The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

A. J. Levan; J. D. Lyman; N. R. Tanvir; J. Hjorth; I. Mandel; E. R. Stanway; D. Steeghs; A. S. Fruchter; E. Troja; S. L Schrøder; K. Wiersema; S. H. Bruun; Z. Cano; S. B. Cenko; A de Ugarte Postigo; S. Fairhurst; O. D. Fox; J. P. U. Fynbo; B. Gompertz; J. Greiner; M. Im; L. Izzo; P. Jakobsson; T. Kangas; H. G. Khandrika; A. Y. Lien; D. Malesani; P. O'Brien; J. P. Osborne; E. Plazzi; E. Pian; D. A. Perley; S. Rosswog; R. E. Ryan; S. Schulze; P. Sutton; C. C. Thöne; D. J. Watson; R. A. M. J. Wijers; P Evans

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The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

A. J. Levan, J. D. Lyman, N. R. Tanvir, J. Hjorth, I. Mandel, E. R. Stanway, D. Steeghs, A. S. Fruchter, E. Troja, S. L Schrøder, K. Wiersema, S. H. Bruun, Z. Cano, S. B. Cenko, A de Ugarte Postigo, S. Fairhurst, O. D. Fox, J. P. U. Fynbo, B. Gompertz, J. GreinerM. Im, L. Izzo, P. Jakobsson, T. Kangas, H. G. Khandrika, A. Y. Lien, D. Malesani, P. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, E. Plazzi, E. Pian, D. A. Perley, S. Rosswog, R. E. Ryan, S. Schulze, P. Sutton, C. C. Thöne, D. J. Watson, R. A. M. J. Wijers, P Evans

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We present Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra imaging, combined with Very Large Telescope MUSE integral field spectroscopy of the counterpart and host galaxy of the first binary neutron star merger detected via gravitational wave emission by LIGO & Virgo, GW170817. The host galaxy, NGC 4993, is an S0 galaxy at z=0.009783. There is evidence for large, face-on spiral shells in continuum imaging, and edge-on spiral features visible in nebular emission lines. This suggests that NGC 4993 has undergone a relatively recent (

Original language	English
Article number	L28
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	848
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa905f
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2017

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Levan, A. J., Lyman, J. D., Tanvir, N. R., Hjorth, J., Mandel, I., Stanway, E. R., Steeghs, D., Fruchter, A. S., Troja, E., Schrøder, S. L., Wiersema, K., Bruun, S. H., Cano, Z., Cenko, S. B., Postigo, A. D. U., Fairhurst, S., Fox, O. D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gompertz, B., ... Evans, P. (2017). The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(2), Article L28. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa905f

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The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

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