Radio, opt. & X-ray afterglow obs. of GW170817

DOI

We present the full panchromatic afterglow light-curve data of GW170817, including new radio data as well as archival optical and X-ray data, between 0.5 and 940 days post-merger. By compiling all archival data and reprocessing a subset of it, we have evaluated the impact of differences in data processing or flux determination methods used by different groups and attempted to mitigate these differences to provide a more uniform data set. Simple power-law fits to the uniform afterglow light curve indicate a t^0.86+/-0.04^ rise, a t^-1.92+/-0.12^ decline, and a peak occurring at 155+/-4 days. The afterglow is optically thin throughout its evolution, consistent with a single spectral index (-0.584+/-0.002) across all epochs. This gives a precise and updated estimate of the electron power-law index, p=2.168+/-0.004. By studying the diffuse X-ray emission from the host galaxy, we place a conservative upper limit on the hot ionized interstellar medium density, <0.01cm^-3^, consistent with previous afterglow studies. Using the late-time afterglow data we rule out any long-lived neutron star remnant having a magnetic field strength between 10^10.4^ and 10^16^G. Our fits to the afterglow data using an analytical model that includes Very Long Baseline Interferometry proper motion from Mooley+ (2018Natur.561..355M), and a structured jet model that ignores the proper motion, indicates that the proper-motion measurement needs to be considered when seeking an accurate estimate of the viewing angle.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19220154
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/922/154
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Provenance
Creator Makhathini S.; Mooley K.P.; Brightman M.; Hotokezaka K.; Nayana A.J.,Intema H.T.; Dobie D.; Lenc E.; Perley D.A.; Fremling C.; Moldon J.,Lazzati D.; Kaplan D.L.; Balasubramanian A.; Brown I.S.; Carbone D.,Chandra P.; Corsi A.; Camilo F.; Deller A.; Frail D.A.; Murphy T.,Murphy E.J.; Nakar E.; Smirnov O.; Beswick R.J.; Fender R.; Hallinan G.,Heywood I.; Kasliwal M.; Lee B.; Lu W.; Rana J.; Perkins S.; White S.V.,Jozsa G.I.G.; Hugo B.; Kamphuis P.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2023
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; High Energy Astrophysics; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics