College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
8B30.60 - Neutron Stars
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- K. De, M. M. Kasliwal, E. O. Ofek, T. J. Moriya, J. Burke, Y. Cao, S. B. Cenko, G. B. Doran, G. E. Duggan, R. P. Fender, C. Fransson, A. Gal-Yam, A. Horesh, S. R. Kulkarni, R. R. Laher, R. Lunnan, I. Manulis, F. Masci, P. A. Mazzali, P. E. Nugent, D. A. Perley, T. Petrushevska, A. L. Piro, C. Rumsey, J. Sollerman, M. Sullivan, and F. Taddia, "A Hot and Fast Ultra-Stripped Supernova that Likely Formed a Compact Neutron Star Binary", Science, Vol. 362, #6411, Oct. 2018, p. 201.
- Adrian Cho, "A Weight Limit Emerges for Neutron Stars", Science, Vol. 359, #6377, Feb. 2018, p. 724.
- C. D. Kilpatrick, R. J. Foley, D. Kasen, A. Murguia-Berthier, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, D. A. Coulter, M. R. Drout, A. L. Piro, B. J. Shappee, K. Boutsia, C. Contreras, F. Di Mille, B. F. Madore, N. Morrell, Y.-C. Pan, J. X. Prochaska, A. Rest, C. Rojas-Bravo, M. R. Siebert, J. D. Simon, and N. Ulloa, "Electromagnetic Evidence That SSS17a is the Result of a Binary Neutron Star Merger", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1583.
- G. Hallinan, A. Corsi, K. P. Mooley, K. Hotokezaka, E. Nakar, M. M. Kasliwal, D. L. Kaplan, D. A. Frail, S. T. Myers, T. Murphy, K. De, D. Dobie, J. R. Allison, K. W. Bannister, V. Bhalerao, P. Chandra, T. E. Clarke, S. Giacintucci, A. Y. Q. Ho, A. Horesh, N. E. Kassim, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Lenc, F. J. Lockman, C. Lynch, D. Nichols, S. Nissanke, N. Palliyaguru, W. M. Peters, T. Piran, J. Rana, E. M. Sadler, and L. P. Singer, "A Radio Counterpart to a Neutron Star Merger", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1579.
- B. J. Shappee, J. D. Simon, M. R. Drout, A. L. Piro, N. Morrell, J. L. Prieto, D. Kasen, T. W.-S. Holoien, J. A. Kollmeier, D. D. Kelson, D. A. Coulter, R. J. Foley, C. D. Kilpatrick, M. R. Siebert, B. F. Madore, A. Murguia-Berthier, Y.-C. Pan, J. X. Prochaska, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, A. Rest, C. Adams, K. Alatalo, E. Bañados, J. Baughman, R. A. Bernstein, T. Bitsakis, K. Boutsia, J. R. Bravo, F. Di Mille, C. R. Higgs, A. P. Ji, G. Maravelias, J. L. Marshall, V. M. Placco, G. Prieto, and Z. Wan, "Early Spectra of the Gravitational Wave Source GW170817: Evolution of a Neutron Star Merger", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1574.
- M. R. Drout, A. L. Piro, B. J. Shappee, C. D. Kilpatrick, J. D. Simon, C. Contreras, D. A. Coulter, R. J. Foley, M. R. Siebert, N. Morrell, K. Boutsia, F. Di Mille, T. W.-S. Holoien, D. Kasen, J. A. Kollmeier, B. F. Madore, A. J. Monson, A. Murguia-Berthier, Y.-C. Pan, J. X. Prochaska, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, A. Rest, C. Adams, K. Alatalo, E. Bañados, J. Baughman, T. C. Beers, R. A. Bernstein, T. Bitsakis, A. Campillay, T. T. Hansen, C. R. Higgs, A. P. Ji, G. Maravelias, J. L. Marshall, C. Moni Bidin, J. L. Prieto, K. C. Rasmussen, C. Rojas-Bravo, A. L. Strom, N. Ulloa, J. Vargas-González, Z. Wan, and D. D. Whitten, "Light Curves of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-Process Nucleosynthesis", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1570.
- P. A. Evans, S. B. Cenko, J. A. Kennea, S. W. K. Emery, N. P. M. Kuin, O. Korobkin, R. T. Wollaeger, C. L. Fryer, K. K. Madsen, F. A. Harrison, Y. Xu, E. Nakar, K. Hotokezaka, A. Lien, S. Campana, S. R. Oates, E. Troja, A. A. Breeveld, F. E. Marshall, S. D. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, G. Cusumano, A. D’Aì, P. D’Avanzo, V. D’Elia, M. de Pasquale, W. P. Even, C. J. Fontes, K. Forster, J. Garcia, P. Giommi, B. Grefenstette, C. Gronwall, D. H. Hartmann, M. Heida, A. L. Hungerford, M. M. Kasliwal, H. A. Krimm, A. J. Levan, D. Malesani, A. Melandri, H. Miyasaka, J. A. Nousek, P. T. O’Brien, J. P. Osborne, C. Pagani, K. L. Page, D. M. Palmer, M. Perri, S. Pike, J. L. Racusin, S. Rosswog, M. H. Siegel, T. Sakamoto, B. Sbarufatti, G. Tagliaferri, N. R. Tanvir, and A. Tohuvavohu, "Swift and NuSTAR Observations of GW170817: Detection of a Blue Kilonova", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1565.
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- D. A. Coulter, R. J. Foley, C. D. Kilpatrick, M. R. Drout, A. L. Piro, B. J. Shappee, M. R. Siebert, J. D. Simon, N. Ulloa, D. Kasen, B. F. Madore, A. Murguia-Berthier, Y.-C. Pan, J. X. Prochaska, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, A. Rest, and C. Rojas-Bravo, "Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the Optical Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1556.
- Kieth T. Smith, "An Illuminating Cosmic Collision", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1554.
- Adrian Cho, "Cosmic Convergence", Science, Vol. 358, #6370, Dec. 2017, p. 1520.
- "Nearest Neutron Star", Guinness Book of World Records, 2003, p. 70.
- Editors of Portable Press, We're Gonna Need a Bigger Spoon", Strange Science, p. 233.
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