Simulation of Heutron-star Merger (VIDEO)

University of Sydney

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A simulation of a neutron-star merger creating a broad outflow -- a 'cocoon'. A cocoon is the best explanation for the radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays the astronomers saw arising from the neutron-star merger GW170817.

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Ehud Nakar (Tel Aviv), Ore Gottlieb (Tal Aviv), L. Singer (NASA), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech) and the GROWTH collaboration

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