Pooley, David; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig; Grossan, Bruce
(NURIS; Energetic Cosmos Laboratory, 2018-05-14)
There are two outstanding issues regarding the neutron-star merger event GW170817: the nature of the compact remnant and the interstellar shock. The mass of the remnant of GW170817, ∼2.7 M⊙, implies the remnant could be ...