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| A Search for Kilonova Radio Flares in a Sample of Swift/Bat Short GRBs |
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Following the remarkable binary neutron star merger known as GW170817, much research has been conducted to uncover its nature and investigate whether its nearby location presents an opportunity to unveil similar events. GW170817 was accompanied by a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and a kilonova, an optical transient, which is thought to be able to generate late-time radio emission. It has thus been suggested that such late-time emission can be used to find neutron star mergers years after they have occurred. In this context, I will present the results of an analysis aimed at determining whether previously detected GRBs, lacking accurate localization and an early afterglow detection, could have originated from events like GW170817. Specifically, I will discuss the progress of a late-time radio follow-up campaign of a subset of short GRBs in the Swift/BAT sample. The goal of this campaign, carried out with the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), is to determine whether any of the GRB sites in our sample is associated with kilonova-like radio emission, which would suggest an neutron star merger progenitor. |
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COOK, Avery (Texas Tech University) |
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COOK, Avery |
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