Speaker
Prof.
ELEONORA TROJA
(UNIVERSITY OF ROME)
Description
Compact binary mergers serve as excellent astrophysical laboratories to explore a wide range of fundamental problems: from the formation of ultrafast outflows to the cosmic production of heavy metals, from the equation of state of cold ultra-dense matter to the expansion rate of the universe.
Our understanding of these systems was revolutionized in 2017 by the discovery of the first merger of two neutron stars (NSs), GW170817, followed by the kilonova AT2017gfo and a long-lasting X-ray afterglow. In this talk I will discuss the most recent advances in kilonova and afterglow studies driven by observations of gravitational wave sources and gamma-ray bursts.
Primary author
Prof.
ELEONORA TROJA
(UNIVERSITY OF ROME)
