Chandra X-ray Observations of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817: Thermal X-Ray Emission From a Kilonova Remnant?

Samar Safi-Harb, Neil Doerksen, Adam Rogers +1

The recent discovery of the neutron star merger and multi-messenger event GW170817 (also known as kilonova GRB170817A) provides an unprecedented laboratory in which to study these…