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Name: Compact binary mergers: SGRBs, r-process kilonovae & gravitational-wave sources
Published: 2017-09-19T22:00:00Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo

Proposal ID	078446
Title	Compact binary mergers: SGRBs, r-process kilonovae & gravitational-wave sources
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0784460301 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0784460401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-31m195y
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Nial Tanvir
Abstract	Merging compact binaries are widely thought to produce short-GRBs and are alsothe most promising targets for the new gravitational wave detectors. Recently wefound evidence for an r-process kilonova accompanying a SGRB, which bothconfirms the compact binary model, and provides an alternative, unbeamed EMsignal of GW events. It also opens a route to estimating the yield of suchevents and hence their contribution to global heavy element production.Understanding the range of KN behaviour requires deep, multiwavelength followupof future events. X-ray observations are key to quantifying the contributions ofrelativistic jet emission and later time engine activity (accretion or magnetarspin-down), and distinguishing mergers from unrelated interlopers amongst GW counterpart candidates.
Publications	Short GRB 160821B: A Reverse Shock a Refreshed Shock and a Well-sampled Kilonova \|Lamb G. P. Tanvir N. R. et al. \| ApJ \| 883-48 \| 2019 \| 2019ApJ...883...48L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJ...883...48L The afterglow and kilonova of the short GRB 160821B \|Troja E. Castro-Tirado A. J. et al. \| MNRAS \| 489-2104 \| 2019 \| 2019MNRAS.489.2104T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.489.2104T Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z A Possible Kilonova Powered by Magnetic Wind from a Newborn Black Hole \|Ma Shuai-Bing Xie Wei et al. \| ApJ \| 911-97 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...911...97M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...911...97M Gamma-Ray Bursts Afterglow Physics and the VHE Domain \|Miceli Davide Nava Lara \| Galax \| 10-66 \| 2022 \| 2022Galax..10...66M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022Galax..10...66M The Jet Opening Angle and Event Rate Distributions of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts from Late-time X-Ray Afterglows \|Rouco Escorial A. Fong W. et al. \| ApJ \| 959-13 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJ...959...13R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...959...13R The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII O VIII and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan Zeyang Qu Zhijie et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez Antonio C. \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D New 511 keV Line Data Provide Strongest sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 973-L6 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...973L...6D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...973L...6D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2016-08-25T16:45:16Z/2016-09-01T02:55:52Z
Version	21.51_20241115_1113
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2017-09-19T22:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-07-09
Keywords	"compact binary mergers", "process kilonovae", "gravitational wave sources", "distinguishing mergers", "promising targets", "unbeamed em signal", "relativistic jet emission", "magnetar spin", "gw events", "gravitational wave detectors", "short grbs", "compact binary model", "process kilonova accompanying", "future events", "merging compact binary"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Nial Tanvir, 2017, 'Compact binary mergers: SGRBs, r-process kilonovae & gravitational-wave sources', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-31m195y
Rights	Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.