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How do you explain the LIGO detection of a neutron neutron star merger that was at the same time observed as GRB by many, many other telescopes? https://en.m.w
by maxnoe 2y ago
How do you explain the LIGO detection of a neutron neutron star merger that was at the same time observed as GRB by many, many other telescopes?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW170817 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW170817
- throwawaymaths 2y agoThat's an n of one (I could be wrong but its the only multi messenger GW event we've seen, with how many events are being generated, you'd have expected more). Could be a coincidence. The angular resolution of LIGO is not exactly amazing, and we don't have a real estimate of the distance to the source of the GW? In fact, IIUC the event could be exactly in the opposite direction too. 1 for 29 by 2019: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/phys_facpub/164/ https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/phys_facpub/164/