Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

Published in Astrophysical Journal, 2017

Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A,” ApJ vol. 848, no. 2. http://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c

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This paper reports the first gamma-ray burst observed in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal.

Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2017). “Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A,” ApJ vol. 848, no. 2.