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most citedLate time afterglow observations reveal a collimated relativistic jet in the ejecta of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

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astro-ph.HE2023

The afterglow of GW170817 from every angle: Prospects for detecting the afterglows of binary neutron star mergers

Brian James Morsony, Ryan De Los Santos, Rubin Hernandez +5

To date GW170817, produced by a binary neutron star (BNS) merger, is the only gravitational wave event with an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart. It was associated with a prompt sho…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 377 cited

Late time afterglow observations reveal a collimated relativistic jet in the ejecta of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

Davide Lazzati, Rosalba Perna, Brian J. Morsony +5

The binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 was the first astrophysical source detected in gravitational waves and multi-wavelength electromagnetic radiation. The almost simultan…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 155 cited

Off-axis prompt X-ray transients from the cocoon of short gamma-ray bursts

Davide Lazzati, Diego Lopez-Camara, Matteo Cantiello +3

We present the results of numerical simulations of the prompt emission of short-duration gamma-ray bursts. We consider emission from the relativistic jet, the mildly relativistic c…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 193 cited

Off-axis emission of short gamma-ray bursts and the detectability of electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave detected binary mergers

Davide Lazzati, Alex Deich, Brian J. Morsony +1

We present calculations of the wide angle emission of short-duration gamma-ray bursts from compact binary merger progenitors. Such events are expected to be localized by their grav…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 24 cited

Modeling the afterglow of the possible Fermi-GBM event associated with GW150914

Brian J. Morsony, Jared C. Workman, Dominic M. Ryan

We model the possible afterglow of the Fermi GBM event associated with LIGO detection GW150914, under the assumption that the gamma-ray are produced by a short GRB-like relativisti…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 2 cited

G2 and Sgr A*: A Cosmic Fizzle At The Galactic Center

Brian Morsony, Brandon Gracey, Jared Workman +1

We carry out a series of simulations of G2-type clouds interacting with the black hole at the galactic center, to determine why no large changes in the luminosity of Sgr A* were se…