Kilonova GW170817 (binary neutron star)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the multi-messenger-astrophysics subtree

GW170817 + GRB 170817A + AT2017gfo (Aug 2017): first BNS merger seen in GW + gamma-rays + optical/IR/UV/X-ray; r-process heavy-element nucleosynthesis confirmed.

Related concepts

Linear ODE
Stellar nucleosynthesis

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