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Paper: Compact Binary Mergers as Traced by Gravitational Waves
Monograph: 7, Science with a Next Generation Very Large Array
Page: 689
Authors: Corsi, A.; Frail, D. A.; Lazzati, D.; Carbone, D.; Murphy, E. J.; Owen, B. J.; Sand, D. J.; O'Shaughnessy, R.
Abstract: In light of the recent dazzling discovery of GW170817, we discuss several new scientific opportunities that would emerge in multi-messenger time-domain astrophysics if a facility like the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) were to work in tandem with ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors. These include probing wide-angle ejecta and off-axis afterglows of neutron star (NS)-NS mergers; enabling direct size measurements of radio ejecta from NS-NS mergers; and unraveling the physics behind the progenitors of compact binary mergers via host galaxy studies at radio wavelengths. Our results show that, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity and resolution, the ngVLA will enable transformational results in the multi-messenger exploration of the transient radio sky.
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