A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bath
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 188640334
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/nature24303
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
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- First page
- 75
- Volume
- 551
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24303/figures/5
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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121
- Research group(s)
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A - Astrophysics
- Citation count
- 289
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- A significant fraction of the results of this paper were based on the optical through to near-infrared light curve evolution of the kilonova, which covers the wavelength range to identify the so-called 'blue' and 'red' kilonova components. These data were obtained by the GROND instrument, which observed in 7 bands simultaneously. The more robust and conclusive results of the paper came from GROND data. Schady was a member of the GROND team and supervised the paper’s second author, T.-W. Chen (a postdoctoral research associate). She contributed to data acquisition and reduction from GROND, and verified Chen’s work.
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- English abstract
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