GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
Article
Domain Context
Physics
Citation
Abbott, B. P. and others. (2017). GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral. Physical Review Letters. 119. pp. 161101.
Why this reference is included
Abbott and others’ 2017 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral, published in Physical Review Letters, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited in Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 5, Chapter Heavy Elements and Radioactivity, where the program draws on it in the context of “Neutron Star Mergers: The Cosmic Gold Factory The first observed neutron star merger (August 17, 2017) : Gravitational waves detected by LIGO/Virgo Electromagnetic counterpart….”
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 5Chapter Heavy Elements and Radioactivity
Neutron Star Mergers: The Cosmic Gold Factory The first observed neutron star merger (August 17, 2017) : Gravitational waves detected by LIGO/Virgo Electromagnetic counterpart (kilonova AT2017gfo) Spectroscopic confirmation of r-process elements GW170817 = confirmed cosmic gold origin Each neutron star merger ejects ∼ 0.01–0.1 M_ of r-process material: 1 merger ∼ 3–10 Ear