Detection of X-rays from a Gravitational Wave Source: Interview with Chandra Scientist Eleonora Nora Troja|website=chandra.si.edu|access-date=16 August 2019}} and 16 days later in the radio{{Cite journal |last1=Hallinan |first1=G. |last2=Corsi |first2=A. |title=A radio counterpart to a neutron star merger |journal=Science |year=2017 |volume=358 |issue=6370 |pages=1579–1583|doi=10.1126/science.aap9855 |pmid=29038372 |arxiv=1710.05435 |bibcode=2017Sci...358.1579H |s2cid=3974441 |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/81949/ }} using the [[Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array]] (VLA) in [[New Mexico]].{{r|SM-20171016}} More than 70 observatories covering the [[electromagnetic spectrum]] observed the source.{{r|SM-20171016}} [57] => [58] => The radio and X-ray light continued to rise for several months after the merger,{{Cite news|url=https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uos-nmc121817.php|title=Neutron-star merger creates new mysteries}} and have been represented to be diminishing.{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/signals-from-a-spectacular-neutron-star-merger-that-made-gravitational-waves-are-slowly-fading-away-94294|title=Signals from a spectacular neutron star merger that made gravitational waves are slowly fading away| vauthors = Kaplan D, Murphy T |author-link2=Tara Murphy|website=The Conversation|date=30 April 2018 |access-date=16 August 2019}} Astronomers reported obtaining optical images of GW170817 afterglow using the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].{{cite news | vauthors = Morris A |title=Hubble Captures Deepest Optical Image of First Neutron Star Collision |url=https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-captures-deepest-optical-image-of-first-neutron-star-collision/ |date=11 September 2019 |work=ScienceDaily.com |access-date=11 September 2019 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Lamb |first1=G. P. |last2=Lyman |first2=J. D. |last3=Levan |first3=A. J. |last4=Tanvir |first4=N. R. |last5=Kangas |first5=T. |last6=Fruchter |first6=A. S. |last7=Gompertz |first7=B. |last8=Hjorth |first8=J. |last9=Mandel |first9=I. |last10=Oates |first10=S. R. |last11=Steeghs |first11=D. |last12=Wiersema |first12=K. |date=2019-01-09 |title=The Optical Afterglow of GW170817 at One Year Post-merger |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=870 |issue=2 |pages=L15 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/aaf96b |arxiv=1811.11491 |bibcode=2019ApJ...870L..15L |issn=2041-8213|doi-access=free }} In March 2020, continued X-ray emission at 5-sigma was observed by the Chandra Observatory 940 days after the merger, demanding further augmentation or refutation of prior models that had previously been supplemented with additional post-hoc interventions.{{cite news | vauthors = Troja E, Piro L, Ryan G, van Eerten H, Zhang B |title=ATel#13565 - GW170817: Continued X-ray emission detected with Chandra at 940 days post-merger |url=http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13565 |date=18 March 2020 |work=[[The Astronomer's Telegram]] |access-date=19 March 2020 }} [59] => [60] => ==Other detectors== [61] => No [[neutrino]]s consistent with the source were found 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A 'perfect' explosion. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/02/16/kilonova-perfect-explosion-black-hole/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |issn=0190-8286}} characterized by a short [[gamma-ray burst]] followed by a longer optical "afterglow" powered by the [[radioactive decay]] of heavy [[r-process|''r''-process]] nuclei. Kilonovae are candidates for the production of half the chemical elements heavier than iron in the Universe.{{r|SM-20171016}} A total of 16,000 times the [[Earth mass|mass of the Earth]] in heavy elements is believed to have formed, including approximately 10 Earth masses just of the two elements gold and platinum.{{cite AV media | vauthors = Berger E |time=1{{sup|h}}48{{sup|m}} |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLPKYl4AHs |title=LIGO/Virgo Press Conference |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=29 October 2017}} [75] => [76] => A hypermassive neutron star was believed to have formed initially, as evidenced by the large amount of ejecta (much of which would have been swallowed by an immediately forming black hole). The lack of evidence for emissions being powered by neutron star spin-down, which would occur for longer-surviving neutron stars, suggest it collapsed into a black hole within milliseconds.{{cite journal | vauthors = Margalit B, Metzger BD |title=Constraining the Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars from Multi-messenger Observations of GW 170817 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=850 |issue=2 |date=21 November 2017 |page=L19 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/aa991c |doi-access=free |arxiv=1710.05938 |bibcode=2017ApJ...850L..19M }} [77] => [78] => One search claimed to find evidence of a gravitational wave signal from the remnant neutron star or black hole,{{cite journal | vauthors = van Putten MH, Della Valle M |title=Observational evidence for extended emission to GW 170817 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |volume=482 |issue=1 |date=January 2019 |pages=L46–L49 |doi=10.1093/mnrasl/sly166 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1806.02165 |bibcode=2019MNRAS.482L..46V |quote=we report on a possible detection of extended emission (EE) in gravitational radiation during GRB170817A: a descending chirp with characteristic time-scale ''τs'' = {{val|3.01|0.2|u=s}} in a (H1,L1)-spectrogram up to 700 Hz with Gaussian equivalent level of confidence greater than 3.3 σ based on causality alone following edge detection applied to (H1,L1)-spectrograms merged by frequency coincidences.}} the energy of which was below the estimated sensitivity of the LIGO search algorithms at the time {{cite journal |author1 = The LIGO Scientific Collaboration|author2= the Virgo Collaboration|title=Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=875 |issue=2 |date=2018 |pages=160 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab0f3d |doi-access=free |arxiv=1810.02581 |bibcode= |quote= }} and has recently been confirmed by a statistically independent method of analysis revealing the central engine of GRB170817A.{{cite journal |author1 = van Putten, M.H.P.M. |author2= Della Valle, M.|title=Central engine of GRB170817A: Neutron star versus Kerr black hole based on multimessenger calorimetry and event timing |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |volume=669 |date=2023 |pages=A36 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202142974 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2212.03295 |bibcode= 2023A&A...669A..36V|quote= }} [79] => [80] => ==Scientific importance== [81] => [[File:Artist’s impression of strontium emerging from a neutron star merger.jpg|thumb|Artist's impression of strontium emerging from a neutron star merger.{{cite web |title=First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision - Newly created strontium, an element used in fireworks, detected in space for the first time following observations with ESO telescope |url=https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1917/ |website=www.eso.org |access-date=27 October 2019 |language=en}}]] [82] => Scientific interest in the event was enormous, with dozens of preliminary papers (and almost 100 [[Manuscript (publishing)#Preprint|preprints]]{{cite web |title=ArXiv.org search for GW 170817 |url=https://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+GW170817/0/1/0/all/0/1 |access-date=18 October 2017}}) published the day of the announcement, including 8 letters in ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'',{{r|SM-20171016}} 6 in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', and 32 in a special issue of ''[[The Astrophysical Journal Letters]]'' devoted to the subject.{{cite journal |title=Focus on the electromagnetic counterpart of the neutron star binary merger GW 170817 |journal=[[The Astrophysical Journal Letters]] |volume=848 |issue=2 | vauthors = Berger E |type=Editorial |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_GW170817 |date=16 October 2017 |quote=It is rare for the birth of a new field of astrophysics to be pinpointed to a singular event. This focus issue follows such an event – the neutron star binary merger GW 170817 – marking the first joint detection and study of gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic radiation (EM).}} The interest and effort was global: The paper describing the multi-messenger observations{{r|ApJ}} is coauthored by almost 4,000 astronomers (about one-third of the worldwide astronomical community) from more than 900 institutions, using more than 70 observatories on all 7 continents and in space.{{r|SkyandTelescope}} [83] => [84] => This may not be the first observed event that is due to a neutron star merger; [[GRB 130603B]] was the first plausible [[kilonova]] suggested based on follow-up observations of short-hard [[gamma-ray burst]]s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seeker.com/kilonova-alert-hubble-solves-gamma-ray-burst-mystery-1767686472.html|title=Kilonova Alert! Hubble Solves Gamma Ray Burst Mystery|last=DNews|date=7 August 2013|website=Seeker}} It is, however, by far the ''best'' observation, making this the strongest evidence to date to confirm the hypothesis that some mergers of binary stars are the cause of short gamma-ray bursts.{{r|ApJ|PhysRev2017}} [85] => [86] => The event also provides a limit on the difference between the speed of light and that of gravity. 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D |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=041501 |arxiv=1710.06168 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041501 |bibcode=2018PhRvD..97d1501B|s2cid=119468128}} and [[bimetric gravity]],{{cite journal | vauthors = Baker T, Bellini E, Ferreira PG, Lagos M, Noller J, Sawicki I | title = Strong Constraints on Cosmological Gravity from GW170817 and GRB 170817A | journal = Physical Review Letters | volume = 119 | issue = 25 | pages = 251301 | date = December 2017 | pmid = 29303333 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251301 | arxiv = 1710.06394 | s2cid = 36160359 | bibcode = 2017PhRvL.119y1301B }} Furthermore, an analysis published in July 2018 used GW170817 to show that gravitational waves propagate through 3+1 dimensional spacetime, in line with general relativity and contradicting hypotheses of "leakage" to higher dimensions of space.{{cite journal |last1=Pardo |first1=Kris |last2=Fishbach |first2=Maya |last3=Holz |first3=Daniel E. |last4=Spergel |first4=David N. |year=2018 |title=Limits on the number of spacetime 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|author8-link=Almudena Arcones |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Watson D, Hansen CJ, Selsing J, Koch A, Malesani DB, Andersen AC, Fynbo JP, Arcones A, Bauswein A, Covino S, Grado A, Heintz KE, Hunt L, Kouveliotou C, Leloudas G, Levan AJ, Mazzali P, Pian E |date=October 2019 |title=Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars |journal=Nature |volume=574 |issue=7779 |pages=497–500 |arxiv=1910.10510 |bibcode=2019Natur.574..497W |doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1676-3 |pmid=31645733 |s2cid=204837882}} The spectra provided direct proof of [[strontium]] production during a neutron star merger. This also provided the most direct proof that neutron stars are made of neutron-rich matter. Since then, several ''r''-process elements have been identified in the ejecta including [[yttrium]],{{Cite journal |last1=Sneppen |first1=Albert |last2=Watson |first2=Darach |date=2023-07-01 |title=Discovery of a 760 nm P Cygni line in AT2017gfo: Identification of yttrium in the kilonova photosphere |url=https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2023/07/aa46421-23/aa46421-23.html |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |language=en |volume=675 |pages=A194 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202346421 |issn=0004-6361|arxiv=2306.14942 |bibcode=2023A&A...675A.194S }} [[lanthanum]] and [[cerium]].{{Cite journal |last1=Domoto |first1=Nanae |last2=Tanaka |first2=Masaomi |last3=Kato |first3=Daiji |last4=Kawaguchi |first4=Kyohei |last5=Hotokezaka |first5=Kenta |last6=Wanajo |first6=Shinya |date=2022-10-26 |title=Lanthanide Features in Near-infrared Spectra of Kilonovae |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=939 |issue=1 |pages=8 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ac8c36 |doi-access=free |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=2206.04232 |bibcode=2022ApJ...939....8D }} [91] => [92] => In October 2017, [[Stephen Hawking]], in his last broadcast interview, discussed the overall scientific importance of GW170817.{{cite news |date=26 March 2018 |title=Stephen Hawking's final interview: A beautiful Universe |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43499024 |access-date=26 March 2018 |vauthors=Ghosh P}} In September 2018, astronomers reported related studies about possible mergers of [[neutron star]]s (NS) and [[white dwarf]]s (WD): including NS-NS, NS-WD, and WD-WD mergers.{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Rueda JA, Ruffini R, Wang Y, Aimuratov Y, de Almeida UB, Bianco CL, Chen YC, Lobato RV, Maia C, Primorac D, Moradi R |date=28 September 2018 |title=GRB 170817A-GW 170817-AT 2017gfo and the observations of NS-NS, NS-WD, and WD-WD mergers |journal=Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |volume=2018 |issue=10 |page=006 |arxiv=1802.10027 |bibcode=2018JCAP...10..006R |doi=10.1088/1475-7516/2018/10/006 |s2cid=119369873}} [93] => [94] => == See also == [95] => {{Portal|Astronomy|Physics}} [96] => * [[Gravitational-wave astronomy]] [97] => * [[List of gravitational wave observations]] [98] => * [[Multi-messenger astronomy]] [99] => [100] => ==Notes== [101] => {{notelist}} [102] => [103] => == References == [104] => {{reflist}} [105] => [106] => == External links == [107] => {{Commons category}} [108] => * {{cite web |url=http://ligo.org/detections.php |title=Detections |publisher=[[LIGO]]}} [109] => * {{cite web |url=https://kilonova.space/kne/GW170817/ |title=Follow-up observations of GW 170817 |access-date=20 October 2017 |archive-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917143430/https://kilonova.space/kne/GW170817/ |url-status=dead }} [110] => * Related videos (16 October 2017): [111] => ** {{youTube|mtLPKYl4AHs|NSF LIGO-Virgo press conference: 2 panels and Q&As (03:21)}} [112] => ** {{youTube|_SQbaILipjY|MPI: Sound of the merger (0:32)}} [113] => ** {{youTube|e_uIOKfv710|AAAS (02{{sup|m}}42{{sup|s}})}} [114] => ** {{youTube|lvejpeC6z5I|Caltech (03{{sup|m}}56{{sup|s}})}} [115] => ** {{youTube|sgkDoSbHHVU|MIT (00{{sup|m}}42{{sup|s}})}} [116] => ** {{youTube|JNfZ5qk_Pk8|SciNews (01{{sup|m}}46{{sup|s}})}} [117] => [118] => {{Gravitational-wave observatories}} [119] => {{Breakthrough of the Year}} [120] => {{2017 in space}} [121] => {{Hydra (constellation)}} [122] => {{Portal bar|Physics|Astronomy|Stars|Spaceflight|Solar System}} [123] => [124] => [[Category:Neutron stars]] [125] => [[Category:Gravitational waves]] [126] => [[Category:August 2017 events]] [127] => [[Category:2017 in science]] [128] => [[Category:2017 in outer space]] [129] => [[Category:Hydra (constellation)]] [] => )
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GW170817

GW 170817 was a gravitational wave (GW) signal observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 17 August 2017, originating from the shell elliptical galaxy NGC 4993. The signal was produced by the last moments of the inspiral process of a binary pair of neutron stars, ending with their merger.

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