| Speaker: | Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton U) |
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| Title: | Interpretation of electromagnetic counterpart to a neutron star merger GW170817 |
| Date (JST): | Wed, Mar 07, 2018, 15:40 - 16:40 |
| Place: | Seminar Room B |
| Abstract: |
Gravitational waves from a neutron star merger, GW170817, were discovered by Advanced LIGO/Virgo. The signal was followed by electromagnetic (EM) signals including a gamma-ray pulse, kilonova/macronova, and non-thermal afterglow. In this talk, I will discuss interpretations of the observed EM counterparts in multi-wavelengths, a mildly-relativistic merger outflow producing the gamma-ray pulse and radio afterglow, and the r-process mass powering the kilonova. Finally I will discuss the r-process production in the context of the Galactic chemical evolution. |
