Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leicester
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 1936
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1126/science.aap9580
- Title of journal
- Science
- Article number
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- First page
- 1565
- Volume
- 358
- Issue
- 6370
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9580
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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58
- Research group(s)
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A - Astrophysics
- Citation count
- 210
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- Osborne was the originator of the Swift planning to respond to the aLIGO gravitational wave alerts. This required a substantial enhancement of the Swift multiple short observation capability, on which this result was critically dependant. He made extensive intellectual contributions to the detailed design of the gravitational wave follow-up by Swift which culminated in this paper. Osborne also provided key inputs to design of the paper, the analysis used in it and the text of the paper via many discussions with the first author, a member of the Swift operations team.
- Non-English
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- English abstract
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