• DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aa991c
Corpus ID: 119342447

Constraining the Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars from Multi-messenger Observations of GW170817

@article{Margalit2017ConstrainingTM,
  title={Constraining the Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars from Multi-messenger Observations of GW170817},
  author={B. Margalit and Brian A. Metzger},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2017},
  volume={850}
}

B. Margalit, Brian A. Metzger

Published 2017

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

We combine electromagnetic (EM) and gravitational wave (GW) information on the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817 in order to constrain the radii $R_{\rm ns}$ and maximum mass $M_{\rm max}$ of NSs. GW170817 was followed by a range of EM counterparts, including a weak gamma-ray burst (GRB), kilonova (KN) emission from the radioactive decay of the merger ejecta, and X-ray/radio emission consistent with being the synchrotron afterglow of a more powerful off-axis jet. The type of compact… CONTINUE READING

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