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Lipunov, V. M.; Gorbovskoy, E.; Kornilov, V. G.; . Tyurina, N.; Balanutsa, P.; Kuznetsov, A.; Vlasenko, D.; Kuvshinov, D.; Gorbunov, I.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Krylov, A. V.; Podesta, R.; Lopez, C.; Podesta, F.; Levato, H.; Saffe, C.; Mallamachi, C.; Potter, S.; Budnev, N. M.; Gress, O.; Ishmuhametova, Yu.; Vladimirov, V.; Zimnukhov, D.; Yurkov, V.; Sergienko, Yu.; Gabovich, A.; Rebolo, R.; Serra-Ricart, M.; Israelian, G.; Chazov, V.; Wang, Xiaofeng; Tlatov, A.; Panchenko, M. I.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 850, Issue 1, article id. L1, 9 pp. (2017).
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2017
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Following the discovery of the gravitational-wave source GW170817 by
three Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo
antennae (Abbott et al., 2017a), the MASTER Global Robotic Net
telescopes obtained the first image of the NGC 4993 host galaxy. An
optical transient, MASTER OTJ130948.10-232253.3/SSS17a was later found,
which appears to be a kilonova resulting from the merger of two neutron
stars (NSs). Here we describe this independent detection and photometry
of the kilonova made in white light, and in B, V, and R filters. We note
that the luminosity of this kilonova in NGC 4993 is very close to those
measured for other kilonovae possibly associated with gamma-ray burst
(GRB) 130603 and GRB 080503.
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