The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera

Soares-Santos, M; Holz, DE; Annis, J; Chornock, R; Herner, K; Berger, E; Brout, D; ... Weller, J; + view all Soares-Santos, M; Holz, DE; Annis, J; Chornock, R; Herner, K; Berger, E; Brout, D; Chen, H-Y; Kessler, R; Sako, M; Allam, S; Tucker, DL; Butler, RE; Palmese, A; Doctor, Z; Diehl, HT; Frieman, J; Yanny, B; Lin, H; Scolnic, D; Cowperthwaite, P; Neilsen, E; Marriner, J; Kuropatkin, N; Hartley, WG; Paz-Chinchon, F; Alexander, KD; Balbinot, E; Blanchard, P; Brown, DA; Carlin, JL; Conselice, C; Cook, ER; Drlica-Wagner, A; Drout, MR; Durret, F; Eftekhari, T; Farr, B; Finley, DA; Foley, RJ; Fong, W; Fryer, CL; Garcia-Bellido, J; Gill, MSS; Gruendl, RA; Hanna, C; Kasen, D; Li, TS; Lopes, PAA; Lourenco, ACC; Margutti, R; Marshall, JL; Matheson, T; Medina, GE; Metzger, BD; Munoz, RR; Muir, J; Nicholl, M; Quataert, E; Rest, A; Sauseda, M; Schlegel, DJ; Secco, LF; Sobreira, F; Stebbins, A; Villar, VA; Walker, AR; Wester, W; Williams, PKG; Zenteno, A; Zhang, Y; Abbott, TMC; Abdalla, FB; Banerji, M; Bechtol, K; Benoit-Levy, A; Bertin, E; Brooks, D; Buckley-Geer, E; Burke, DL; Carnero Rosell, A; Kind, MC; Carretero, J; Castander, FJ; Crocce, M; Cunha, CE; D'Andrea, CB; da Costa, LN; Davis, C; Desai, S; Dietrich, JP; Doel, P; Eifler, TF; Fernandez, E; Flaugher, B; Fosalba, P; Gaztanaga, E; Gerdes, DW; Giannantonio, T; Goldstein, DA; Gruen, D; Gschwend, J; Gutierrez, G; Honscheid, K; Jain, B; James, DJ; Jeltema, T; Johnson, MWG; Johnson, MD; Kent, S; Krause, E; Kron, R; Kuehn, K; Kuhlmann, S; Lahav, O; Lima, M; Maia, MAG; March, M; McMahon, RG; Menanteau, F; Miquel, R; Mohr, JJ; Nichol, RC; Nord, B; Ogando, RLC; Petravick, D; Plazas, AA; Romer, AK; Roodman, A; Rykoff, ES; Sanchez, E; Scarpine, V; Schubnell, M; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Smith, M; Smith, RC; Suchyta, E; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Thomas, D; Thomas, RC; Troxel, MA; Vikram, V; Wechsler, RH; Weller, J; - view fewer (2017) The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 848 (2) 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9059 . Green open access

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