A decline in the X-ray through radio emission from GW170817 continues to support an off-axis structured jet

KD Alexander, R Margutti, PK Blanchard… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
KD Alexander, R Margutti, PK Blanchard, W Fong, E Berger, A Hajela, T Eftekhari…
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2018iopscience.iop.org
We present new observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 at Δt≈ 220–290
days post-merger, at radio (Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array; VLA), X-ray (Chandra X-ray
Observatory), and optical (Hubble Space Telescope; HST) wavelengths. These observations
provide the first evidence for a turnover in the X-ray light curve, mirroring a decline in the
radio emission at≳ 5σ significance. The radio-to-X-ray spectral energy distribution exhibits
no evolution into the declining phase. Our full multi-wavelength data set is consistent with …
Abstract
We present new observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 at Δt≈ 220–290 days post-merger, at radio (Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array; VLA), X-ray (Chandra X-ray Observatory), and optical (Hubble Space Telescope; HST) wavelengths. These observations provide the first evidence for a turnover in the X-ray light curve, mirroring a decline in the radio emission at≳ 5σ significance. The radio-to-X-ray spectral energy distribution exhibits no evolution into the declining phase. Our full multi-wavelength data set is consistent with the predicted behavior of our previously published models of a successful structured jet expanding into a low-density circumbinary medium, but pure cocoon models with a choked jet cannot be ruled out. If future observations continue to track our predictions, we expect that the radio and X-ray emission will remain detectable until∼ 1000 days post-merger.
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