Pulsars, transients and relativistic astrophysics

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VLBI observations of GRB 201015A, a relatively faint GRB with a hint of Very High Energy gamma-ray emission

(2022)

Authors:

S Giarratana, L Rhodes, B Marcote, R Fender, G Ghirlanda, M Giroletti, L Nava, JM Paredes, ME Ravasio, M Ribo, M Patel, J Rastinejad, G Schroeder, W Fong, BP Gompertz, AJ Levan, P O'Brien

Discovery of optical and infrared accretion disc wind signatures in the black hole candidate MAXI J1348-630

(2022)

Authors:

G Panizo-Espinar, M Armas Padilla, T Mu帽oz-Darias, KII Koljonen, VA C煤neo, J S谩nchez-Sierras, D Mata S谩nchez, J Casares, J Corral-Santana, RP Fender, F Jim茅nez-Ibarra, G Ponti, D Steeghs, MAP Torres

Statistical features of multiple Compton scattering in a strong magnetic field

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 105:10 (2022) 103027

Authors:

AA Mushtukov, ID Markozov, VF Suleimanov, DI Nagirner, AD Kaminker, AY Potekhin, S Portegies Zwart

Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Events with Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The Astrophysical Journal: Supplement Series American Astronomical Society 260:1 (2022) 18-18

Authors:

Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, Om Sharan Salafia, B Parazin, V Ashley Villar, Michael W Coughlin, Peter Yoachim, Kris Mortensen, Daniel Brethauer, SJ Smartt, Mansi M Kasliwal, Kate D Alexander, Shreya Anand, E Berger, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Federica B Bianco, Peter K Blanchard, Joshua S Bloom, Enzo Brocato, Mattia Bulla, Regis Cartier, S Bradley Cenko, Ryan Chornock, Christopher M Copperwheat, Alessandra Corsi

Abstract:

The discovery of the electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817 has opened the era of gravitational-wave multimessenger astronomy. Rapid identification of the optical/infrared kilonova enabled a precise localization of the source, which paved the way to deep multiwavelength follow-up and its myriad of related science results. Fully exploiting this new territory of exploration requires the acquisition of electromagnetic data from samples of NS mergers and other gravitational-wave sources. After GW170817, the frontier is now to map the diversity of kilonova properties and provide more stringent constraints on the Hubble constant, and enable new tests of fundamental physics. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory鈥檚 Legacy Survey of Space and Time can play a key role in this field in the 2020s, when an improved network of gravitational-wave detectors is expected to reach a sensitivity that will enable the discovery of a high rate of merger events involving NSs (鈭紅ens per year) out to distances of several hundred megaparsecs. We design comprehensive target-of-opportunity observing strategies for follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers that will make the Rubin Observatory the premier instrument for discovery and early characterization of NS and other compact-object mergers, and yet unknown classes of gravitational-wave events

The cooling of the Central Compact Object in Cas A from 2006 to 2020

(2022)

Authors:

B Posselt, GG Pavlov