Search Results - "Coughlin Michael W."
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Multimessenger Bayesian parameter inference of a binary neutron star merger
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters (01-10-2019)“…ABSTRACT The combined detection of a binary neutron star merger in both gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation spanning the entire…”
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Multimessenger constraints on the neutron-star equation of state and the Hubble constant
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (18-12-2020)“…Observations of neutron-star mergers with distinct messengers, including gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals, can be used to study the behavior of…”
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Implications of the search for optical counterparts during the first six months of the Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run: possible limits on the ejecta mass and binary properties
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2020)“…ABSTRACT GW170817 showed that neutron star mergers not only emit gravitational waves but also can release electromagnetic signatures in multiple wavelengths…”
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Nuclear Physics Multimessenger Astrophysics Constraints on the Neutron Star Equation of State: Adding NICER’s PSR J0740+6620 Measurement
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2021)“…Abstract In the past few years, new observations of neutron stars (NSs) and NS mergers have provided a wealth of data that allow one to constrain the equation…”
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Data-driven Expectations for Electromagnetic Counterpart Searches Based on LIGO/Virgo Public Alerts
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2022)“…Searches for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave signals have redoubled since the first detection in2017 of a binary neutron star merger with a…”
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Constraints on the neutron star equation of state from AT2017gfo using radiative transfer simulations
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-11-2018)“…ABSTRACT The detection of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 together with the observation of electromagnetic counterparts across the entire spectrum…”
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Implications of the search for optical counterparts during the second part of the Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run: lessons learned for future follow-up observations
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2020)“…ABSTRACT Joint multimessenger observations with gravitational waves and electromagnetic (EM) data offer new insights into the astrophysical studies of compact…”
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Measuring the Hubble constant with a sample of kilonovae
Published in Nature communications (17-08-2020)“…Kilonovae produced by the coalescence of compact binaries with at least one neutron star are promising standard sirens for an independent measurement of the…”
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Optimizing searches for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave triggers
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-07-2018)“…Abstract With the detection of a binary neutron star system and its corresponding electromagnetic counterparts, a new window of transient astronomy has opened…”
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A luminosity distribution for kilonovae based on short gamma-ray burst afterglows
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2019)“…Abstract The combined detection of a gravitational-wave signal, kilonova, and short gamma-ray burst (sGRB) from GW170817 marked a scientific breakthrough in…”
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General relativistic orbital decay in a seven-minute-orbital-period eclipsing binary system
Published in Nature (London) (25-07-2019)“…General relativity 1 predicts that short-orbital-period binaries emit considerable amounts of gravitational radiation. The upcoming Laser Interferometer Space…”
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Using machine learning for transient classification in searches for gravitational-wave counterparts
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2020)“…ABSTRACT The large sky localization regions offered by the gravitational-wave interferometers require efficient follow-up of the many counterpart candidates…”
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A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2020)“…Abstract Using photometry collected with the Zwicky Transient Facility, we are conducting an ongoing survey for binary systems with short orbital periods (…”
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Machine-directed Gravitational-wave Counterpart Discovery
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2024)“…Abstract Joint observations in electromagnetic and gravitational waves shed light on the physics of objects and surrounding environments with extreme gravity…”
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The Type Icn SN 2021csp: Implications for the Origins of the Fastest Supernovae and the Fates of Wolf–Rayet Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2022)“…Abstract We present observations of SN 2021csp, the second example of a newly identified type of supernova (SN) hallmarked by strong, narrow, P Cygni carbon…”
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Kilonova Parameter Estimation with LSST at Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract The upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) opens a new opportunity to rapidly survey the southern sky at optical…”
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The First Ultracompact Roche Lobe-Filling Hot Subdwarf Binary
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2020)“…We report the discovery of the first short-period binary in which a hot subdwarf star (sdOB) filled its Roche lobe and started mass transfer to its companion…”
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A Data Science Platform to Enable Time-domain Astronomy
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-08-2023)“…Abstract SkyPortal is an open-source software package designed to discover interesting transients efficiently, manage follow-up, perform characterization, and…”
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Optimizing multitelescope observations of gravitational-wave counterparts
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-11-2019)“…ABSTRACT The ever-increasing sensitivity of the network of gravitational-wave detectors has resulted in the accelerated rate of detections from compact binary…”
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An updated nuclear-physics and multi-messenger astrophysics framework for binary neutron star mergers
Published in Nature communications (20-12-2023)“…The multi-messenger detection of the gravitational-wave signal GW170817, the corresponding kilonova AT2017gfo and the short gamma-ray burst GRB170817A, as well…”
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