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Free Neutron Decay in Kilonova Ejecta: X-ray/UV Flashes with Non-Thermal Effects
Daniel Brethauer, Daniel Kasen, Smaranika Banerjee +2
Neutron star-bearing compact-object mergers can create a kilonova, a transient powered by the radioactive decay of material synthesized via rapid neutron capture (-process). Dur…
Non-Thermal Ionization of Kilonova Ejecta: Observable Impacts
Daniel Brethauer, Daniel Kasen, Raffaella Margutti +1
The characteristic rapid rise and decline at optical wavelengths of a kilonova is the product of the low ejecta mass () and high ejecta velocity ($\gtrsim 0.…
2D End-to-End Modeling of Kilonovae from Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants
Lieke Sippens Groenewegen, Sanjana Curtis, Philipp Mösta +2
We investigate the kilonova emission resulting from outflows produced in a three-dimensional (3D) general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulation of a hypermassive neut…
The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey
Adam A. Miller, Natasha S. Abrams, Greg Aldering +75
We present the La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey (LS4), a new wide-field, time-domain survey to be conducted with the 1 m ESO Schmidt telescope. The 268 megapixel LS4 camera mosaics…
Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program
Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, John Banovetz +86
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory is planned to begin in the Fall of 2025. The LSST survey cadence has been designed via a community-driven pr…
Impact of Systematic Modeling Uncertainties on Kilonova Property Estimation
Daniel Brethauer, Daniel Kasen, Raffaella Margutti +1
The precise atomic structure and therefore the wavelength-dependent opacities of lanthanides are highly uncertain. This uncertainty introduces systematic errors in modeling transie…