The Old Host-Galaxy Environment of SSS17a, the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational...
The Old Host-Galaxy Environment of SSS17a, the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
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Y -C Pan , Kilpatrick, C D , Simon, J D , Xhakaj, E , Boutsia, K , Coulter, D A , Drout, M R , Foley, R J , Kasen, D , Morrell, N , Murguia-Berthier, A , Osip, D , Piro, A L , Prochaska, J X , Ramirez-Ruiz, E , Rest, A , Rojas-Bravo, C , Shappee, B J and Siebert, M R
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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We present an analysis of the host-galaxy environment of Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the discovery of an electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source, GW170817. SSS17a occurred 1.9 kpc (in projection; 10.2") from the nucleus of NGC 4993, an S0 galaxy at a distance of 40 Mpc. We present a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) pre-tri...
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The Old Host-Galaxy Environment of SSS17a, the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2076830522
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2076830522
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.1710.05439
