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astro-ph.HE2018★ 24 cited

The complex evolution of the X-ray binary transient MAXI J1807+132 along the decay of its discovery outburst

F. Jiménez-Ibarra, T. Muñoz-Darias, M. Armas Padilla +6

MAXI J1807+132 is an X-ray transient discovered during the decay of an outburst in 2017. We present optical and X-ray monitoring of the source over more than 125 days, from outburs…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 4 cited

Target of Opportunity Observations of Gravitational Wave Events with LSST

R. Margutti, P. Cowperthwaite, Z. Doctor +79

The discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts to the binary neutron star merger GW170817 has opened the era of GW+EM multi-messenger astronomy. Exploiting this breakthrough req…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 15 cited

PoGO+ polarimetric constraint on the synchrotron jet emission of Cygnus X-1

Maxime Chauvin, Hans-Gustav Florén, Miranda Jackson +8

We report a polarimetric constraint on the hard X-ray synchrotron jet emission from the Cygnus X-1 black-hole binary system. The observational data were obtained using the PoGO+ ha…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 80 cited

Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Fifteen Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1129

We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from sixteen well localized candidate neutron stars assuming none of the stars has a binary companion. The searches…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 901 cited

Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138

We present results on the mass, spin, and redshift distributions with phenomenological population models using the ten binary black hole mergers detected in the first and second ob…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 3.5k cited

GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1148

We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1 during the first and second observing…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 44 cited

A Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-Wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

ray Burst Monitor Team, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1160

We present a search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to compact binary coalescence gravitational wave (GW) candidates from Advanced LIGO's first observing run (O1). As demonstrate…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 49 cited

Constraining the p-mode--g-mode tidal instability with GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1136

We analyze the impact of a proposed tidal instability coupling -modes and -modes within neutron stars on GW170817. This non-resonant instability transfers energy from the orb…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 19 cited

Constraining the Neutron Star Radius with Joint Gravitational-Wave and Short Gamma-Ray Burst Observations of Neutron Star-Black Hole Coalescing Binaries

Stefano Ascenzi, Nicola De Lillo, Carl-Johan Haster +2

Coalescing neutron star (NS)-black hole (BH) binaries are promising sources of gravitational-waves (GWs) to be detected within the next few years by current GW observatories. If th…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 32 cited

A wildly flickering jet in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535-571

M. C. Baglio, D. M. Russell, P. Casella +29

We report on the results of optical, near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared observations of the black hole X-ray binary candidate (BHB) MAXI J1535-571 during its 2017/2018 outburst.…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 25 cited

Detection of Linear Polarization in the Radio Remnant of Supernova 1987A

Giovanna Zanardo, Lister Staveley-Smith, B. M. Gaensler +4

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud has proven a unique laboratory to investigate particle acceleration in young supernova remnants. Here we report the first detection of…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 223 cited

Constraints on the neutron star equation of state from AT2017gfo using radiative transfer simulations

Michael W. Coughlin, Tim Dietrich, Zoheyr Doctor +8

The detection of the binary neutron star GW170817 together with the observation of electromagnetic counterparts across the entire spectrum inaugurated a new era of multi-messenger…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 45 cited

The 30-Year Search for the Compact Object in SN 1987A

Dennis Alp, Josefin Larsson, Claes Fransson +32

Despite more than 30 years of searches, the compact object in Supernova (SN) 1987A has not yet been detected. We present new limits on the compact object in SN 1987A using millimet…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 35 cited

The evolving jet spectrum of the neutron star X-ray binary Aql X-1 in transitional states during its 2016 outburst

M. Diaz Trigo, D. Altamirano, T. Dincer +7

We report on quasi-simultaneous observations from radio to X-ray frequencies of the neutron star X-ray binary Aql X-1 over accretion state transitions during its 2016 outburst. All…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 202 cited

GLADE: A Galaxy Catalogue for Multi-Messenger Searches in the Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detector Era

Gergely Dálya, Gábor Galgóczi, László Dobos +6

We introduce a value-added full-sky catalogue of galaxies, named as Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era, or GLADE. The purpose of this catalogue is to (i) help identification…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 20 cited

Can a bright and energetic X-ray pulsar be hiding amid the debris of SN 1987A?

P. Esposito, N. Rea, D. Lazzati +3

The mass of the stellar precursor of supernova (SN) 1987A and the burst of neutrinos observed at the moment of the explosion are consistent with the core-collapse formation of a ne…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 28 cited

IGR J17329-2731: The birth of a symbiotic X-ray binary

E. Bozzo, A. Bahramian, C. Ferrigno +10

We report on the results of the multiwavelength campaign carried out after the discovery of the INTEGRAL transient IGR J17329-2731. The optical data collected with the SOAR telesco…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 20 cited

Improvements in Gravitational-Wave Sky Localization with Expanded Networks of Interferometers

Chris Pankow, Eve A. Chase, Scott Coughlin +2

A milestone of multi-messenger astronomy has been achieved with the detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger accompanied by observations of several associ…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 12 cited

The long-term optical evolution of the black hole candidate MAXI J1659-152

Jesus M. Corral-Santana, Manuel A. P. Torres, Tariq Shahbaz +13

We present 5 years of optical and infrared data of the black hole candidate MAXI J1659-152 covering its 2010 outburst, decay and quiescence. Combining optical data taken during the…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 27 cited

The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

J. D. Lyman, G. P. Lamb, A. J. Levan +33

The binary neutron star merger GW170817 was the first multi-messenger event observed in both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic signal began approximately…