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Published on: July 2, 2012
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スウォープ超新星調査2017a (SSS17a),重力波源の光学対称
D A Coulter1, R J Foley2, C D Kilpatrick2
1Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. dcoulter@ucsc.edu.
まとめ
二重中性子星の合併による重力波 (GW) が LIGO と Virgo によって検出されました. このイベントGW170817は ガンマ線と光学信号に続いて 宇宙の出来事についての新しい洞察を 提供しました
科学分野:
- マルチメッセンジャー天文学
- 天体物理学
- 重力波天文学
背景:
- 二重中性子星の融合は 重要な天体物理学現象です
- 以前は重力波と電磁波の検出は別々に行われていた.
- GWと電磁信号を同時に検出することは 長い間求められてきた目標でした
研究 の 目的:
- 重力波と電磁信号の 共同検出を報告する 二重中性子星の 合併から
- マルチメッセンジャー観測を用いて大災害の性質を調査する.
- 追跡調査のためにGWの源を正確に特定する.
主な方法:
- レーザーインターフェロメーター重力波観測所 (LIGO) とバージョインターフェロメーターを用いた重力波検出.
- フェルミ望遠鏡とINTEGRAL望遠鏡を用いたガンマ線トランジントGRB 170817Aの観測.
- 光学望遠鏡を用いた光学トランジエントスウォープ超新星調査2017a (SSS17a) の発見と追跡.
主要な成果:
- 双重中性子星の合併による重力波 (GW170817) とガンマ線爆発 (GRB 170817A) の最初の共同検出.
- 銀河NGC 4993の光学トランジエント (SSS17a) の特定.
- 40メガパーセックの距離で 事件の正確な位置づけ
結論:
- このイベントは,マルチメッセンジャー天文学の新しい時代をマークします.
- 結合された観測は 中性子星の融合の物理学を 研究する前例のない機会を提供します
- さらに分析すると,重元素の核合成とハッブル定数のモデルが制限されます.
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